Each new year brings with it a certain level of excitement and expectation. We evaluate the previous year and then we establish goals, we make plans, and we set things in motion for the coming days. Our desire is to see God move in a mighty way and it is a desire that comes with a great responsibility (to live for God), a great privilege (being a part of the family of God), and a great opportunity (loving others like Jesus does). However, we must also acknowledge the fact that it isn’t always easy to move forward, and yet, God can use the parts and pieces of our life to bring Him great glory.   

God knew that as we made our way through life that there would be certain elements and circumstances that would come into our life that were simply greater than we are. His solution to the problems of our life was to make Himself and His resources available to His people. The means by which we can tape in to the presence, the provisions, and the power of God is prayer, and yet, most of prayer lives are struggling to show any signs of life. In this series of thoughts, we are taking our prayer life to the emergency were we will learn from the Great Physician how to pray.

We live in a world of facades, false fronts, and covered realities. We want to be happy all the time and we want others to think that we are, but underneath the harsh reality is that the bad days, the difficult things, and the high level of stress are all weighing us down. Oftentimes, they leave us feeling discouraged, depressed, and like there is simply no hope, but THAT ISN’T TRUE AT ALL. While our enemy wants to use the realities of life against us, God wants us to bring our brokenness and our bad habits to Him so that in the midst of life’s very real struggles we can still answer, “It is well.”