Psalm 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
Prayer is the most fundamental function of every believer. Prayer opens the floodgates of heaven. Prayer delivers the heart from harm. Prayer reveals the nature of deity. Prayer encounters eternity. How God answers my prayers is a mystery to me. It flabbergasts me how the almighty eternal and omnipotent Creator hears me when I clumsily babble on about my humble needs. Except that he loves me. What a privilege!
William Barclay said, “When we pray, remember: 1. The love of God who wants the best for us. 2. The wisdom of God that knows what is best for us. 3. The power of God that can accomplish it.” Prayer is more than simply falling to one’s knees once a day for a 10-minute hurried Our Father. Prayer is a moment-by-moment cognitive realisation that the God whom you love and who loves you is with you in every situation, good or bad.
When describing the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus called him the counsellor. Holy Spirit is with you every moment of every day guiding your every step. He hears your every breath and graciously listens to your clumsy babbling on about your humble needs because he loves you.
A good friend of mine, Evangelist George Miller once said, “What prayer can do, God can do.” Whether you and I are praying about our humble needs or interceding about world affairs the power and might of the eternal and omnipotent Creator responds because he loves us.
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Ephesians 1:17-21 John 14:26-27 Matthew 6:8 Matthew 7:7-12 “I present my requests to you with thanksgiving and trust that you will meet all my humble needs according to your riches in glory, in Christ Jesus.”
“Dear Almighty God, thank you so, so much for the great privilege of prayer. I come before you now, in the name of Jesus, and offer you my life. I acknowledge you in all my ways, in prayer, and seek first your kingdom and righteousness. I know, O Lord, that all my needs are wrapped up in your gracious promises. Lord, you know my needs before I pray, so I present my requests to you with thanksgiving and trust that you will meet all my humble needs according to your riches in glory, in Christ Jesus. Amen.”
BornandraisedinJohannesburg, South Africa Dudley Anderson began writing for radio in 1994. Dudley currently writes a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought called GodTracker and has complied 2 devotional books based on GodTracker. More information at surereaity.net