You Have to Make Time. Luke 6:12

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Do you pray and worship and sing to the Lord and read and study and memorize scripture only when you have a problem? Does God only hear from you when something goes wrong? If then?

Or do you spend time with Him daily? Do you talk to Him like a friend, sharing your hopes and dreams and hurts, your wins and losses? If you love someone, you will spend time with him, right? Consider the example of Jesus:

Luke 6:12 says, “During those days, He went out to the mountain to pray and spent ALL NIGHT in prayer to God.”

Can you imagine? That’s a long time. I don’t expect any of us to do the same—and you should not feel guilty for doing less—but He is setting an example for us. We may not pray all night long, but we can do a little. We can do something. Five or ten minutes is so much better than nothing.

Pray. Talk to God for a few minutes about spiritual disciplines. Ask Him to help you do a little more, to help you desire it and make time for it. To get organized about feeding yourself spiritually. Ask Him to help you develop good, consistent habits of prayer and praise and Bible study and church attendance.

Jesus made time to be with His Father. How can we do any less?

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Published by Steven Wales

Dad's Daily Devotional began as text messages to my family. I wanted my teenagers to know their father was reading the Bible. But they were at school by then. Initially, I sent them a favorite verse or an insight based on what I read each day. That grew into drafting a devotional readng which I would send them via text. I work as an attorney and an adjunct professor, and recently wrote a book called HOW TO MAKE A'S.

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