I speak to many people from all walks of life
and faiths and they share with me their problems and concerns. After they are finished I ask them, “Do you
pray about this and tell our Heavenly Father?”
Most of them say, “No He’s too busy.”
Or, “I'm mad at Him and haven’t prayed for years. It wouldn’t make any difference anyway.”
Most of the time when your
life seems to have many struggles or complications and you don’t have any kind
of relationship with Father; this could be His way of getting your
attention. He doesn’t punish ever, but He
does greatly
encourage people to come to Him.
He is not human in any way. So to
Him it doesn’t matter how long you haven’t spoken to Him. He doesn’t hold a grudge. He'd just like to hear from you.
Then they say to me, “I
wouldn’t even know how to start to talk to Him.” I tell them to begin like this. “Hi, my life sucks please help me.” It's as easy as that. There's no formal way that you need to
approach Him. I don’t care what any of
the religions say about this. You don’t
need to “suck up” to Him or as I like to say; “butter His muffin.” He's not an idiot or clueless to your
situation. He wants YOU to tell Him what
you feel and what you need. All you need
is a little faith and trust in Him.
Prayer life should never be
a drudgery. It should NEVER be habit
either. Don’t pray to just pray! Don’t repeat things over and over again, either. He’s
not deaf! And yes He can hear you. You have to treat Him like a friend. Would you discuss the same things
over and over again repeating the same things every day with your best friend
in life? You would not! They'd probably smack you in the back of
the head and ask what’s wrong with you?!
If you are tired as you go to bed at night don’t drone on and on not
making any sense. Tell Him you love Him
and you’ll talk to Him in the morning when you're coherent. He'll appreciate that.
A prayer is but a
conversation. It's intimate, it's to
the point and it should be filled with respect and love for Him. You don’t have to praise Him before you ask
Him for help. If you don’t feel like
praising Him don’t. Again, He sees your heart so you are not fooling Him.
Some people are afraid to
ask Him for anything. WHY?! Didn’t Jesus say; “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in
prayer." MATTHEW 21:22 (NIV) Do you know that when Jesus was in the garden
praying before the soldiers came to have Him crucified that His entire prayer
was for Himself?! He asked Father for
all He would need, nothing
else! So is it so wrong to ask Father
for things just for ourselves? NO it’s
not! "Ask and it will be given to
you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” MATTHEW 7:7 (NIV)
Many say; “If He knows my heart then why do I need to tell Him?” Again, how do you build a relationship with
someone? Wouldn’t it be by talking with them and getting to know them? Have you ever asked Him how His day is going? Wouldn’t that be a surprise if He told
you?! LOL!
Now what about Jesus? Do you
pray and talk to Him too? Why not?! He’s standing by Father’s side
listening. I can tell you there have
been many times when I have prayed and prayed and asked Father time and again
for an answer and nothing comes. So the
next thing I do is talk with my Big Brother Jesus. I ask Him to explain to Father why I feel the
way I do about this situation and wouldn’t you know a few days later I get my
answer. Try it!
They are as real as we are. They
feel the same emotions we feel. There is
nothing that you could ever hide from Them.
They WANT to hear from you. Open
your heart, build your relationship now.
And be amazed at how fast He answers your prayer. I DARE YOU TO TRY IT!