Prayer: outputting spiritual/gospel concern.

In prayer, we bring to Jesus those anxieties and insecurities that would otherwise fuel our outrage. The discipline of prayer prevents us from venting, flaming, or savaging others, either in person or online. I've never seen people go after someone they're praying for.

The discipline of prayer actually guards our hearts and minds in Christ.

In essence, we cannot hope to engage the age of outrage unless we are properly devoted to the habit of prayer. Without it, we will inevitably succumb to the temptations and pressures that give rise to outrage rather than proclaim the victory and peace of Christ.

Oswald Chambers puts it all in perspective when he writes, "Remember, no one has time to pray; we have to take time from other things that are valuable in order to understand how necessary prayer is. The things that act like thorns and stings in our personal lives will go away instantly when we pray; we won't feel the smart anymore, because we have God's point of view about them. Prayer means that we get into union with God's view of other people."

All of us are busy. Life isn't slowing down, it's speeding up, and our Daytimers reflect the fact. Yet that is precisely why we need to take time to pray.

A short prayer pierces heaven.

If you pick 'em up, O Lord, I'll put 'em down.

Life in the fast laneSurely make you lose your mind.

Mac users swear by their computers. PC users swear at their computers.

Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory.

Gratitude is the best attitude.