Psalms 32:6
“Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found…”

In today’s society of nonstop going, we often overlook the things that are not urgent or do not demand our attention immediately. One of these things is prayer. I have always heard in church that we need to pray and often, but it was simply something that I did not feel was essential. I speak from experience when I tell you that having a rich prayer life only starts by making a decision to pray no matter the interruptions or interferences. I was telling the Lord one day that I wanted a better relationship with him and he impressed upon me that I needed to start praying one hour a day. I decided to obey. Have you ever tried to do something that you didn’t really want to do? That one hour a day was tortuous for me. I didn’t feel like I prayed correctly or right. I didn’t feel like my prayers even reached the ceiling and wanted to quit. I had to give up family time to squeeze in prayer time. I struggled and fought against it tooth and nail until I was in prayer one day and God spoke to me.

He said, “Prayer is simply you seeking my heart and me touching yours.” These few words changed my entire view on prayer. I didn’t need a long robe, a tabernacle, a church choir or three wise men, all that I needed was a willing me. Prayer is communicating with God one on one. I no longer fight and feel anxious about talking to God or spending time being quiet in his presence. He is an awesome God, worthy of all of our praise, and he desires to speak to us and change us into his will for our life. As God walked and talked with Adam in the cool of the garden at night, he longs to do the same with us. Won’t you take the time even a few minutes a day to praise him, to thank him, to spend time with him? The creator who has known you since the foundation of the world, who formed you in your mother’s womb, who holds all your tears in his hand, and knows the hairs on your head is waiting and longing to meet you face to face.