The Power of Your Prayer Life

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’” Luke 11:1-4

In his book The Believer’s Guidebook, Lawrence Richards writes this delightful synopsis on the privilege of coming before our loving Father in personal prayer:

“I’ve read many books on prayer. Too many of them approach prayer as if it were on obstacle course...prayer seems to become a tense, threatening chore. Our technique must be just right. God, the all-seeing Judge, gives points; and when we fail to clear the hurdles, He is quick to withhold the prize.

What bothers me about such interpretations is that they’re hardly honest to God. They distort the vision given in the Bible of a loving, welcoming God. To understand prayer, we simply need to look up at the character of God. We need to see the loving Father. We need to hear Him invite us to share every need and confess every sin. Prayer is nothing less than responding to the warm assurance of God’s love and accepting His invitation to come to our Father and to share.”

If you have received Christ as Savior, you can move freely into God’s presence. You are His child, and He wants to talk with you and show you His love.

“...let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace...” Hebrews 4:16