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It’s sometimes easy to fall into the trap of thinking, God knows my every thought and all my needs. He loves me and has promised to care for me. So why do I need to pray? If God is immutable (without changing) and He is eternal and omniscient (knowing the beginning from the end), then why should I ask for something He might not be willing to give me? Or why would I tell Him about things He already knows? Why should I tell Him of my cares, if I trust He is good and cares for me?
Prayer is a necessary part of communion with God. It is a time of asking of God and receiving from God. It is also an exercise of faith—knowing and believing that God hears and answers according to His good will and love for us. With each passing generation, man has become further removed from God and His ways. He increasingly follows the secular culture and is all too often overcome by worldly influences. Prayer returns our focus to Jesus and enables us to turn from the world. There are many reasons that God has given us prayer, and many reasons that we should pray. As you read through the following reasons, consider the importance of prayer in your life and allow these reasons to become personal and to motivate you to a more frequent and deeper prayer life.
There are many reasons that God has given us prayer, and many reasons that we should pray. As you read through the following reasons, consider the importance of prayer in your life and allow these reasons to become personal and to motivate you to a more frequent and deeper prayer life.
We are Invited to Pray:
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble;I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me" Psalm 50:15 (NKJV).
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you "Jeremiah 29:11-12 (NKJV).
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" Matthew 7:7-11 (NKJV).
We are Commanded to Pray:
"But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust"Matthew 5:44 (NKJV).
"Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is"Mark 13:33 (NKJV).
"Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man"Luke 18:1-2 (NKJV).
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints"Ephesians 6:18 (NKJV).
"Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitalit"Romans 12:12-13 (NKJV).
"Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains"
Colossians 4:2-3 (NKJV).
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you"1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NKJV).
