Pray Daily :)

We all know the type of prayer we pray when we are in need.  And we all remember to pray when trouble comes.  But that is not the type of prayer needed to save our faith from the recent attacks we face.

We need Daily Prayer.  The kind of prayer that cries out to the Holy Spirit to please strengthen our faith and please Help us to pray!    The kind of prayer which the Holy Spirit turns into a river that flows through us and out to others, and helps us all ?.

There’s a song, “Just Give Me Jesus” by Unspoken.  “All I’ve been chasing, putting my faith in, let it fade…”Just give me Jesus!  There’s nothing I desire that can’t be found in you.  You’re everything that I ever needed.  Just give me Jesus”. I can’t imagine a better prayer ?

Then there is prayer to our Father, in Jesus’ Name.  And this is where Jesus and the Holy Spirit can really help us.  We hear things like “intimate prayer with our Father”,  but what is that?  It is simply talking with our Father who loves us.  It means talking and listening.  And it means resting all of the day’s worries in His Hands ?.

  Max Lucado writes: “Of all his names, Father is God’s favorite. We know he loves this name most because this is the one he used most. While on earth, Jesus called God “Father” over two hundred times. In his first recorded words Jesus explained, “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49). In his final triumphant prayer he proclaims, “Father, I give you my life” (Luke 23:46). In the Gospel of John alone, Jesus repeats this name 156 times. God loves to be called Father. After all, didn’t Jesus teach us to begin our prayer with the phrase, “Our Abba”?”-Max Lucado

Link to Max Lucado: Father

God loves us and He loves being our Father.  Yes, He knows everything, but He still wants us to tell Him about our day and to ask Him for Guidance and Help, both for ourselves and for others. 

Just as Jesus does. 

Just as the Holy Spirit does.

Daily Prayer protects and strengthens our faith.  We need to pray when we feel like it, and especially when we don’t.  And we need to pray every day, because we need God to protect our souls and hearts daily – and God will – if we ask Him too, in Jesus’ Name! ?