We pray for all our needs, but the need to pray with the proper focus, intention, and heart is surely one of our needs... “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). The disciples were not asking for a formula or a recipe prayer (such as might be recited from a prayerbook), but for the right motivation, direction, and “Torah” of prayer... We are given confidence that if we ask according to his will, God hears us (1 John 5:14), since we are speaking his “language” of truth and humility (the Torah of honesty). Therefore pray for the ability to pray effectively, to commune in trust with your heavenly Father. The prayer of a righteous person has great power (James 5:16).
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:47:35 +0000