How should I pray?
Do you ever struggle with praying?
Ever wonder if you are “doing it right?”
Are there times when you wonder WHAT you should pray for?
Are there times when you feel “down” or just “not yourself?”
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints (that means you and me), in accordance with God’s will.”-Romans 8:26
There are times when I feel lonely or sad or depressed. I’m not sure why, or even if there is something wrong. Those are the times that I continually go back to that scripture and ask the Spirit to intercede for me, to pray for me because God knows my heart better than I know my heart. He created me. God knows what I need and what I desire, even before I do. The Spirit will search your heart and reveal to you what you need to pray.
There are often times that God calls to us. He wants US to seek Him out- to go to Him. He wants a relationship with us. We are programmed at birth to need him. God has placed eternity in our hearts and we have a space within our hearts that only God can fill. I am reminded of college life when I would get so lonely and homesick at times I would call home just to hear the sound of my mom’s voice. I physically felt a longing, a yearning. That is how we are with God because we are His creation. Our souls yearn for God and there is a yearning inside of us to grow close to our Creator. David says in Psalm 63, “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.”
You may think that you have to be a minister or this magnificent person to pray. You may think you have to use lofty, eloquent words. You may not quite be sure HOW God wants you to pray. You may think there is a magic formula to prayer or a set of rules.
But prayer simply FLOWS from a natural relationship with God. Praying is just a relationship with God- loving Him and going to Him for everything. There isn’t a right way or a wrong way to pray. Praying shouldn’t’ be difficult. It shouldn’t be something we only do for a few minutes on Sunday morning. It shouldn’t be a chore or an inconvenience. Prayer should be a JOY- we are communicating with The Most High God! We GET this opportunity to grow closer to our Abba, our Father God, our Creator. Prayer is simply TALKING and listening to our best friend, our ever-present, loving, LISTENING God!
Father, thank You that I can come to You at any time with anything. Thank You that when I seek You with all my heart, You will be found by me! Help me God to come to You FIRST. Help me to honestly share my heart with You, God. Thank You that when I don’t even know how or what to pray, the Holy Spirit intercedes FOR me! Lord, I love You! In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen!
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I am so very thankful for prayer my friend.
This is encouraging words about prayer. I am grateful that I have a Father that I can run to with all of my cares and needs and He always has a listening ear.
This post speaks the truth, Tracy! How wonderful it is to know that we’ll never get voicemail or a busy signal when we need our Daddy!
I have sometimes struggled with prayer Tracy and have come to believe just what you’ve said: it is a continual conversation with my heavenly Father. Just bringing everything to Him and then listening to what He has to say.
Hi Tracy,
This is a wonderful post about prayer. This time, prayer, is my life-line. I am lost if I skip even one single morning. I need to be alone with my Father or I am fodder for the enemy. Excellent. Hugs.
Great truths about prayer, Tracy. This is my theme for the year, growing in prayer. Thank you for such an inspirational post. I learned alot!
Hello Tracy
Wonderfully done I truly enjoyed the read.
Numbers 6:24~26
For so many years, I didn’t feel I could pray – for various reasons. Then one night I was in a prayer meeting and an old farmer stood up to pray. Nothing eloquent. Nothing deep. I’ll never forget his words as he stood up. “Evenin’ Father, It’s me, Henry. I just wanna thank Ya for that bluebird You brought to me today while I was sittin’ under that tree while I was eatin’ my lunch. She sang so pretty. It encouraged me to go back out in that field in the heat of the day. Well that’s all, I just wanted to thank Ya.” And with that he sat down. It touched me deeply and showed me I didn’t need a lot of words or even know what to say. He just wants to hear from me, His child.
Thanks for this.
This really ministered to me this evening…thank you!