PRAYER IS NOT A LITTLE BOOST TO YOUR PSYCHE!
It is NOT that childhood remark, “Cross your heart and hope to die and stick a needle in your eye.”
Prayer is talking with God in humility through Jesus Christ, the Messiah! It is a spiritual exercise. It is simple, direct.
You may want to pray using
an acronym – A. C. T. S.
A – adore him
C – confess to him
T – thank him
S – seek, or supplicate, (a petition, ask him to answer you in his way, not your way)
Sometimes it may explode out of your heart and other times it may be a quiet pleading, a ductile hunger in your soul.
Throughout the Bible it tells of those who sang their prayer or danced, or bowed their head, were thankful in prayer, who worshipped, who praised to the glory of God.
Getting alone when no one can hear is amazing. At first, you may feel kind of funny, but in your heart of hearts he will impress you with his thoughts, his ways. You may want to raise your hands, kneel, sing, sit quietly – who knows? It’s your time with the Lord! God loves it!
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16 (kjv)
When you are suffering you may want to thank him, knowing that “In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.”
1 Peter 5:10 (nlt)
Jesus is a beautiful example of prayer.
“Then he told them, ‘Pray that you will not give in to temptation.’ He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, ‘Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.’ Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him. He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.”
Luke 22:40-44 (nlt)
I can’t think of anyone who had my back when all hell broke loose in my life. O, I presume there were those who, from time to time, thought of me, but ….
On the other hand, the prayers of my mom and dad were always there pulling me through the fires of heartbreak, confusion and temptation. God gets involved in our life when we pray a fervent prayer. The power of prayer set me free!
As a child I remember my mother singing:
“Spirit of the Living God,
fall afresh on me
Spirit of the Living God,
fall afresh on me
Melt me, mold me
Fill me, use me
Spirit of the Living God,
Fall fresh on me.”
(Phil Wickham)
GOD ANSWERS PRAYER!
Write It On My Heart 