We all know the value of prayer, what prayer does in our lives, the fulfillment of obedience when we pray, and the joy that it brings in spending time with God but one of the hardest things in life to do is pray. It’s easy to talk about prayer, to study about prayer, and even to teach about prayer but it’s something altogether different to spend time in prayer.

As much as everyone seems to be in a hurry today, waiting has become a way of life. The week before a big race, the days after a presentation, or the struggles of finding direction all involve the hard part of life – WAITING.

from The Weekly PowerBreak for April 26

Jan and I get quite overwhelmed whenever we stop and recount the goodness of God in our lives and the way He has led us and provided for us, especially in my “one breath from death experience.” Quite frankly you don’t need an experience like to take you to the “overwhelmed” state. God provides enough in life for all of us in displays of His mercy and grace that the word “unbelievable” or “overwhelmed” is really not good enough to describe what we have experienced.

There’s an expression in Psalm 68:19 in the King James Version that really tells us how blessed we are:

Psalms 68:19 (KJV) Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Let’s face it—people seem to live on ready to quit on just about everything today. People quit working out, people get out of contracts, people drop out of races, some quit on relationships, and seem to give up on God for what seems to be the smallest things. Where is the commitment today? Very few really have it and those who are committed to seeing things through seem to be tempted on every hand to just quit.