Dear Young Christian:
I was driving through Bardwell Kentucky, when I noticed a large sign that caught my attention. This is what it said:
WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU TO YOUR KNEES, PRAY!
Don’t you feel like you have been knocked to your knees sometimes … your feet knocked right out from under you by circumstances? I know I do. Well, this sign certainly had a timely message for me. That week, I felt like I had been struck down, and the wind knocked out of me. The Lord knew I needed the reminder to “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). We also need to learn to “continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving” (Colossians 4:2).
Whatever hard knocks life seems to deal you this week, remember that the Lord is there, always ready to help, comfort and give the grace and strength to get up off our knees from prayer and dependence, and go on in the path of faith.
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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