Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—James 5:13-20
by: Trisha Gerstel.
If we envision prayer as hours spent in a chair or on our knees thinking up things to say to the Lord, then it quickly becomes a daunting task to be avoided. However, when we come to understand prayer as God intended it—an opportunity to speak with and hear from the Creator of the universe, giving Him our worries, pain, and struggles while receiving His comfort, peace, and joy—then we can accept it as the gift it truly is. Once we have done this, we open the door to spiritual growth that can be obtained only through time with God.