A Prayerful Day for all of us

In the New Testament Paul admonished Christians to “ pray without ceasing” (2Thesallonian 5:17), meaning unstoppable or we could aptly say that everyday is a prayerful day for all of us. Prayer is simply connecting your mind to God. It’s like running an internet where connection remains on plugged. While we remain connected with God, His power flows within us. Prayer is like speaking our mind with our most trusted friend. First and foremost, prayer is talking to our Father in Heaven and getting to know Him. It is the process by which we intensify our relationship with Him. Conversing with Him about the most important things in our life; our family, relationship, business, our plans whether big and small.

Tell God all that is in our heart, as somebody unloading his heart to a friend. Tell him our joy, that He may temper them; tell Him our troubles, that He may comfort us; tell Him our temptations, that He may shield us from them. tell Him our weaknesses, that He may strengthen us; tell Him our sinful ways that’s bringing us to a pit and He will cleanse and purify us.

We should be straight to God tell Him both good and bad, adopting the attitude of openness and spontaneity. It means we should be willing to commit everything to God and set aside our own agenda. More than we know God is very much interested in our life. He wants the best for us. Ironically we scoff at what God’s intended best for us. We usually want what we don’t need and need what we don’t want. As what Jesus said, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” (Matthew 6:8). But how do we know what God wants for us? It is a matter of adopting a right attitude when we pray. Jesus pointed out “ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receive; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened” Matthew 7:7-8). When we ask it shows that we have a need. In order to achieve a positive result, we should be specific and test our need if it is accordance with God’s will. We may ask ourselves these questions:

• 1). Is my request in line with God’s Word. (Bible).? Don’t ask God to let you win the Lotto or borrow money from usury. Somebody said, if God had answered my prayer I would had married a wrong man.

• 2). Will it draw me closer to God? Find out if the work you’re applying shows sign of irregularities.

• 3). Is it fair and helpful to everyone concern? Will it be beneficial to the majority?

• 4). Will it blend with my talents? Will I enjoy the work I’m applying? Will it runs with my interest?

After having examine yourself honestly, then commit everything to God and let Him works in you freely. Print the picture of your request in your mind as happening. Hold the picture firmly in your consciousness. Work hard to attain the realization of your request. Acts on it as in the process of seeking while being attentive to God’s guidance , Be persistent. As what God requires us to do, ”knocks and the door will be opened.” God honored our persistence and greatly blessed our obedience. Maintain this positive attitude; ask, seek and knock.

Finally, when we learned to pray with all our heart, we could able to obey what Paul says “pray continually” and these will start to deepen our relationship with God. .