DCLM Higher Everyday 21 June 2026 — Prayer Life
Topic: Prayer Life
Bible Reading: Matthew 6:6-15 (KJV)
6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
KEY VERSE: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking” (Matthew 6:7).
Message
According to D. L. Moody, “Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.” Indeed, God wants His children to communicate with Him but in a reasonable manner and not repetitively. If you are in a boarding school in Egypt and you want to phone your father in America to send money to you and be screaming, “Daddy, send me $8,000…daddy, send me $8,000…” and you do that for about 5 minutes, your father would think that something has gone wrong with you.
The quote from D. L. Moody above aptly shows God’s desire of man’s constant and rich fellowship with Him through prayer. Generally, man has limited resources to meet his unlimited needs. From our text, our Lord Jesus Christ who has been with the Father from all eternity has shown us a pattern of a potent prayer. However, prayer is not a repetitive ritual but a human privileged channel of drawing strength from God sensibly. The potency of your prayer depends on your relationship with God.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord, give me the passion for prayer in Jesus’ name
CHALLENGE
How is your prayer life and relationship with God?
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
