The Intimacy of Prayer
God loves His children coming to Him in the intimacy of prayer. The Scriptures tell us, "The prayer of the upright is His delight."(Proverbs 15:8) Do you want to delight God? Then be upright in Christ, and seek Him in prayer. As soldiers of Christ, we should never face a day in battle until we have faced the Father in prayer. John Bunyan said, "Prayer is a shield to the soul, a delight to God, and a scourge to Satan." Someone once said that Satan trembles when he sees the feeblest Christian on his knees. He flees when we resist him if we are submitted to God. Martin Luther said, "I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer." Maybe you don't have the time to go and spend the first three hours of each day in prayer, but at least pray as you go. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
