I BELIEVE PRAISE AND PRAYER ARE THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO LIFE’S JOURNEY’S FULLNESS.
Prayer is not just a religious duty but a source of personal enrichment. It offers us salvation and forgiveness, promising deliverance, grace, and daily covering of our sins. It provides for our needs and hears our concerns, offering provision and care. Prayer blankets us with unconditional blessings, such as love, peace, and companionship, which no material possession can match. It is through prayer that we can experience everlasting love, peace, and companionship all the days of our lives.
PRAYER BRINGS LIFE TO THE TABLE THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
Prayer is not just a tool we use in our faith, but the very essence of our relationship with God. It is our direct communication with Him, the backbone of our intimate connection. Whether we seek forgiveness, healing, or comfort, we turn to prayer. It is through prayer that we experience the transformative power of our faith.
Theologians of past times created a distinction between liturgical and devotional prayer. Devotional prayer is private and meant to sustain us personally, while liturgical prayer is more public—it is the church's prayer, not our own.
God has requested a relationship with his people since the beginning of time. God has tried many different avenues to create a relationship with his people. The book of Exodus is a great place to start for me because his words on relationships and what God wanted to see from his people were described with Moses on Mt. Sinai. In the book of Exodus, we learned that God requested a covenant with his people and gave explicit instructions of obedience and relation criteria within our ten commandments. This would help guide the covenant people into a relationship with God. God produced his name upon his people, providing intimacy through prayer. The first four commandments in the Bible are about cultivating a relationship with God.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS US TO KNOW THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD AND IS COMMITTED TO MAKING HIS PRESENCE KNOWN.
There are many other voices in our heads, and discerning the voice of God is essential. The voice of God challenges and stretches us, yet it is the only voice to soothe and comfort us. The voice of God invites us to live beyond all fear and inspires holy reverence.
God led his people to the wilderness before the promised land. This was to cultivate their relationship and teach them to rely on God. We have given God praise through worship in song for thousands of years, one of the most powerful ways to pray and cultivate a relationship of intimacy and reverence. Prayer may come in different forms, but first, give thanks and praise. Then, ask for forgiveness of the sins you are aware of and ask God to reveal to you the ones you don’t see. Pray for the Lord’s will upon your heart so dreams and accomplishments don’t feel like such a struggle. Pray for holy alignment with God and to make your narrow path light so you see your direction with decisions. I always pray for Godly wisdom and discernment and to place my God-given armor on each day.
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