June 13
Prayer vital to the Christian
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” (Matt. 6:6).
“I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved” (Psa. 16:8).
We know from much experience that the enemy does his utmost to prevent us from having a quiet hour. He is only too well aware of its importance in a healthy believer’s life, and knows what wealth of overcoming power lies hidden for us there. Public worship, Bible-study circles, meetings, prayer meetings, are all good, and we should attend them whenever possible, but they can never take the place of the quiet hour. Moreover, our Lord Himself ordained these times of stillness when He said, “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”