Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Prayer is an important part of our lives because it is how we make knows our hope to God. If we silently thought about things without openly talking to God we would forget what we asked for and in turn not see how He is answering our prayers.

Prayers are just as important to us because it is how we can remember our hopes and dreams.

Focusing on prayer each and every day will allow us to see how God answers our prayers but also the act of prayer focuses our minds on what we should be asking for.

Being thankful whilst asking for things shows that we do have hope that our prayers will be answered.

Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

We can be so joyful in the hope that God gives us that we may find that when we lose sight of that hope we feel even worse that before we knew that hope.

This is because the hope that we have in God is more precious than anything else we had before we knew Him. So when we do face tough times we have to be patient to wait for God to show us the way forward.

Lifting up our prayers at all times will allow us to be aware of what God has in store for us, feeding our hope and filling us with joy again.

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Our bibles tell us of the glorious hope that we have in God just because we believe His promises. But it is a hope that will not be fulfilled if we do not come forward and receive that hope.

God wants us to know the joy and peace that comes from having that hope. When we are placed in a hopeless situation we will find great relief when we are given a little hope.

God gives us a sure hope that will bring more joy and peace than any other hope; and He wants us all to know it.