Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

Matthew, chapter 6, verse 6, but when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to

your father who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you.

This is one of my favorite verses in the sermon on the Mount. Jesus warning people about practicing

deeds of righteousness, religious actions to be seen by others. And he says, when you pray,

go in your room, shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret, like nobody else but you

and God, and your father who sees in secret will reward you. And that's a promise that every

single day, there is reward waiting for you and me in a room alone with the father.

Just think about that reward. Is this not a picture of God's love for you and me?

And he says, I want to give you reward every single day. I want you to enjoy me. I want you

to receive reward from my hand and my presence, just you and me. Even the thought that today, I,

you can spend time alone with the God of the universe that he will listen to you,

share, unburden your heart before him, that he will speak to you by his word and his spirit,

that you and I have the privilege of communion with God alone today and not just communion with him,

but reward from him. So God, we pray, help us to take advantage of the reward that you have

made possible for us, Lord Jesus. We praise you for the privilege of communion with you. We praise

you for the reward that is found in being alone with you. So help us all, every single one of us to

prioritize this over and above everything else in our lives going into the room today, some room,

some place closing the door and spending time alone with you. God, we praise you for this privilege

that that is, Jesus, we praise you for making it possible. And we pray that you would help us to

experience the fullness of this reward on a daily basis. And God, we pray for the

Agaria people of India and Pakistan who don't know this reward. They've never heard the good news

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