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Monday... Now this does make a difference. It really does.


Acts 10:9b (NLT), "Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon."

Monday... Now this does make a difference. It really does.

There are some habits that have a negative affect but there is one that does make a major difference in our life. It really does.

Acts 10:9b (NLT) says, "Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon." And verse 30a says, "Cornelius replied, 'Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o'clock in the afternoon.'" These two men at different times but everyday did the same thing and it was used by God to bring them together. They prayed, they connected with God and it made such a difference in their lives and those around them.


Prayer is not just a time for us to tell God what we want and need but it is a time for God to speak to us and tell us what he wants and needs. Prayer is not only a time to speak but to listen.

It is important to see that Cornelius was a Roman army officer who was a devout, God-fearing man. Yes, he was a Roman not a Jew. And verse 2b said, "He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God." That set him a part from other Romans.

Now during one of his prayers an angel of God said to him in verses 4b-5, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering! Now send some men to Joppa, and summons a man named Simon Peter."

And verse 9 says, "The next day as Cornelius's messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon." And in this time of prayer God prepared Peter for what was about to happen. And the key is, both of these men spent time with God and God used these individual times to bring them together.

God wants to give us stuff that we don't even know we need. And connecting with God on a regular basis does make such a difference in our lives. It really does! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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