Lifeline

How often should I pray?

God’s Response

The administrators and high officers went to the king and said, . . . “Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.” . . . But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. Daniel 6:6-7, 10

How often should you pray? More than you do now. Daniel knew about the law against praying to anyone except the king, yet he continued to pray to God three times a day. The point is not that you must pray three times a day, but that you have a disciplined prayer life, taking time to talk to God daily. As you make prayer a daily habit, you will find yourself talking to God throughout the day, sometimes in short sentences as you work or between classes, and sometimes for longer stretches in a quiet place. Don’t let the day’s hectic pace make you forget your prayer time. Pray regularly, for prayer is your lifeline to God.

This Is Promising

Never stop praying. 1 Thessalonians 5:17