Pray Now

This phrase takes on a couple of different meanings that are super-helpful. First of all, most everyone has been guilty at times of telling someone we will pray for them, and then simply forgetting to do so. For this reason, the right time to pray is always now. We should slow down life enough that we have room to pray for people and issues in the very moment they are made known to us. This gives intercessory prayer the priority it should receive in our lives. It communicates love and concern for the person who asks us to pray, and, on a deeper level, reveals what we believe about prayer.

Secondly, if we are not used to walking and talking with God every day, knowing and hearing his voice become more difficult, if not impossible.

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October 24, 2019 – Lord, Tammie and I are truly way in over our heads. We lack the knowledge and wisdom we need to make all these decisions that are before us. We don’t want to come to you with such a sense of urgency that we mistake our will for yours. We trust you. We quiet our spirits and await your timing. Speak Lord, your servants are listening.

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If we talk to God daily and learn to listen and respond to his voice, we are prepared when confronted with a larger issue. So many people only turn to prayer in a moment of crisis or decision. I can almost guarantee that hearing God’s voice and discerning the Holy Spirit’s counsel won’t happen under that kind of pressure and inexperience. So, pray now. Learn to walk in the presence of God and talk with him as if he is always with you, because in truth, he is.

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