Get alone with God...

“So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.” ~ Luke 5:16 (NKJV).

What a great example Jesus gave us in the story in Luke 5 about the man that was full of leprosy. As the stories of Jesus and the great things he was doing spread throughout the land, the crowds pressed in on Him. The bible tells us that He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

I am thinking that is exactly what we are supposed to be doing when the everyday pressures of life become overwhelming.  Before are work, families, friends, and neighbors press us to the edge, we need to go off by ourselves and pray to our father.

If Jesus needed to spend time alone with God praising Him, talking things over, and listening to Him, then we certainly need to follow in His footsteps.

We need to spend time with God on a regular basis. Don’t let the demands of life push you away from spending time with Him in prayer.

“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” ~ Colossians 4:2 (NKJV).

Soldier of the LORD,

Rick Hawbaker
Praying 4-U Ministries