Men Always Ought to Pray and Not Lose Heart...

 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,—Luke 18:1

As I sat and thought about this verse and the parable that follows my heart came back with only this...

What would I do without my ability to pray?  How could I live without my Jesus?  How could I live without the fellowship of His Spirit dwelling in me. How could I have hope without the sure and certain knowledge that He is with me and hears me when I cry?  Who would be my refuge...who would be my help?  Who would sustain, comfort and guide me through the distresses and trials of life?  Where would I be without my connection to the One who is mighty to save?  Who would be my refuge...who would be the One to whom I poured out my heart to?  Who else would really care?  

Beloved...for me there would be no point to this life without my relationship to the living God through prayer.  Life without the precious privilege of prayer...without my connection to God...would be a taste of hell...like I was falling into the darkness of an abyss forever.   Right now at this moment Scripture tells me I sit in the heavenly places in Christ. It tells me that I can come boldly to His Throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in my time of need.  Without prayer I lose my connection to the One who is my hope, my strength and my song and without Him is darkness forever...

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.—John 1:4-5