When I said yesterday the Prayer is something we learn, I don't want to you to think we can't come to God until we are "experts." God is listening all the time. Prayers can be offered whatever our situation or need and whenever we find time. We don't even have to assume any particular posture. We may find ourselves sitting, standing, walking, driving, kneeling, lying prostrate. Whatever our position ... God is listening.
Prayer can take many forms. There are prayers of joy, prayers of tears; prayers of adoration, prayers with questions & doubts; prayers with requests for ourselves, prayers with requests for others; prayers asking for healing, prayers of thanksgiving. Whatever the content ... God is listening.
God is listening and He is ready to answer. We may need to listen closely or we may need to change our expectations: sometimes God says, "No." More often though, He might simply be saying, "Wait." I find that many times when I ask God to do something ... to comfort someone who's just lost a loved one, to feed someone who has just lost their job, to be with someone in the hospital ... the answer I hear is, "You do it."
It's true. We are Gods hands and feet ... we are His body here on earth. So it only makes sense that He would use us to do His will. Instead of waiting for some supernatural action, take action yourself. This is how God works through us to bring good things to His children. The next time you ask God for something tangible, listen for His prompting. He may be asking you to take care of that for Him.
Prayer, above all, is a conversation. We speak, God listens. We listen, God speaks. Sometimes we try to make Prayer more complicated than need be. Go ahead, tell God what is on your mind and heart ... He is listening.
"And so I tell you, ask and it will be given to you. search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. The one who asks will always receive; the one who is searching will always find, and the door is opened to the man who knocks." Luke 11:9-10
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