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Q. Why is it so hard to pray, and what can we do to be more consistent with our prayer-life?
A. The enemy, Satan, does not want us to express our dependence and confidence in God our Father and the Lord Jesus, which is what we do when we pray. He knows that a prayerless life is a powerless life.
Another thing that can rob us of time spent in prayer is the busy pace of life. We need to discipline our prayer life, like Daniel. “He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed” (Daniel 6:10). Daily, consistent prayer was the habit of his life.
Something else that will keep us from prayer is sin and a bad conscience. When we allow sin in our life it breaks communion and we don’t feel comfortable to come and speak to Him. Just like a difficulty coming between you and a friend, so it is with the “Friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24).
It takes constancy and “purpose of heart” to keep up our prayer life. The Lord said to His followers, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation” (Matthew 26:41).
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