This evening, I spent the night in prayer with my team members at Rockwell Campus. I am privileged to be surrounded with people who are passionately seeking God’s will. The living room of our tita Olive became Holy Ground because God was there. We prayed together and for each other.

Now, I’m not sharing these things to you to make me look good. Nor am I typing these words to make me more spiritual. No e-mails please.

But what I am trying to tell you is that we need to PRAY.

Prayer is a conversation with God that never ceases. It’s not like a phone call when you press “CALL” and “END THE CALL”. It’s not just done before a meal or before you sleep. Pray not because you are in danger or you are in trouble. Pray because you want to talk to God.

Madame de Stael once said that “Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.” Beautifully said.

It’s the beginning of the year. We’re barely a week into January 2010. Let me encourage you to take time in prayer. Talk to the Lord. If you do, He will respond. Those who truly seek God will find Him. God is not hard to find. It is usually harder to find the time for God.

If there is anything I learned today, it’s a basic and unchanging fact – PRAYER IS IMPORTANT.

If you want to seek guidance, PRAY.
If you want wisdom, PRAY.
If you need something, PRAY.
If you are confused, PRAY.
If you are God’s child, PRAY.

My friend, let me encourage you to pray today. God listens.

“Prayer is the voice of faith.” – William Van Horne