The Prodigal One

I read the other day that contestants on a popular television show were asked to answer the question, “How do people begin the day?” The number one answer drawn from the survey was “with prayer.” I try to start every morning with prayer and hope you do the same. Author and Pastor John Macarthur once said, “Good praying is hard labor, make no mistake about it. It is hard to stay focused.” Prayer itself is, after all, an implicit recognition of the Sovereignty of God. Three things stand in our way when we try to pray, the world, the flesh and the devil. While in prison I would write a …..