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Written by Lynne Hammond

God is sending out a call to His people in these days. It is an urgent call. It is a call that if left unanswered will cost individual believers, the Church at large, and the world itself a higher price than any of us want to pay. It is a call that rings in the heart of every Christian who has ears to hear.

God is calling His saints to prayer.

Some are heeding that call and making prayer the priority of their lives.

They are obeying the admonition in 1 Timothy 2:

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior....
(vs. 1 – 3)

Others, however, are letting the busyness of life drown out that call. They’re saying things like, “One of these days, I’m going to take time to pray. But I have to get some other things done first.”

I’ll just be honest with you about that kind of thinking.

It’s wrong. It’s unscriptural and it has been introduced into the Church by Satan himself. He has a great interest in keeping people out of prayer because he knows it’s prayer that brings the power of God on the scene. It’s prayer that pushes back the forces of darkness and looses the hosts of heaven.

It’s prayer that fills the Church with supernatural power.

Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:19–33
Source: Devotions for the Praying Heart by Lynne Hammond.
Excerpt permission granted by Lynne Hammond Ministries