Prayer is more than giving God a list of needs. It is even more than just communion with God. It is special. It is a time when we meet with our Creator and Heavenly Father one on one. Consider it a date, a date with the God of the Universe. It is a very special time that needs to be taken seriously.
Luke 5:16 New American Standard Bible 1995
But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.
Matthew 6:6 New American Standard Bible 1995
But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close
your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who
sees what is done in secret will reward you.
Jesus understood the importance of prayer and modeled it for His disciples and for us. There are several accounts of Him slipping away to pray, and those are only the ones mentioned. It is something He did often. When giving instruction on prayer, He said to go into your inner room. Remember that houses then were probably not that elaborate. Just a couple rooms, mostly communal rooms for the family. But prayer was to be done in the quietness and solitude of an “inner” room, something probably in the center of the house, maybe a closet, with few distractions.
When you pray this week, find a place where you can be alone with few distractions. If possible make it a place where you can go permanently, a prayer closet dedicated to time with God. Keep a Bible, prayer journal, pen, whatever tools you use there so that it is ready, and limit anything that does not pertain to prayer. Remember that this is a sacred place to meet with Almighty God.
Prayer points taken from Praying Through Adversity by Jennifer Kennedy Dean.
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