Many have said, "Why pray, God already knows what is going on and what is needed." We need to pray for many reasons; besides the fact that it is the way we communicate with our Heavenly Father - the New Testament speaks of Christ and his daily accounts which included MUCH prayer.
Do you really think he had to pray to be at one with the Father as they were of each other? To keep the relationship with others working it must be active, an ongoing open relationship with much communication. It does encourage us when we talk and ask for help in any and all situations, great or small.
The Bible doesn't tell of every prayer that Jesus prayed and I do think he prayed more for others than he did for himself and would venture to say he prayed for the people he and his disciples would come in contact with before hand so their hearts were softened and prepped for the news they had for them.
Praying keeps us humble, knowing we don't have all the answers and we must ask someone for help hurts sometimes. Think of Jesus in the Garden as he prayed so intently that his Father change the plan that he knew was coming but most of all that his Father's will be done. That is an example we need to copy daily.
We make decisions with out consulting him and what he wants for us becomes less of what we want. We are born with goals ahead of us that we try to get accomplished some are easier than others. Some of these goals just happen in the course of life like learning to crawl, walk and run. As we get older the goals take on different shape, they are more in tune with what we want for our future.
If we are not careful to go to God and ask him what is best for our lives we try to accomplish goals for us that are not his best. And we take a less than perfect road which is harder than HIS path would've been. Where does prayer become an act of faith?
James 5:13-16 says, "Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
When you pray no matter what the prayer it is an act of faith, as it is an act of faith to believe in what is not seen. And as we pray in faith we leave it up to God, our Heavenly Father to use his best judgement on how to respond to our requests as he can see all and knows all. Let us continue o build our faith as we daily humble ourselves to the Creator and our only true resource.
God bless...
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