Battling In Prayer

We all have egos. We all have our inner voice in us screaming out, "I", "me", and "mine". When we pray, we must pray for a diminished ego before God. When you are consumed by your own worries and consumed by your own problems, then prayer becomes all about you instead of all about others, all about Christ, and doing what God wants you to do. In these times when you are consumed with your own life, your mission is to pray in an unselfish way. You are to pray even when you cannot pray in the abandonment of your ego. At any time, when you cannot pray, you are to pray anyway. When you are not in the mood to pray, when you are too sick to pray, when you have lost touch with God, pray anyway. God knows what you are going through and He also hears you whether you think He hears you or not. One of the difficult things to do when you don't want to pray is to pray. No matter what the circumstances might be, you are to pray. Even if it seems like you are just going through the motions, go through the motions anyway. The Lord hears you and He is near to you even when you are not near to Him. Hard to believe, but God is more glorified by those who struggle for Him than those who find it easy to always do godly things.