The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.(1 Timothy 2:1-3 The Message)
What do you think about praying? Do you consider yourself to be good at prayer? Is there such a thing as a good prayer? I wonder what God thinks; what He expects of us when we pray.
Do you remember your first prayer? I don't, but I'm certain God does. He knows the precise moment you turned your heart to His and prayed. He knows the circumstance you were experiencing which caused you to pray and He recalls His response to that petition.
It seems strange yet encouraging that the God of our universe would care, much less remember our feeble prayers. But, I have learned over the years it is through our prayers we come to know God.
Prayer is conversation with God, it is pouring our hearts out to him when we are sad or overwhelmed by life. Prayer is singing praises to our Creator when filled with joy. Prayer is talking it over with the One who can change everything.
It has taken many years
and lots of tears and laughter to get to the place where I can pray for and
about everything. I know now, Jesus is waiting for me to pour out my heart to
Him so He can take my pain to The Father and plead on my behalf.
What a privilege and what
a blessing it is to be able to lift my heart up to the Heavens and pray with
confidence…God hears, God cares, God answers!
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