The First D

UV 3368/10000 The First D

Be persistent and devoted to prayer, being alert and focused in your prayer life with an attitude of thanksgiving.

Colossians 4 v 2


For believers, the goal in life is not to be successful but to be victorious. To lead a five dimensional victorious life, the first D is devotion. We need to be devoted to prayer. Prayer opens the portals of heaven on earth. We ought to be persistent and consistent in our prayer life. Prayer is the spiritual equivalent of breathing in the physical realm. If breathing ceases, we physically die. If prayer ceases, we spiritually die. We need to be mentally and spiritually alert and sensitive to the things the Holy Spirit places on our hearts to pray for. Prayer is the least thing we can do for others but it is also the greatest thing we can do for them. Jesus, despite being God Himself, prayed for His followers that none of them be lost.

Once devotion is in place, the other four D’s needed for a victorious life – dedication, determination, discipline and diligence will fall in place. The Lord will bless the work of our hands and establish us in our work place. He will enable us to achieve the goals we set for ourselves in different domains. We will be focused and discipline ourselves so that we do not get distracted by the world and its ways. We will learn to be diligent and be diligent in studying the Word to understand the ways of the Lord and to follow it scrupulously.

Praise and prayer emanating from a grateful heart is most pleasing to the Lord and invariably rewarded with His response. Gratitude is a great attitude that we should always practice. Gratitude fills our hearts with both joy and humility. We attribute everything to the grace of the Lord. Like the returning leper grateful for the healing he received from Jesus, like the man born blind who leapt and praised God when he received sight, we should be filled with both thanksgiving and joy.