Do you feel tired? No matter how much sleep you get, you still run on empty.

Are you experiencing weight gain? Eating seems to be the only comfort you can find lately.

Are you tossing and turning all night and can’t sleep? Your mind runs a million miles a minute and you can’t turn it off.

Do you have suicidal thoughts? Satan continues to whisper to you how unloved you are and that you wouldn’t even be missed.

Do you feel weak? The temptation has gotten so heavy, you are there…willing to risk it all just to find any temporary happiness.

Do you have anxiety? Your always on the edge…trying to please, trying to keep up, trying to figure things out.

Do you find it hard to smile? Life is just hard. All it is, is one big struggle after another. Right when you think your above water, another wave crashes in on you. You’re carrying so much weight, the simple act of smiling seems like too much effort.

Do you feel irritable and aggravated? At any moment you could explode. Things can be going well and in a split second you are screaming and yelling, saying words that cut the soul of the people you love.

Do you know Jesus? He is the healer.

Do you want to get better? He is the medication.

Do you pray? You must ask if you want help.

Prayer is like oxygen to our bodies. We can’t live without it. We first become weak, tired, and lethargic. After only 9 minutes without oxygen our brains begin shutting down. Prayer is exactly the same way. After the first few minutes of your day without prayer, our bodies start feeling weak, tired, lethargic. We get bombarded with temptations, irritations, distractions, and busyness. It’s a spiritual battle throughout the entire day!

WE ARE PRAYER DEFICIENT!!

Lets begin today taking the first 9 minutes after opening our eyes…. filling ourselves, and the ones we love with prayer. Lets stop before we even get started to begin the day efficient not deficient. 

Father~ Thank you for the ability to come before your throne. I know that you love me. I desire to serve you Lord, and want not only your instructions for this day, but also your attitude. I need your breath of life to fill and fuel me so that I can do the things before me today. I’m tired. I’m weary. Draw me near to you from the second I open my eyes, leaning on your strength, not my own. I know you want me to be efficient, not busy and deficient. Slow me down as soon as I awaken, to first…fill myself with the oxygen I need which only comes from YOU!

Matthew 11:28~Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”