Thought for today - 09/18/2012

"If, as Charles Spurgeon says, 'A prayer-less soul is a Christ-less soul,' how many of us go through our day without Him? How is it that we profess to know the Lord, claiming Him as our friend, yet spend so little time communing with Him in prayer? Our Lord Jesus set a beautiful example for us in communing with His heavenly Father. 'Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed' (Mark 1:35). Our Lord prayed often -- at the beginning of His day, before many of His miracles, before His meals, and before and during His crucifixion, just to name a few occasions. He prayed for the lost, for His disciples, for His enemies, for the world, and for Himself. Many of His prayers are recorded in His Word to teach us how to pray, when to pray, and for whom to pray. If Jesus, the perfect Son of God, needed such times with His Father, how much more do we?"
- Jim Reimann, Look Unto Me: The Devotions of Charles Spurgeon