Lopsided Christianity Part 4: Prayer
- Kevin Deming
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Why Should We Pray?
One of the greatest ways we can strengthen our relationship with God and not feel like our Christianity is Lopsided is by spending time with God in prayer. One of the biggest reasons people don’t pray is that they don’t know why it is important to pray or they struggle with how to pray.
When we think about why we should pray, as Christians one of our key motivations should be that God designed prayer to be a way for us to have a more intimate relationship with Him and empower us to do the ministry of Christ for His Glory. Here are 4 things about prayer that helps us gain a better perspective on why we should pray:
1) Prayer does not inform God, it involves God, 2) Prayer does not change God, it changes us, 3) Prayer does not get our will done in Heaven, it gets God’s will done on earth, 4) Prayer is not because God needs us, but because we need God.
Remember, God loves you and wants you to have a close relationship with Him. Since He designed prayer to be a way for you to do that, just ask Him to show you how. Start your prayers by being honest with God and asking Him to teach you to have a passion to pray and to know how to pray. Go through each daily verse and then take time to pray afterward. The message this Sunday is designed to help us take a BIG step forward in knowing “How to pray.” Hopefully after this study you will gain a better understanding on “How to pray.”
“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.” ~ John Bunyan
“We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.” ~ Oswald Chambers
