WHY PRAY?

JAMES 5:16 “THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS POWERFUL.”
Why pray? Because nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer, except that which lies outside the will ofGod. You’ll never know how many people have been strengthened because you asked God to encourage them, Healed because you stood with them in faith. None of us will ever know the true results of our prayers this side of heaven, but we know this: God’s kingdom on earth is established by those who pray.
Through prayer we’re invited into a relationship with God – a relationship that involves both talking and listening. Prayer is “talking with God about what we are doing together” as Dallas Willard puts it. In addition to all the other work that gets done through prayer, the greatest work of all is the knitting Together of our hearts with the heart of God. Many a person on their deathbed has regretted their obsession with work, money, pleasure and power.
But have you ever heard of anyone who regretted spending too much time in prayer? Prayer is the committing of ourselves to carrying outGod’s purposes. It is a telephone call to headquarters for orders. It’s not bending God’s will to ours, but our will to His. In prayer we tap reservoirs of spiritual power whereby God can find fuller entrance into the hearts of men.”
Why pray? That’s why!

QUOTES

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. -Czech Proverb

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.-Colette

Laughter is an instant vacation-Milton Berle

When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.-Albanian Proverb

I dream, therefore I become. -Cheryl Renée Grossman

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good. -Samuel Johnson


The Lord is good all the time!