In 1642 Sir Jacob Astley was commander of King Charles the firsts army,(they were known as the Royalist)against the Parliamentarians,Just as he left for battle he prayed a prayer,'O Lord,Thou knowest how busy I must be this day.If I forget Thee,do not forget me.'A simple but profound prayer,and yet the fact is God never has memory loss,His eye is always on His children,in whatever battles we are in His eye is upon us,He is watching over His children 24/7.We can understand what that man said, we often forget God in our busyness, God knows,but we are often lax as regards praying,our Lords disciples fell asleep at a very crucial time. Our Saviour was just about to be arrested,he would be tried ,and then crucified,but they were asleep.Jesus said this to them,' Couldn't you men keep watch with me for one hour?' He was reproaching them ,for not supporting Him when He needed them the most.How many times have we forgotten to pray?, we rush into things,and fall flat on our face.I know we have prayed and it hasn't work out,because is was not in God's will(1 John 5 v 14)that is not to discourage us from praying ,our Saviour taught us to pray, ( Matthew 6 v 9ff) and not to give up praying ( Luke 18 v 1ff) Charlie Pride sung a song about prayer here are some verses from it.
' Hey,you left your room this morning
Did you think to pray?
In the name of Christ our Saviour
Did you seek for loving favour as a shield today?
Oh, how praying helps the weary
Prayer will change the night to day
So when life seems dark and dreary
Don't forget to pray.'
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