Whilst faith is our link to Divinity, prayer is that which leads us to God as surely as a sunbeam leads to the sun.
In prayer we are told to use the same Lord's prayer that the Apostles used for God has no favourites. We are told by Jesus that there is no need to bang on using many words or fancy phrases but to just keep it simple and from the heart. Whilst our prayers flow from what we are not, God's answers are designed to make us that which we must become.
If God, maker of all things visible and invisible, knows exactly what our requirements are then why should we bother to pray? By speaking to God in prayer it means that we articulate our thanks and praise; our recognition that we have sinned, our need to repent and for God's forgiveness and understanding as well as for the necessities of life in a way that helps us to better understand our blossoming relationship with Him. In addition it also expresses our desire to develop further the personal relationship we can achieve with Him and to bask in the joy it brings.
If we want to get warm we must spend time near a source of heat and if we wish to know God more and more each day then we need time spent in prayer with Him. God is pouring out His Love on the world non-stop and it is free to those who want it but sadly many resort to prayer as an act of despair when other approaches seem cut off from them. In Psalm 109: 4. we read, “I will give myself unto prayer.” and it's an elemental principle of our faith that no real growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be long and often alone with God.
The Lord's Prayer is deal for its all encompassing brevity and if we feel the need to add more then we can do so as God will be listening. God is not interested in flannel, dissembling or obfuscation. We must pour our hearts out to Him; let Him have all our problems, all our moans and groans. Ask Him to help us to increasingly love Him and our fellow men and women more and more. If we truly believe we will receive God's help when we ask for it then we will receive it but to me it is self evident that Infinite Wisdom might refuse that which ignorance, in all innocence, requests. By praying often we learn how to pray and the more we pray the more often we are able to pray and the better we are able to pray, and perseverance with prayer is necessary to achieve frequency in prayer.
We are in he presence of God when we offer our prayers through Christ who intercedes for us. When we engage in prayer on a regular basis it becomes a joy and not a duty to be used only when help is needed. Prayer is mankind's direct line to God and each individual has their own personal number to call that is never engaged and is open to receive our calls every second of our lives. Just cry "Heavenly Father" for that is all that is required for our call to be answered.
In prayer we are told to use the same Lord's prayer that the Apostles used for God has no favourites. We are told by Jesus that there is no need to bang on using many words or fancy phrases but to just keep it simple and from the heart. Whilst our prayers flow from what we are not, God's answers are designed to make us that which we must become.
If God, maker of all things visible and invisible, knows exactly what our requirements are then why should we bother to pray? By speaking to God in prayer it means that we articulate our thanks and praise; our recognition that we have sinned, our need to repent and for God's forgiveness and understanding as well as for the necessities of life in a way that helps us to better understand our blossoming relationship with Him. In addition it also expresses our desire to develop further the personal relationship we can achieve with Him and to bask in the joy it brings.
If we want to get warm we must spend time near a source of heat and if we wish to know God more and more each day then we need time spent in prayer with Him. God is pouring out His Love on the world non-stop and it is free to those who want it but sadly many resort to prayer as an act of despair when other approaches seem cut off from them. In Psalm 109: 4. we read, “I will give myself unto prayer.” and it's an elemental principle of our faith that no real growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be long and often alone with God.
The Lord's Prayer is deal for its all encompassing brevity and if we feel the need to add more then we can do so as God will be listening. God is not interested in flannel, dissembling or obfuscation. We must pour our hearts out to Him; let Him have all our problems, all our moans and groans. Ask Him to help us to increasingly love Him and our fellow men and women more and more. If we truly believe we will receive God's help when we ask for it then we will receive it but to me it is self evident that Infinite Wisdom might refuse that which ignorance, in all innocence, requests. By praying often we learn how to pray and the more we pray the more often we are able to pray and the better we are able to pray, and perseverance with prayer is necessary to achieve frequency in prayer.
We are in he presence of God when we offer our prayers through Christ who intercedes for us. When we engage in prayer on a regular basis it becomes a joy and not a duty to be used only when help is needed. Prayer is mankind's direct line to God and each individual has their own personal number to call that is never engaged and is open to receive our calls every second of our lives. Just cry "Heavenly Father" for that is all that is required for our call to be answered.
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