Our opening scripture was Paul's passionate encouragement on prayer to the Church at Colosse. Prayer is not something you resign or graduate from. The quality of your prayer life says a lot about the quality of your spirituality. Relaxation in prayer is costly. A prayer-less Christian is like a guard who sleeps on his job, making vulnerable the property under his charge. Don't allow achievement or perceived underachievement quench your fire of prayer. Don't have an excuse for not praying. You busy schedules should never be an excuse for not praying. Jesus was very busy in His earthly days. Luke 5:15 (TLB) bears witness to this "Now the report of his power spread even faster and vast crowds came to hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases". Think of the fame and the ministerial workload of attending to the people. This did not deviate his prayer focus, instead verse 16 tells us, "But he often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer". Even ministering to people was never an excuse not to pray.

As a ministry we have special scheduled prayers. Take advantage of these and participate in praying. Additionally make sure you intentionally punctuate your days with praying. Leviticus 6:12 (NIV) says, "The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out". Make sure you fan your prayer life on the altar of your heart continuously. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 enjoins us, "Pray without ceasing". Sometimes you may not feel like praying, but choose to pray. Whether you feel or you don't, pray anyway. Take it like breathing. You just have to breathe and you don't have to feel like it. Pray when people see, pray when they don't see you. Pray always. By God's grace overcome the temptation of fatigue in prayer. Don't be weary in prayer; keep at it as instructed in our theme scripture.