Why pray anyway

Take a look at what the Apostle Paul said about the power of prayer in spiritual battle:. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Let your doubts prompt you to pray! For more information, visit the Church of the Redeemer's website. Listen to Practical Living on OnePlace. His messages are regularly broadcast on radio and television. He is also the author of several books, devotionals and group study guides.

He has served as the Senior Pastor of a thriving local church for over 25 years. His heart to equip and encourage pastors and church leaders has led him to be a key founder of United Pastors Network. Practical Living Dale O'Shields.

Follow Donate. Listen Archives Podcast Watch on Lightsource. In addition to your newsletter s , you will receive email updates, timely articles, and special offers from OnePlace. They actually prayed me into the kingdom.

I joined that prayer group after I met Jesus. Every morning we prayed for a different country of the world, using Operation World as our guide. I learned about the world in greater depth than I had in any of my college classes; praying helped me begin to see the world through God's eyes.

The only thing I can come up with is this: we pray because it is commanded; we pray to be more like Jesus; we pray in an attempt to influence God's will; we pray to have the possibility of seeing the world through God's eyes; we pray to try to make sense out of the chaos that surrounds us; and at the very core of who we are we pray because our deepest need and desire is to know God, and somehow in the very mysterious scheme of life, prayer is one of the ways we do that.

These blogs are the words of the writers and do not represent InterVarsity or Urbana. The same is true of any comments which may be posted about any blog entries. Submitted comments may or may not be posted within the blog, at the blogger's discretion. It was a place to record my thoughts, my prayers, and my angst-filled adolescent longings—but it was intermittent. I would Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Jeremiah 3Here is the truth: God loves us and is eager to be in relationship with us and What other ideas When my prayers lack focus and direction, I walk.

And when I walk and pray, I have an ongoing panorama of ideas for prayer that is specific and detailed. Prayerwalking unleashes my spiritual Pray for our loved ones. Nagging may change a loved one, but not always for the better. Pray more nag less. Pray more complain less. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. All of us have regrets.

All of us make mistakes. All of us fall short. Jesus was perfect. His reason for coming and dying on a cross was to pay for our mistakes, regrets, sins or shortcomings. The book of Hebrew explains this….

God wants to forgive us. He says that over and over. Pretty please with sugar on it!. Just confess! Confess means agree. There is no reason in the world for us to carry guilt and shame.

None at all! God has made a provision for that. It is called confession. Confess it. One of the greatest benefits of prayer is that I can unload my guilt.

I give God my guilt, and then I am clean and free. I hope you will too. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.