Praying Continually

READ: PSALM 145:19; PHILIPPIANS 4:4-13; 1 JOHN 3:1; 5:14 My sister calls me every day around three o’clock. Sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later. Sometimes a lot later. Could she be shopping? By four o’clock I start to worry. Perhaps she was in a car accident. Maybe she got hurt. I like to know she’s okay—especially since she lives alone. But there are also times when I’m busy and can’t answer the phone. Then she leaves a message. We never have to leave a message with God. Unlike with me and my sister, He already knows all the things going on in our lives, but He wants us to tell Him about them anyway—just like a little child tells their parents about the friend who shared a cookie, or comforted them after another child betrayed them. Sharing draws the parent and child closer together. Sharing can draw us closer to God too. God wants to hear the things that worry us. The things that annoy us. The things that make us sing for joy. We can talk to God any t...