Prayer

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”

-Martin Luther

            Throughout this study on prayer I have tried to deepen my relationship with God. However, it has been so difficult to comprehend the beauty that, if I pray with complete faith, God will answer me. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24. This is one of the verses that I continually have found comfort and assurance in. Even after being a Christian and going to church for over sixteen years, I still can’t fathom how much God cares for me. Even with seven billion people in the world, He hears my prayers. Over the past couple of months I’ve really started to take this into consideration and it has made me want to pray more. I’m finally starting to develop the relationship with God that I so desire because I am starting to comprehend the power of prayer. Without prayer our faith is dead. I don’t ever want my faith to die out. 

The only question is this: How do we start? How do we begin to better our prayer lives? This took a lot of time for me to figure out. In fact I’m still figuring it out. For the longest time I had no idea where to start. I always wanted that closeness with God but I always felt held back and confused. The key is to surrender. There is no set in stone way as to how to pray. Let the Holy Spirit guide you and lead you in what to pray for.