Our schedule each day can get filled up rather quickly. We have our job, errands to run, emails to check, phone calls to return, and attending to many family matters. We have many activities that fill up our time each day, some of which won't matter much in the long view of our lives.
In the midst of a flurry of activity, is prayer an activity that is a must like the many other things that you do? Why should this be? Prayer is our way of staying in touch with God. It brings us into communion with God. We get into the heart of God and God gets deeper into us. Prayer is the foundation out of which our lives are directed. We need to be reminded to whom we belong and who has a claim on our lives. Unless we have this time, we are left to our own wisdom and strength.
There are always going to be distractions - reading the paper, watching TV, and chatting on the phone. Can you really let these things squeeze out your precious time for prayer?
I invite you to look at your schedule and see if you are carving out enough time to be in communion with God!
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Savior Divine Lutheran Church, Palos Hills, IL seeks to help people connect to God through prayer. This blog will focus on the many aspects of prayer.
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About Me
- Rev. Martin W. Pauschke
- I have been pastor at Savior Divine since July 2004. Prior to my current position, I had served at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Maywood, IL, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Runnemede, NJ. I graduated from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, with a concentration in musicology and graduated from Concordia Seminary in Exile (Christ Seminary - Seminex) in St. Louis, MO. I received a D. Min. degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.