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Aug 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 21, 2024. Prayer is a treasured privilege and mainstay for those who belong to God through the saving work of Jesus’ death and resurrection. The gift of communing with our Creator—child to Father—is the anchor and cornerstone of our life’s journey.
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Oct 11, 2023 · Prayer is the means through which we express our love, gratitude, and dependence on God. It’s not a one-sided monologue but a dialogue where we pour out our hearts and also listen for God’s guidance and wisdom. It’s a channel to seek His will, find comfort in times of distress, and experience His presence in our lives.
Prayer is a communicative act by which one or more human beings address themselves to God, in the awareness that God already has established the divine-human relationship. Christianity is a response to God’s initiative; there are many ways to respond, but there can be no full response without prayer. Therefore, prayer is essential to Christianity.
Prayer isn’t a magical formula for getting what we want, and it isn’t reserved for ‘holy’ people, or for special times or places. Prayer is talking to God. Christians believe that God created everyone to be in relationship with him, and that he loves to hear from each one of us as often as possible. Just like you might talk to a close ...
The individual petitions in Matthew 6:9–13 (and Luke 11:2–4) are all requests which dovetail perfectly with the revealed purposes and promises of God earlier in Scripture. Asking in response to the gospel is the heart of prayer.
Prayer is "more than an order of words, the conscious occupation of the praying mind, or the sound of the voice praying”, though it is also all of those things too. Most pray-ers recognise that the desire to pray is itself prayer, a longing for God. And that is where it starts for most of us.
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Jun 26, 2002 · Below are five statements from John Piper as a summary theology of prayer. An assumption behind these statements is that to know more of God's purpose will deepen our commitment to pray and help us glorify God for why he does what he does.
