I love the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” There is a line in it that says “What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer.” And you know, I like that. Because I think it’s easy for people to think that spiritual disciplines like prayer are drudgery. That we have to read the Bible, that we have to go to church, that we have to pray. But this hymn says it so well- it is actually a privilege! It is an amazing thing that the God of the universe wants to hear our talking to Him. That He listens to us. That He speaks to us also. That we can talk to God any time of day or night. He is, after all, our heavenly Father.

Psalm 145:18 says, "The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” I want to be close to the Lord, don’t you?

Let’s never forget the privilege it is to talk to Almighty God. And may we seek God’s face all the days of our lives. In prayer we gain wisdom also, and direction by the Holy Spirit. And wisdom is just what you and I need as we go out to reach our world in this generation with the Good News of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

This is Luis Palau