Prayer Is So Important To Me

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7 KJV)

"Well, all we can do now is pray." "We'll just pray about it." Sometimes when I hear such expressions they are almost put in a negative tone. Prayer is one of the most positive privileges of salvation. Prayer is a result of the deepest relationship a soul can have with the living God. When we hear the lost say, "Our prayers go out to them" they are dealing in truths of which they know not. Only the redeemed are bidden “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16 KJV)

Today I am praying especially for a friend. His sister has past away and tomorrow he must stand before his family and preach the funeral. I remember when she called him one day and asked, "Danny, can you tell me how to be saved?" We all rejoiced over her repentance and trust in Jesus Christ as her Saviour. Now she is with her Lord, comforted and rejoicing. We prayed that she would be saved and now we pray for her family that they will do the same.

The hymnist writes:
What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and grieves to bare.
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer.
O, what needs we often forfeit
O, what needless pain we bare.
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.


My wife's favorite verses are “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” (1John 5:14-15 KJV)

One of the great quotes I have written in the fly-leaf of my Bible is "God does nothing, but by prayer." I believe that.

Wherever I may be, whether at home in my own church, or on a plane flying to Germany, or on a train traveling from Hungary into Romania, I spend Thursdays in prayer for my children, their mates and my grandchildren. It is the only legacy I can leave them. Tonight our church will meet once again for an old-fashioned prayer meeting. No special programs for kids, no activities for teens, this is our time to pray as a church family. Prayer is so important to me.