The Importance of Praying
In our stressful lives, praying can be one of the most important activities we perform and its importance can not be understated. It is a source of understanding, maturation and comfort. Many times we find that the hectic schedules we follow leave us little time for reflection, and we often become numb to the events around us, acting simply on auto-pilot trying to finish the tasks before us and get through the day. However, if we take time for praying, we will enjoy a more meaningful life filled with a richness that only God can provide.To break the mind-numbing, auto-pilot habit, introduce prayer time into your daily schedule. Start each day with ten minutes of prayer and meditation, and repeat this routine before you sleep at night. Pausing to reflect will help you break the habit of acting without thinking. This habit will stop the automatic-pilot mode so many of us experience. But, what are the benefits? What is the importance of prayer? Listed below are three reasons we benefit from praying regularly. Prayer helps us build a relationship with God. God wish is that we create an on-going relationship with him. he is always there and available. Even when we are unaware he is speaking directly to us. Through the use of our conscience, we know the difference between right and wrong. Also, he has sent the Holy Spirit to be our guide navigating through the daily situations here on earth. We know God's example through his son. As we come closer to him, we begin to know him better, to love him more and to develop more ways to serve him. Through this communication we develop a closer bond with God and begin to know him more intimately, and then we begin to understand the role he has carved out for us here on earth that glorifies him. As he tells us:
Prayer is our communication vehicle to learn, mature and grow from the wisdom God provides. Every prayer is listened to, although some are not answered the way we expect. Perhaps we are unknowingly giving instructions to God. When we communicate with God, we begin to learn more about the ways we can better grow to negotiate with the world and people around us. By continuing to pray regularly and ask for God’s perspective, relying on his Biblical word, we begin to discern more of his desires for us. By loving God above all else, our desires will become what he desires for us. As he tells us:
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4 Prayer is a comfort in our life. Having a relationship with God is allows us to never be alone. God is always with us and will provide a direction for the decisions before us. No burden is too heavy for God, and through prayer, we can gain the security of being in his company. There is no isolation with our relationship with God. He tells us:
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