The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined
in your prayers. NLT
Jesus is coming back, and he is coming back soon. If peter
can say that the end of the world is coming soon centuries ago, how much closer
are we today. And according to revelation it only gets worse and worse until
Jesus comes back and takes his church home. Matthew 24:42 says "So you,
too, must keep watch! For you don't know what day your Lord is coming.” Matthew 26:41 NLT “Keep watch and pray, so
that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the
body is weak!". The two things that Jesus says to do is watch and pray. Pray
is a time where we get to talk to Jesus, a time to petition to him or to
intercede for other people who have needs or in need but don’t know it. But, we
are to do it earnestly and with discipline, when I think of being earnest about
something its to pray knowing that time is short and to know that you don’t know
when Jesus is coming back to pray as if he is coming back today. So, peter
commands us to be earnest in prayer but, not only earnest but also to show
discipline in our prayers, in mark it tells us how Jesus got up in early in the
morning when it was still dark, so he could pray. Daniel prayed 3 times a day
even when he was not allowed to do so. So, when I think of being disciplined in
prayer is to be intentional about it, making sacrifices during your day that
way you may talk with Jesus and to seek his heart in every situation.
Application:
Everyday for the rest of the week I will pray for someone
who has need and I will read this verse before I do so.
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