When it comes to prayer I feel like such a beginner . . . even after all these years. But one wonderful thing about prayer is that it is something I can do anytime, so there are no time boundaries to prayer. And Romans 8 tells us that the Holy Spirit prays for us. So in that way prayer is something in which Christians have a “built-in” expertise, because the Holy Spirit is right there, indwelling us and groaning with words that can’t be uttered. And at the right hand of the Throne is our Lord Jesus, interceding to the Father for us.

For these reasons and many others, there is great power in prayer! I’m only just learning this, because perhaps in the past I have misdefined “power”. I believe prayer unleashes what God has already planned to unleash, it answers the call that God has already put forth, it is a lifting up to him what he has already given to us. It is the bold entrance, emboldened through his great rescue. And it is so much more that I still can’t comprehend.

Prayer is an amazing way for us to love others. There are people that I never see anymore but I still can love them – and not just in my memories but in reality and in a way that affects them contemporaneously – by praying for them.

I’ve been thinking through these things because I’m learning more and more to treasure those moments of prayer and intercession that I am afforded, and to find those moments in the most unlikely places. Basically, anytime there’s a quiet moment. Anywhere.