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14th May 2026
ThursdayReflection
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David Platt
Lead Pastor for McLean Bible Church
"Praying in Secret"
.... Matthew 6:6
"But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you."
..... Matthew 6:6
Oh, this is one of my favourite verses in the Sermon on the Mount.
Jesus is warning people about practicing deeds of righteousness, religious actions to be seen by others.
He says, "When you pray, go in your room, shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret," like nobody else but you and God, "and your father who sees in secret will reward you."
That's a promise.
That every single day there is reward waiting for you and me in a room alone with the Father.
Just think about that reward.
Is this not a picture of God's love for you and me?
And he says, I want to give you a reward every single day.
I want you to enjoy me.
I want you to receive a reward from my hand in my presence, just you and me.
Even the thought that today, you can spend time alone with the God of the universe, that He will listen to you, share, unburden your heart before him, that he will speak to you by His word and his spirit, that you and I have the privilege of communion with God alone today, and not just communion with him, but reward from him.
So God, we pray, help us to take advantage of the reward that you have made possible for us.
Lord Jesus, we praise you for the privilege of communion with you.
We praise you for the reward that is found in being alone with you.
So help us all, every single one of us, to prioritize this over and above everything else in our lives, going into the room today, some room someplace, closing the door and spending time alone with you.
God, we praise you for this privilege that that is Jesus, we praise you for making it possible, and we pray that you would help us to experience the fullness of this reward on a daily basis.
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This is an edited version.
The full article is avaiable on request
"David Platt"
serves as a Lead Pastor for McLean Bible Church.
He is also the Founder of Radical, an organization that makes Jesus known among the nations.
David received his B.A. from the University of Georgia
and M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Some of his published works include Radical, Radical Together, Follow Me,
Counter Culture, Something Needs to Change, Don't Hold Back, and How to Read the Bible.
He lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area with his wife and children.
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