Shalom,

I really like today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers:

Prayer Choice And Prayer Conflict

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and pray to thy Father which is in secret. Matthew 6:6

Jesus did not say — “Dream about thy Father in secret,” but “pray to thy Father in secret.” Prayer is an effort of will. After we have entered our secret place and have shut the door, the most difficult thing to do is to pray; we cannot get our minds into working order, and the first thing that conflicts is wandering thoughts. The great battle in private prayer is the overcoming of mental wool-gathering. We have to discipline our minds and concentrate on wilful prayer.

We must have a selected place for prayer and when we get there the plague of flies begins — This must be done, and that. “Shut thy door.” A secret silence means to shut the door deliberately on emotions and remember God. God is in secret, and He sees us from the secret place; He does not see us as other people see us, or as we see ourselves. When we live in the secret place it becomes impossible for us to doubt God, we become more sure of Him than of anything else. Your Father, Jesus says, is in secret and nowhere else. Enter the secret place, and right in the centre of the common round you find God there all the time. Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.

I LOVE this! Prayer is simply communication with the God of the Bible. Personal prayer is both powerful and needful! Unless we are spending time in prayer on a daily basis, we will never be in position to have the confidence of His continual presence! I really like the advice underlined above. With the Spirit of Almighty God living IN us, there is never a reason for a born again, Spirit-filled believer to NOT begin each day in His presence! Simply focus your attention of Him before you even step out of bed in the morning and your communication will begin! When you begin every day aware of His presence IN you, there is nothing that the enemy can bring at you that you will not be able to immediately recognize as being his doing. We cheat ourselves, and the people in our realm of influence, when we neglect the most important relationship that we have! When we don't EVERYONE benefits from our close fellowship with WISDOM Himself! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Like Incense (Sometimes By Step)":

Shalom in Him!