2 October 2012
Matthew
6:6-7 But when you pray, go into
your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will reward you. And in praying do not heap up empty
phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their
many words.
In some ways in order to
learn how to pray and especially to pray earnestly one needs a crisis to teach
us. So when we want to learn to pray we are taught some recipes and styles that
may have worked for some one else, yet when in crisis, these seem to be cast
aside and we start to cry out to God in true prayer. It is when we pray from
the heart, when we are praying not in a ritual but in desperate need that we
truly learn to pray.
We need to practise and
train ourselves to pray so that when we really need to pray we are not afraid
to pray. The most powerful prayer is simple; ‘O God have mercy on me a
sinner!’ and it is that childlike simplicity that God responds to with
the Father’s heart. For those that are slow to learn they may find that
they have to face more crisis’s until they have
learnt to pray earnestly. We cannot go through life ignoring that our
relationship with God is through prayer.
Be encouraged today to pray
from the heart.
David
Point to ponder: God loves us to pray.
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