Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Relationship Building Prayer



Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.

—Mark 1:35 (NLT)



Heavenly Father,


Help me to follow after the example of Your Son, Jesus, and seek after You in prayer—before the busyness of life crowds out my time alone with You and robs me of that desperately needed refreshing I receive from simply being in Your presence.


Each and every day, help me to first go to You alone in prayer—before the concerns of the day have an opportunity to overrun my thoughts—so that, through my time with You, all of the demands of my day can be viewed from Your divine perspective.

Help me to find a quiet place with You—removed from anything that would distract me from the quality time I need to devote to spending with You—so that I can tell You the things on my heart and hear those things that You would speak into my heart.

Help me be consistent in seeking You out in prayer, knowing that the development of my relationship with You—coming to more fully understand and live out Your divine plan for how You and I relate to each other—must be my greatest priority if I am to please You in everything that I do.

Help me to carry that attitude of prayer and passion for Your presence with me throughout the day—so that my communion with You might continue like a warm and open conversation, as I seek to follow Your leading in everything that I do.


Help me to follow after the example of Your Son, Jesus, and seek after You in prayer—before the busyness of life crowds out my time alone with You and robs me of that desperately needed refreshing I receive from simply being in Your presence.


In the name of Jesus, Amen.

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