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Today we prayed from Matthew 6:6 for your personal prayer life. This verse is often called the “prayer closet” verse from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. Here are two translations:

• Modern English Version “But you, when you pray, enter your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”
• The Message “Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.”

You, the members of this registry, all asked to join, so our assumption is that you are a praying person at some level. Our simple prayer today is that you experience God’s presence as you take time to pray. I find distractions to be distracting, so entering into a space (closet, parked car or empty room) with fewer distractions helps me feel closer to God. We hope that you can find a quiet place to sit with God today.

Heading into the closet for you,

Dayn and the prayer team

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