I grew up listening to a song called "pour some sugar on me" by Def Leppard. I'm not sure why that was in my head today as I was reading except that if I were going to entitle this Thought today I would Call it "pour some Gravy on Me".

When have you spoken with your spouse last, your children, your parents, maybe your best friend? Important relationships demand time and communication. Those relationships that are most important are like frosting on a cake or gravy on your taters. They just add so much more that the staples. Their is the intangible blessings of just knowing someone is in your corner and loves you literally NO MATTER What. That's why I need prayer -

"A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian. If thou be a child of God, thou wilt seek thy Father’s face, and live in thy Father’s love."Spurgeon, C. H. (2006). Morning and evening: Daily readings (Complete and unabridged; New modern edition.). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.

Good morning, do I have your attention now!?

" 19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. (Joh 5:19 NAU)

23 After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. (MT 14:23)
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying
there. (MK 1:35)
12 It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. (LK 6:12)
16 But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. (LK 5:16)

Jesus priority was doing the Father's will - In fact it was not just the Father's will it was to do, act, and say, and think ...to BE just like the Father. I'm wondering this morning how many of us still view prayer as a mundane task of repetition? When our FATHER views it as pure joy just to talk and speak to us. To reassure us to encourage us, to prepare us for what is on His agenda for us today, to strengthen us for the unexpected or the unholy.

You see; how would your conversation change with the Father if you knew what Jesus knew about prayer - 20 "For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. (Joh 5:20 NAU)

Now you know why Jesus "would often slip away to the wilderness and pray." It was great having my oldest daughter home for Christmas and just being able to talk about her hopes and dreams and future with her wonderful husband. It filled me with hope for the future, it moved me to action to see her living and then returning for advice and encouragement and funny as it may sound, just to make sure that her Dad hadn't lost his little girl. She is all grown up but still needed her daddy. No more to do for her but just for pure LOVE and affection and encouragement. That's gravy !!!!!
Have you spoken to your DADDY (Abba) today? Maybe you should HE's just waiting to poor GRAVY all over you.

May the giver of everything good and every perfect gift from above; the Father of lights, Bless you and poor gravy all over your life today as you just talk with HIM -

Pastor G

New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Mt 14:23). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Mk 1:35). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Lk 6:12). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Lk 5:16). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.