LET’S PRAY

By Rick Mathes

Luke 11:1 And it came about that while He 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.”

Prayer is that special communion only a believer can know before our Lord. Strangers to grace and salvation believe it because when the going gets tough. There aren’t any atheists in a fox-hole under fire! But yet many still question why we should pray to an all-knowing God.

When my youngest daughter was a toddler, I would pray and dream of the day when she would talk and we could communicate our love for each other. Nothing is sweeter to the ears but, “I understand her baby-talk but I loved to hear her voice and enthusiasm. This is exactly what blesses our “Abba” when we pray.

It’s important to talk to Him because that’s how you develop a relationship. How long can you keep a friend, spouse, child or employer if you don’t talk to them and that’s just what prayer is, talking to Him. He enjoys hearing form you.

It really is our duty to go to Him not just with our problem but also with our praise. He is our all in all and there doesn’t exist anything or anyone that is more important than Him. As soldiers for our King we must put on our armor, lift up our sword as Satan criss-crosses our lives to rape and pillage any remnant of our Lord’s Kingdom. There isn’t any “plan B” but eternal annihilation.

As a good steward of our three-score and ten years of life it is proficient as a holy exercise of strength to have a prayer life that reaches beyond our grasp.

He is our Master and we are His slaves. This has a negative connotation of a wicked taskmaster but our God is love. He doesn’t just give us love or guide us to love, He is love I gladly and willingly encourage you to pray the promises and experience a fellowship that word cannot describe.