Let me invite you to take a look at your dominant hand. Beginning with your little finger, assign one of these five words to each one.
"Lord, teach us to pray."
Luke 11:1
The last word is pray. Assign it to your thumb. To get a grip on anything, you need your thumb. The final word on getting a grip on life is, pray. The disciples made this request to Jesus, after hearing Him pray. They didn't ask Him to teach them to preach, teach, give, serve or love. There was something about His prayer life that made them realize they needed to get a grip on prayer.
"I would rather teach one man to pray, than to teach ten men to preach."
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Paul longed for the capacity to know Jesus, and "the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death." (Philippians 3:10). This Easter, pray for no less.
Taking hold of the power of the resurrection requires a tightening your hold on God's Word, and a yielding of your heart to God's will. Prayer accomplishes both.
Jesus promised His disciples that answered prayer was a direct result of residence, not eloquence.
NOTE TO SELF: Answered prayer resides where you abide. Prayer tightens your grip on God's word, and yields your heart to God's will.
TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you." John 15:7