Devote Yourselves to Prayer

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. — Colossians 4:2

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Today I read a fascinating article in wsj.com about what we've lost in rejecting the Sabbath.

And this essay is an excerpt adapted from a new book, "The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in a Age of Chaos."

I'm lookingforward to reading it.

The essay was a perceptive look at how we've moved away from spending time with God.

Instead, we fill our days with busy-ness.

No wonder we have such high rates of divorce, alcoholism, drug abuse, and dysfunctional families.

We've taken our eyes off the eternal.

Everything passes away except God.

And the Sabbath is a guarantor of our "inner liberty."

While rest-less, Sabbath-less societies could easily descend into tyranny and barbarism.

Hitler and Mao did turned their focus away from God and having a Sabbath rest.

Instead, they turned the focus of their societies onto themselves. 

Two examples of societies descending into tyranny and barbarism.

Lord, help us to devote ourselves to prayer, keeping alert in an attitude of thanksgiving to You.