Prayer Never Out Of Place

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving. Col. 4:2.
 
There is no time or place in which it is inappropriate to offer up a petition to God. 
There is nothing that can prevent us 
from lifting up our hearts in the spirit of earnest prayer. 
In the crowds of the street, in the midst of a business engagement, 
we may send up a petition to God, and plead for divine guidance.
 
We may speak with Jesus as we walk by the way, 
and He says, I am at thy right hand. 
We may commune with God in our hearts; 
we may walk in companionship with Christ. 
When engaged in our daily labor, 
we may breathe out our heart's desire, 
inaudible to any human ear; 
but that word cannnot die away into silence, 
nor can it be lost. Nothing can drown the soul's desire. 
It rises above the din of the street, above the noise of machinery. 
It is God to whom we are speaking, and our prayer is heard.
 
Every earnest petition for grace and strength will be answered.
...Ask God to do for you those things that you cannot do for yourselves. 
Tell Jesus everything. Lay open before Him the secrets of your heart; 
for His eye searches the inmost recesses of the soul, 
and He reads your thoughts as an open book. 
When you have asked for the things that are necessary for your soul's good, 
believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. 
Accept His gifts with your whole heart; for Jesus has died 
that you might have the precious things of heaven as your own, 
and at last find a home with the heavenly angels in the kingdom of God.
 

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 If you will find voice and time to pray, God will find time and voice to answer.
 
Have a happy and meaningful life! (Possible in Jesus!)
God bless you!

Following Our Example

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers. —1 Timothy 4:12

Alyssa, who is 6 and just learning to read, often saw her parents and grandparents reading their Bibles in the morning. Early one day, she woke up before everyone else. Grandma found her sitting on the couch, with her Bible and a devotional booklet on her lap. She wanted to follow the example of spending time with God at the beginning of the day.

Timothy, a young pastor, faced heavy responsibilities in the church at Ephesus—training believers, leading in worship, countering false doctrine. The older, experienced apostle Paul gave him instruction on leading the church in these areas, but he also mentioned the importance of personal conduct. He said, “Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Tim. 4:12).

Paul challenged Timothy: “Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine” (v.16). If he paid attention to his own spiritual life and to solid doctrine, he would be a godly example to the church family.

We all have others who are observing us. Even little Alyssa has younger siblings watching her. Let’s live our lives in such a way that those who follow our example will help others in their walk with God.  —Anne Cetas

Lord, help me live a godly life
Of faith and love and purity
So those who follow what I do
Will grow in their maturity. —Sper

A good example has more value than good advice.

extracted from http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml , Our Daily Bread Daily Devotional