Prayer is possible because God has enabled a relationship with him through our faith in Jesus Christ.  We can often find prayer difficult because it can be hard work and something we need to devote time and energy to and that is something we seem to have less of these days.  Paul told us from Colossians that Epaphras wrestled in prayer for the Colossian Christians.  He saw the importance of prayer that took some effort and even discomfort.  Sometimes the lack of habit of praying stops us from this discipline.  There are many people who are in good habits of reading the Bible regularly and praying to their heavenly Father.  We admire them and can sometimes wonder why they find it easy and we don’t.  I think the secret of prayer is understanding who God is; who we are in his sight and continuing in prayer even when we don’t feel like it and it seems like hard work.  Let us encourage each other to pray and to be in constant communion with our heavenly Father.  It is a great privilege that we need to nurture in our lives.

Colin Watson