Prayer from the heart is more effective than prayers from the head. When we pour out our hearts in prayer—laying everything before the Lord, sometimes crying or saying nothing at all—the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf. What a blessing! When we don’t know what or how to pray, we can let our hearts take the lead. God understands.

Many of us have lost the sensitive spirit we had when we were younger Christians. Some call that maturing, yet we’re more depressed than ever! The joy of the Lord is our strength, and we must praise Him daily for it! Let’s get back the songs in our hearts and sweetly worship our Savior.

We teach children the importance of kindness. At what point do we adults forget it? The worst thing we can do is have malice and hatred to those who have never wronged us. As Christians, we are commanded to be kind to everyone—that’s a pretty special quality. The God who loves us infinitely will help us love others if we allow Him to!

Think of all the discord between races, religions, economic statuses, and political sides. All those people aren’t our enemies! Just because we disagree with others doesn’t mean we are allowed to hate them or pray for their downfall. As believers under the new covenant, we are called to love people we don’t get along with. Let’s pray for them like Jesus did.

In moments of grief or fear, where do we turn? Only Jesus can take our negative feelings and turn them into joy. God is always with us and always loves us—those facts alone should be enough to make us sing and worship Him! When we fill our minds and hearts with thoughts of the love of God, it overwhelms the darkness and discouragement we face. Worship Him today!

Many of us don’t like to cry—it might make us feel embarrassed or weak. But the Bible says that tears are a language that God understands. When we cry in our prayers, those tears are so precious to Him that He stores them! Let’s allow the Spirit to move within us as we pray over our families, cities, and nations.

It's easy to do too much ministry and neglect personal time with the Lord. We run around doing this and that but neglect prayer and time in God's Word—and our spiritual energy gets drained. Then we want to run away! Instead of chasing about, let’s run to our Savior today. He will restore our strength.