Needs to become a habit

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5–6)

It can be a temptation or tendency with most of us—to get so busy worrying about or discussing a problem that we fail to take it to the Lord. I think that one of the most important phrases we could introduce to our vocabulary and which we should frequently use is, “Should we pray?”

The secret of prayerfulness and walking prayerfully throughout life is simply making it a habit. There’s not really anything that’s so mystical or mysterious about it; you just have to keep doing it and keep at it, faithfully “acknowledging Him in all your ways.”

Most of us remember to pray before we go to sleep at night, and also when we first wake up in the morning or before we eat. But to truly make prayer a habit, you have to work to incorporate prayer into your life.

Prayer needs to become a habit. And to make anything a habit takes conscious effort over a period of time. We usually have our own plan, and it may be a pretty good one. But what if the Lord wants to change it? If we don’t pray, we may miss out on doing what the Lord wants us to do.

We should learn to pray about everything. That’s why we should “pray without ceasing.” The Lord wants us to acknowledge Him in every area, “In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.”

We must have faith that God can bring together in harmony everything that is within us and that we often cannot reconcile. - Anselm Grün

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