DAILY READINGS: 2 Kings 17; Jeremiah 51:1-24; 1 Timothy 1
In the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Mark 1:35
I have often pondered why so few seem stirred to truly lay hold of the God of Israel through prayer. How we need to recall this example of the Lord in the early watch of the morning. No doubt He often saw the morning star. To rouse out of sleep and learn to call on God with every fiber and fervency of our being is very costly, but it is the path of power, peace and the day by day reality of the Divine presence. Filled with these attributes our witness will be empowered and souls will be challenged by our ministry. —Les Rainey
Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath, the Christian’s native air;
His watch-word at the gates of death, he enters heaven with prayer.
—J. Montgomery