Daily Devotions
May 23rd, 2011 by Pastor SolleyLuke 6:11-13 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
As you read the gospels you find over and over again the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer. Here in Luke we find Jesus all night in prayer. We begin a two day conference on prayer at Cherry Corner Bible Church this morning. It actually began yesterday morning with a message on prayer and continued last evening. But I wonder how important prayer is to most Christians, to most pastors. Prayer was important to Jesus, so much so that He spent hour upon hour in prayer. Prayer has been replaced by so many other things in the lives of God’s people today. Give thought today to how much prayer means to you, or how much t is lacking in your life, in your service for the Lord. Without doubt for most of us prayer is not what it should be, not what God intends it to be. When was the last time you were all night in prayer?