Prayer - devotion and be alert! colossians 4:2

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!
   Colossians 4:2 KJV "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"  Life App "Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart."

    Do you struggle with your prayer life?  Have trouble praying for someone or something?  We are to continue or devote ourselves to prayer.  Remember, God invented the prayer long before cell phones and texting - why?  Because he wishes to communicate with us.
   Paul tells us to devote ourselves to prayer and also to "be alert".  Our persistence in prayer is not a redundant, boring thing, - it shows an expression of our faith.  Some will say if you pray over and over then you don't have faith.  To this I respond - BUNK!  Growing up did you tell your father of a problem only once, then you  forgot it, ignored it, and it would be solved?  No!  If you had a big problem you talked about it over and over and why go to your father (or mother) ? Because you believed they could give you insight and help with the situation.
    This is God. God is always present.  God is always listening. God is always answering.  He may not answer in the way you desire, but he will answer as he knows best. But why am I allowed to wander out here in the wilderness, the briars, the elements, the rough untreaded path?  Experience, which was your decision and it will make you stronger.  But remember, HE is leading you back.  Devote yourself, be alert, go forth with your prayer.  Get a prayer accountability partner. Love you all.
    In Christ's Love and Grace
        Johnny