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Prayer

James 5:13-20

Today I rolled out of bed and realized that it was already Thursday! Most of my week toast, lost forever in the "I wish I had more" time zone. Sure, good things have happened this week, but for the most part, my week is finished with so many good things I could have done. I hope I am not the only one at that place in life but based upon the stories and in view of the lives around me, I know I am not the only one.

There are many ideas to solve this dillema. We could just not expect so much from ourselves, set the standard lower. We could also simply shorten our nights, get less sleep and more done. There is also this idea of cloning, just give me another me think of all we could accomplish with two of me and two of you! God has a more simple way and a much less logical way. He tells us to pray.

Did you catch that? Prayer accomplishes more than a clone would. I know, it doesn't make any sense less work doesn't mean more gets accomplished. That is the beauty of God's plan, we give that work we cannot accomplish over to Him. We raise the standard higher, because we have someone who can accomplish anything and He is on our side! We don't give up, we give it to the Lord.

Prayer, use it.