Spending Some Time in Prayer Now

I have much more to do tonight, but I am now turning off the computer to spend some time in prayer. I have been reading about how Jesus prayed.

He went off alone to be with the Father.
He dismissed people and doing other things to go be with His Father in prayer.
He acknowledged that God owns the world, not Satan.
He praised God.
He let His requests be made known to God and spoke to God; He did not pray silently.
He acknowledged that God grants wisdom to the humble and holds back insight from the proud.
He trusted His Father to vindicate Him.
He took His fears to God.

All of this made me want to pray. I have loved ones who need my prayers. I am burdened for my sister in Christ, Jan Markell, who is having surgery tomorrow. I am going to pray for her. I am also going to remember some people who need the agape Love of God, if only they could be humble enough to accept such a precious gift. I will pray that God will get them to that point. Most of all, as usual, I want to thank God for living in me and for saving me to live for Him. He surely knows how to keep His own (crying), and He surely knows how to get the attention of the hardest hearted person on earth. I know that therapists would disagree, but the Bible teaches that everyone is created in God's image, and there is no hard heart that God cannot touch. I look forward to my time in prayer tonight....as I start by opening my hymnal and singing a song or two to God. He is worthy of our praise.