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Why the Devil Works Hardest to Keep Us From Prayer
What the video says
The devil does not want us to pray, but God, who desires our salvation, calls each of us by name to pray every day. A day without prayer must be meaningless to us. We should resist the work of the enemy and seek union with God.
Key moments
- The devil does not want us to pray.
- God, who desires our salvation, calls each of us by name to pray every day.
- A day without prayer must be meaningless to us.
- Resist the enemy's work and seek union with God.
A priest explains that the devil does not want people to pray, because prayer draws them closer to God. He says the enemy will try to distract us, make us tired, fill our minds with worries, or convince us that prayer can wait until later. The answer to these obstacles is not to pray less but to pray even more at exactly those moments.
He cites the words of Christ from the Gospel: 'Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation' (Matthew 26:41). Prayer, he says, is not only words. It is communion with God, strength in temptation, and a weapon in spiritual warfare. God, who desires our salvation, calls each of us by name to pray every day, and a day without prayer must be meaningless to us. The message ends with a call to resist the enemy's work and seek union with God.
Main points
- The devil does not want us to pray, because prayer draws us closer to God.
- He distracts us with tiredness, worries, and the thought that prayer can wait.
- Christ says: 'Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation' (Matthew 26:41).
- Prayer is communion with God, strength in temptation, and a weapon in spiritual warfare.
- God calls each of us by name to pray every day; resist the enemy and seek union with God.