Since God has foreknowledge and knows everything, it seems to be a reasonable question to ask, “why should I pray?” After all, if he knows the future, if he knows what I’m going to do, perhaps I might think there is no need to pray. Let us examine this question more thoroughly.
Communication is a two-way street. If I am going to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit in my heart, I need to be open and available through my prayers.
Praying is a way to vent. It is crying on the divine shoulder. It is sharing what is most important to us for any reason, any cause. By praying I know that God listens and will not gossip or tell someone else the deepest secrets that I share.
When praying alone with God it can become very personal. It is a one-on-one event. It is my opportunity to get closer to God as I share what is on my mind.
Even though God knows everything, I don’t know what’s going on in every aspect of my life. It is a way in which I can align myself with He who will listen when others may not be willing or available.
When we are submissive to the Holy Spirit, our will becomes aligned with His. We learn more of what it is to say, “Thy will be done.”
After God answers our prayer, it is a means to lift our spirits. It is also the means whereby we can give thanks and glory to him.
When we talk to our Heavenly Father, it is a parent and child conversation. We ask permission for something. We see His answer in the circumstances around us. We find it is a quality time with God. It is when we can “abide” with Him as Jesus instructed us to do.
Sometimes when we hear ourselves say a certain comment or request, we can become our own censor to detect if it’s what we really want or need. We could correct our thinking as we share with Him.
Praying helps us to refocus away from the negative in our lives to the positive in Christ. Since we cannot think two thoughts at the exact same time, we can walk away from the bad effects in our lives that concentrating on the wrong thing would bring.
As we pray, we are putting into action those things that the Bible says. Our faith is projected and focused onto the One who can do something about it.
Sometimes we don’t know how to word our prayers. That is the worst time not to pray! Instead, try. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit will respond to our emotional and spiritual infirmities. When we feel the pain or confusion, the Bible says that the Holy Spirit will pray with us and on behalf of us.
Prayer can be a way for God to send his angels to fight evil in our stead. As we glorify God, we are fulfilling our spiritual duty. We are seeking the highest power there is to respond for whatever is in our hearts, for whatever needs we have.
Praying can help us cleanse our hearts and minds from sins we have committed, to anger and bitterness that we possess. It is a motivating instrument. It is a spiritual washing off from us what we could not remove as stains in our being. There are prayers in the Bible and there is the book of Psalms that we can use to supplement our prayers. They can be uplifting when we see in writing that there is someone that is like-minded going into the throne room of God. We must persevere with regular and routine conversations with the glorious and wonderful Creator. It is a way that we can ask God to extend blessings on ourselves and to those that are our minds. When the Bible says we should pray without ceasing, it means we should be in an attitude of prayer and meditation on God throughout each day. It should be done with our own words, with our own passion, not fancy words or poetic verbal gestures. Just talk to your Heavenly Father for what is on your m
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