Prayer: Conversation with God

Prayer is not about us.
It is about God.

Everyone has experienced the need to pray. For, when we reach our limit, we instinctively turn to a higher power. We pray because we must. The urge cannot be repressed. It is natural to the human condition. In the hour of superlative despair, even the doubter will beg.

If a person is a Christian, he prays. Prayer is like breathing. It is absolutely necessary for life. A prayer-less person is a powerless person. God invites everyone everywhere to pray. He initiates the relationship. He waits for us to respond. He is disappointed when we fail to do so. He refuses to force Himself on us. However, if we respond. He opens the floodgates of heaven, the storehouses of blessing. The choice is ours.

Prayer is not about formulas we should follow. It is about a celestial deity we should worship. The heart of prayer is belief in God. Without faith in Him, prayer will remain a knee jerk reaction to emergencies, a stale repetition of mindless ritual.

The following material says little about the act of prayer. It focuses almost entirely on the attitude of prayer.

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Prayer