The Power of Prayer

Isn’t it great to pray? To be able to talk to God about anything. Whether it’s spoken out loud, in song, or silently in our spirit...we have the awesome privilege of communicating with God, and knowing that hears us and answers us.

Through prayer we get to connect with God and, in such, to open our lives to His guidance and will. So, that in times of need we come for more than a 911 call, but to seek the mind of God regarding our circumstance. Realizing that often times God is not nearly as intent on removing our storm, but bringing peace and transformation right in the middle of it. Right?

And we need to be willing to receive that as well.

Prayer also must include time for God. For Him to speak and for us to listen...time to receive as we wait on Him, strength, wisdom, truth, direction, peace.

Prayer is NOT…

Begging or pleading...God will not be manipulated, it should not be our goal to try and change His mind. He loves and knows what’s best for us, and is always working for GOOD in our lives.

A Get-Rich-Quick scheme… he has already given us what we need in the way of instruction to receive His blessings financially. It’s called “stewardship”. It’s not a formula, that works sometimes and not others...they are Godly principles that are eternal truth.

Presenting God with our Wish List...God is not a genie, an ATM, or a microwave. He is GOD. He is our Father and knows what we need better than we do. Not to say that we can’t come before Him and share our hearts desires, but we are coming submitted to His Will, not ours. So, don’t be surprised, that as you mature in Christ, that your desires change.

Prayer is certainly a discipline, isn’t it? It is such a vital part of our growth, because it is our personal conversation with God. Our time, whenever and wherever we are to talk and listen to the Lord. When it is that...an ongoing communion, it goes way beyond the “panicked cry for help”. It is that, at times, but when it becomes a daily discipline, Prayer moves from becoming our last resort to our first response.

That what Paul meant in Ephesians 6:18, when he says, “Pray in the spirit on all occasions, with all kinds of prayers, and always keep on praying for all the saints.

The longer I know the Lord and get to know myself, it’s like “Duh”...what am I thinking to not be prayerful in everything!

One of the great hymns of our faith, “What a Friend we have in Jesus” says, “Oh what peace often forfeit, Oh what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.”

Our heavenly Father loves it when we come to Him, seeking and asking and sharing. He’s right there...ready to move, ready to act, ready to deliver...we just need to invite Him!