My practice had been, at least for ten years previously, as a habitual thing, to give myself to prayer, after having dressed myself in the morning.  Now…the first thing I did, after having asked in a few words the Lord’s blessing upon His precious Word, was, to begin to meditate on the Word of God, searching, as it were, into every verse, to get blessing out of it….The result I have found to be almost invariably this, that after a very few minutes my soul has been led to confession, or to thanksgiving, or to intercession, or to supplication;  so that, though I did not, as it were, give myself to prayer, but to meditation, yet it turned almost immediately more or less into prayer.  When thus I have been for a while making confession, or intercession, or supplication, or have given thanks, I go on to the next words or verse, turning also, as I go on, into prayer for myself or others, as the Word may lead to it.  (George Mueller)

Mary had a little Lamb; His fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went; the Lamb was sure to go.
He followed her to school each day, it wasn’t even in the rule.
It made the children laugh and play, to have a Lamb at school.

And then the rules all changed one day, illegal it became,
To bring the Lamb of God to school, or even speak His Name.
Every day got worse and worse, and days turned into years.
Instead of hearing children laugh, we heard gunshots and tears.
What must we do to stop the crime, that’s in our schools today?
Let’s let the Lamb come back to school, and teach our kids to pray!

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· We do not pray enough together, as Christian brothers and sisters.  We talk, and we forget that our Father is there listening – and that it should be the most natural thing to include Him in our conversation.  (Joseph Bayly)

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