Thought for Today: Wednesday November 19

Observe carefully the prayer life of Yeshua, and notice the earnestness with which He prayed. In Gethsemane He cried out in a loud voice, and in the intensity of His supplication He fell headlong on the damp ground and pleaded before His Father until “His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground” {Luke 22:44}. Too often – and in very sharp contrast – we use petty petitions, oratorical exercises, and the same words we have used for years rather than the cries of our inmost being. Also, too often when we pray, our thoughts roam. We insult YHVH by speaking to Him with our lips while our minds and hearts are far from Him. And too often when we pray, we already expect Father to give us the answer what we want to hear.