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b'Sometimes I forget to pray. And sometimes I forget to pray for a while.\\nLife gets busy, or I don\\u2019t find myself with quiet alone time\\u2026 and talking\\nto God gets pushed aside. But praying is so important, especially during\\nthe busy times. It\\u2019s good to talk to God about what\\u2019s on my mind and be\\nreminded of the relationship I have with Him.\\n.\\nIt can be hard to remember to pray, but Jesus gave us an example of how\\nto make special time for prayer. He often went off by Himself, found a\\nquiet spot, and spoke with the Father. Jesus did this many times during His\\nministry. Even when it didn\\u2019t seem like He had time to pray, that\\u2019s\\nespecially when He withdrew to be alone with the Father (Luke 5:15-16).\\n.\\nOne night, Jesus knew that He was going to be betrayed by one of His\\ndisciples very soon, and He took time to pray to the Father for the people\\nHe was about to die for. He asked the Father that they would be protected,\\nsanctified, and unified in love (John 17:11-23). This is a beautiful\\ndemonstration of the sacrificial love that Jesus has for us\\u2014He prayed for\\nus before His death. Jesus\\u2019s prayer reminds us of who He chose to die for\\nand why He chose to go through with the brutal, humiliating, lonely death\\non the cross. It\\u2019s for us. Jesus knew that His death would provide the only\\nway for us to be with Him forever (verse 24). And after Jesus rose from the\\ndead, He ascended to the right hand of God, where He continues to pray for\\nus (Romans 8:34).\\n.\\nAs we wait for Jesus\\u2019s return, we still get to talk with Him through\\nprayer. And, like Jesus prayed before He went to the cross, we can pray\\nbefore we go through hard things. As we take time for conversation with our\\nSavior, He helps recenter us. He reminds us that He loves us, that He is\\nwith us through every challenge we face, and that He will help us face\\nthose challenges in love. \\u2022 Naomi Zylstra\\n.\\n\\u2022 We can talk to God anywhere and anytime\\u2014He loves to hear our prayers,\\nincluding the short, quick ones. Even so, why do you think God invites us\\nto take time alone with Him to pray?\\n.\\n\\u2022 When in your day do you like to pray? How could you make a habit of\\npraying at this time every day (or at least most days)?\\n.\\nThey went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples,\\n\\u201cSit here while I pray.\\u201d Mark 14:32 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nLuke.5.15-Luke.5.16|John.17|Mark.14.32'