Praying is more than a privilege: it is a God-given right to all people everywhere. You know why? Because God wants to hear your voice. Not just in asking for stuff, either. Nor in complaint or whiny voices. God enjoys spending time with people who enjoy spending time with Him.
Do you enjoy spending time with God? When was the last time you told Him you loved Him just because you do?
When you sing His praises, is He there? The Holy Bible says God inhabits, dwells in, the praises of His people. If Jesus isn't in your heart, and your heart isn't in God's worship, you are a clanging symbol, noisy brass, making a God-awful sound instead of a God-praising sound.
Prayer and Praise walk hand in hand when we are in God's presence. And God's presence cannot be in the same time frame as sin and evil; for our God is Holy, and where He is is Holy Ground.
We can pray for someone, pray with someone, or just pray for ourselves. But the One to whom we pray desires more than our outstretched hands, He wants our whole selves. We must do more than make small gestures of reconciliation: we must surrender our entire being to God's love and grace.
Our minds rest in His Word when we read and study it. Our bodies rest in His arms when we come to His throne and kneel before Him. Our spirits rest in His Spirit when we yield ourselves to His desires, His needs. We are complete when we willing submit all that we are to all that God Is.
Prayer is more than asking and receiving: it is thanking and giving, too.
Do you enjoy spending time with God? When was the last time you told Him you loved Him just because you do?
When you sing His praises, is He there? The Holy Bible says God inhabits, dwells in, the praises of His people. If Jesus isn't in your heart, and your heart isn't in God's worship, you are a clanging symbol, noisy brass, making a God-awful sound instead of a God-praising sound.
Prayer and Praise walk hand in hand when we are in God's presence. And God's presence cannot be in the same time frame as sin and evil; for our God is Holy, and where He is is Holy Ground.
We can pray for someone, pray with someone, or just pray for ourselves. But the One to whom we pray desires more than our outstretched hands, He wants our whole selves. We must do more than make small gestures of reconciliation: we must surrender our entire being to God's love and grace.
Our minds rest in His Word when we read and study it. Our bodies rest in His arms when we come to His throne and kneel before Him. Our spirits rest in His Spirit when we yield ourselves to His desires, His needs. We are complete when we willing submit all that we are to all that God Is.
Prayer is more than asking and receiving: it is thanking and giving, too.
