A Time to Pray

If you knew there was someone who loved you more than anyone in the world had ever or would ever love you, what would you do?

Would you get to know the person better? Spend more time with him/her? Ask what this person sees in you that is so loveable?

Would you share your problems and questions? your victories and failures? your needs and dreams? your hopes and disappointments? Yes, you would do all of this and more.

Listen to God's Word
You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you. Jeremiah 29:12

Remember Today
God is the one who loves you more than you know. God is the one who wants to hear from you every day and who never says, "Not now. IÕm too busy or too tired."

How do you feel about God right now? Express how you feel in a drawing, a song, or a telegram. Write some of your ideas here.

JOURNAL

Being a Prayer
Up to this point in your life, how have you come to God in prayer? What symbols do you connect with the process of praying? What words come to you as you picture yourself at prayer?

Listen to God's Word
After sending the people away, he went up a hill by himself to pray. Matthew 14:23

Pray Now
Even Jesus needed special times and places for saying to God, "Let your love shine through me."

My special times to pray are...
My special places to pray are...

Get comfortable.
Breathe deeply.
Give yourself and your time to God right now.

Speak to the one who loves you. Listen to the one who loves you.
Respond to the one who loves you.

My Prayer Goes On
Lord, your servant is listening.