Prayer

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today

February 16, 2026

Prayer

So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself.

He does only what he sees the Father doing.

Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

John 5:19 

In John 14:10-11, Jesus spoke again about his relationship with God, His father: “The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” 

As I read the Gospels, I learn that Jesus made it his practice to worship and to study the scriptures. He prayed often. And often after he prayed, he took specific actions, such as going to a different city, or tarrying in place a while longer. It was after a time in prayer that Jesus picked his disciples. (See Luke 4:4, 16, Luke 5:16, Luke 6:12, Mark 1:38)

In reading Acts and Paul’s epistles, I learned Paul had the same practices.

As we seek the life in Christ as our way of life, as we are seeking to stay in God’s grace for each day, we, too, want to make it our practice to worship, and to study the Bible, and to pray. In my morning prayer and devotional reading time, my closing prayer often includes this line: “. . . in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose.” (My Daily Office) However, in reading about Jesus’ prayer life, I find I am lacking in specific, intentional prayer, seeking God’s guidance on how to work out his mission for my life each day. Immediately, the admonition of James comes to mind: You have not because you ask not! (James 4:2)

My Takeaway: I know because of Christ’ Redemption, I am deeply loved by God, I am fully pleasing to God, I am totally acceptable & accepted by God, and I am a new creation – complete in Christ. (See I John 4: 9-10, Romans 5: 1, Col. 1:21-22, Col. 2:10)

I also know I want to do my part in making these attributes visible in my daily life. My part is prayer.

Sē’lah

My book on prayer,

First Think, Then Pray

is now available on Amazon Kindle.

 

(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Alex M. Knight

 

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