Daily Delight Devotional – Sunday, June 11 2023

‭‭Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

– Colossians‬ ‭4:2‬ ‭, NIV‬‬

We have the example of the early church and its extensive participation in prayer and how they experienced great and mighty acts of God. For instance, when Peter was imprisoned, he was miraculously freed.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

– Acts 12:5 NIV

Apostle Paul certainly prayed much and directed all believers to pray. Devote yourself to prayer daily. Jesus devoted Himself to prayer. In Luke chapter 11, He was teaching his disciples how to pray. In Luke 18:1, “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” (NIV)

These verses are very direct instances of Jesus’ admonishing us to pray diligently.

The fathers of faith prayed – Edward Jonathan, John Wesley, Martin Luther, George Muller, D.L Moody and Charles Finney. These fathers of faith became great through prayer platforms.

Make your prayer life a habit and cultivate God’s divine presence.
To be devoted is to be watchful, purposeful, graceful and thankful. If you want to be an achiever or accomplisher things of eternal value and live a victorious Christian life, you must be devoted to prayer.

Insight: God hears and answers our prayers.

Prayer: Father, engrace my life with the power of prayer in the name of Jesus.

Further Bible Reading: Mark 1:35
Daily Bible Reading: Philippians 4:1-13