Prayer is a conscious act of our will and can be very difficult to accomplish. So these instructions from Jesus make all the more sense to follow for a more effective prayer life. We must first get away from the worldly chaos to a quiet place. Jesus repeatedly did this…retreating to a lonely place to commune with His Heavenly Father. Secondly, we must shut the door on all confusion, disorder, emotions, and loud distractions…or as II Corinthians 10:5 tells us, “And we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” That’s because prayer is a battle of our idle & wandering thoughts running amuck as we learn to discipline our minds and concentrate deliberately on prayer. And when we have unquestioning obedience to Christ in taking captive every idea, motive, desire, and decision, there is protection behind those closed doors. (Isaiah 26:20) In II Kings 4:33 we see Elisha apply this as he prays for the Shunammite woman’s dead son. “He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed.” And it says the young boy was miraculously restored back to life. The Lord beckons you to join Him in your Secret Place today…for He’s there right there in the middle of all your everyday circumstances.
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