What was the secret to the miracles of Jesus? How was He so impactful and life changing? How could He accomplish so much? In His Gospel, Mark reveals the secret. It was prayer. Throughout the Gospel, Jesus is going to or coming from prayer.
"And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray." Mark 6:46
After a tremendously filled day, Jesus had to get away. So He sent His disciples away in a boat and He went up the mountain to pray. Jesus didn't just pray when He had time to pray, He made time to pray.
We must intentionally set time aside for prayer.
Praying regularly:
- admits our dependency upon God.
- permits us to be honest with God by sharing our deepest feelings.
- feeds the inner self
- causes us to be sensitive to God's will for our life.
- causes us to check our motives and goals.
- causes us to be sensitive to needs of others.
- puts us in to more of an awareness of the presence of God.
- draws us closer to God.
- empowers us for daily living.
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