Why Pray?
New Feb Series @ SouthView…..WHY PRAY?
Matthew 6:9-13 demonstrates Jesus’ blueprint on prayer. If we study the Lord’s prayer we see that every aspect is covered in it. But God desires prayers from the heart not from repetition or ritual. Reciting a few lines to say we prayed isn’t what God is looking for. He desires that we communicate with Him in a very real way. He wants us to pray from our heart. Prayer is the lifeblood for our daily lives.
Don’t believe me….listen to some of these people:
“We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.” ~ Oswald Chambers
“Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.”~ R. A. Torrey
“I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God- it changes me.” ~ C. S. Lewis
“Where ever the church fails to pray, the enemy is happy to move in.” ~ Bill Johnson
“Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.” ~ Billy Graham
“If we never pray audacious, courageous prayers, how can He answer them?” ~ Francis Chan
“Prayer is faith in action.” ~ Reinhard Bonnke
“We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.”~ Oswald Chambers
When Jesus prayed things happened. When we pray it can be the same response. This month we will dive into different aspects of prayer. I believe that a church and a people that pray will experience some amazing things.
MR
Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Church info, Leadership.
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