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Sunday, 30 August 2009 |
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THE POWER OF PRAYER
What is Prayer?
What about the Process?
What about the Styles of Prayers?
What is prayer?
Prayer is a lovely relationship. It is the relationship between an individual and Almighty God, and it is the relationship between groups of individuals with one another as they expect a relationship, together, with God, in community. We know that God wants this relationship with us in a valuable way. Remember that prayer is an invitation from God to us—an invitation to spend time with him, to speak with honesty about our joys and our sorrows, our gratitude and our needs. Prayer is the activity that lets us reach out and touch God, and be touched in return.
The Process
The most significant thing to keep in mind is: To try to pray is to pray. Keep in mind that there are as many ways to pray as there are people. Each of us speaks with a unique voice, whether we use our vocal cords or a computer keyboard. Some might place themselves before God with a full heart, full over with expressions of love, of gratitude, of need. Others come before God with a heart full of sorrow that simply cannot be expressed. They place themselves in God’s presence, offering up the feelings that they cannot put into words. For prayer is not necessarily about words, or even an wealth of words. Sometimes it is enough to say, “Help,” and at other times, to say, “Thank You.” To say, “O Lord, I love You. Help me love You more.” It is the effort to pray that is the prayer. It is the desire for union with God, put into action, that is prayer.
The Styles
There are as many styles of prayer as there are people who pray. Whether we meditate or contemplate, recite or extemporize, pray with friends or alone, in a church or on a street corner: the important thing is to accept God’s invitation. In whatever way we choose to accept that invitation—that is prayer and really it is powerful.
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