Today's encouragement comes from Mark 14:39, where we read these words:
"Again He [Jesus] went away and prayed, and spoke the same words."It is encouraging to behold that our Savior Himself—in a time of great need and anguish—prayed, and "spoke the same words.” Very often, in our lives, we do not know how to pray as we ought, (as per Rom. 8:26)—and we tend to say the same things over and over. What matters is that we desire to pour out our hearts to God our Father in prayer. Our Lord knows how to "interpret” our random efforts through the atonement Jesus has provided for us, His churchmen.
Therefore, let us not be discouraged if our prayer life is not all that we would want it to be. Instead, let us groan out some heartfelt utterings—and know that God will be pleased with them (in Christ alone).
[Puritan quote of the day: "Love was the chain that fastened [Jesus] to the cross.” —Thomas Watson, in, "All Things for Good"]
