Monday – Romans 8:34

“Prayer is the conduit through which the power of heaven is brought to earth.” — Dr. Ole Hallesby

In her book, Fervent, Pricilla Shirer writes:

“If I were your enemy … I’d want you to devalue the most potent weapons in your arsenal. … The enemy will seek to dissuade you. Disarm you by putting a distaste for prayer in your mouth. He wants to see you passionless, powerless, and prayerless. And because prayer is the divinely ordained mechanism that leads you in the heart and the power and the victory of Christ, he knows you’ll remain defeated and undone without it. Tired and overwhelmed. Inching forward but mostly backward. Trying to figure out why the hope and enthusiasm you feel in church doesn’t follow you to the four walls you live within.”

Jesus offers his power to us if we will ask. Hebrews 7:25 says he LIVES to intercedes for us. Why then do we seek to live life on our own? No wonder we are “defeated and undone … tired and overwhelmed”! Access the power and victory of Christ in prayer today!