Nightly Prayers

Prayer is best if most of it is spent in heartfelt thanks. Be open to His will. Always humbly ask for His protection and guidance.

I had just moved back to my home state and was visiting my brother. It was great to see him settling down with his wonderful new family and home. Something I had yet to do. We talked about everything and laughed at nothing until it was very late. They kindly offered my nephew's room for the night. Being a preschooler, he was happy to camp out in Mom and Dad's bed. I shut the door, prayed, and hopped into bed. I slept like a baby the whole night.

After I woke up, my brother asked if anything had happened last night. I said not that I know of, why? He said his son went to get water in the kitchen last night. He saw a man in a purple robe listening outside my bedroom door. He went over to the man and asked who he was. The man turned angrily and said go away or I will kill you! My nephew ran back and told my brother about the scary man, but no one was there. He let me sleep.

The man in the purple robe could only listen to my thoughts outside my room. He waited for me to dwell on dark things to magnify and twist. We always have the freedom to think and act for ourselves. His job is to try and instill fear and self-doubt. I think he was angry because I slept great. He ONLY has the influence we choose to give him.

When you say your prayers at night, you also enlist mighty angels from Heaven. When you focus on the Gospel Christ has outlined, darkness can not influence you. It is normal to think about anything and everything, just try not to fester with worry, hate, fear, etc. It does nothing but tear you down. There are so many better places to live in your head.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.