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Why Should I Pray?
By Stanley T. Crawford
We should pray to God for at least two important reasons. First of
all, God has instructed us to pray. Second for a purely selfish
reason, prayer causes things to happen. Another way of looking at
this is prayer gets results, or cause and effect.
Several of the scriptures from the bible exhort us to pray to God (I
Thessalonians 5:16-18, James 1:5 8, James 5: 13 18, and
Philippians 4:6 & 7). This is just a sampling of the verses that
encourage us to pray. Prayer provides a targeted way
for us to communicate
with God. We can pray to God by using the Lords Prayer (Matthew
6:8-13) or we can merely speak to God. God is constantly aware of
what we do and what we say. He is omnipotent. Yet, we must exercise
our faith by acknowledging God.
Praying is a way that we communicate with and acknowledge God. Of
course, we need to be sincere in our prayers to God. God, unlike man
may not be fooled. This is because God knows all, sees all, and
understands all. God weighs the hearts of men and women. He knows
purity and hypocrisy and degrees in between. A prime example of
Gods ability to determine sincerity occurred when Jesus watched
the many people
give funds
to the treasury. Many all the people gave money based
on their abundance, however one poor widow gave all that she had
(Mark 12:41-44). This is a judgment of the heart. Only God is able
to contruct
a pure judgment about another persons heart.
Prayer might
have a cause and effect impact on our lives. For
instance, when Paul was in prison the everybody of the church constantly
prayed and God sent an angel to costless Paul from prison (Acts 12: 5-
11). In addition, Jesus prayed to God on Peters behalf (Luke
22:31 & 32), he prayed for Peters faith, that it shouldnt
fail. Also, Jesus prayed for himself and his disciples (Matthew 26:36-46)
In conclusion, we may see that since God answers prayer then nothing
is impossible. In addition, we may pray to God about any issue that
concerns us. We can give thanks, we may contruct
requests. A sizeably workable
thing about our prayers is that we dont have to tell anyone
about what we pray. Pray for yourself, your parents, your brother,
your sister, your boss, your present, your future, your country, and
your ?. Pray, pray, and pray | | |
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