Why We Pray?
There
is more to the question “why we pray?” Then meets the eye. At first thought you
think that it is just the way that we communicate with God, but there is much,
much more to it than that. Actually, there is more to it than I will be able to
put in this post, but I will get to that later. Today, I want to deal with the
important aspects as to what the Bible tells us as to “Why We Pray?”
Today I want to look at Luke 18:1 – 8
Luke 18:1-8King James Version (KJV)
(it doesn’t matter how much you
claim it, without a proper prayer life, Faith cannot be truly exercised. You
should never lose heart, continue to always believe, and keep on praying.) Red writing Rev. Floyd’s Insertion
2 Saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
(but still, there was a poor widow
woman, who was without influence, who could change his mind to her will.)
3 And there was a widow in that city;
and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
(Do me justice.)
4 And he would not for a while: but
afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
(in the beginning, he thought
nothing about her shenanigans.)
5 Yet because this widow troubleth
me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
(What this means is that every time
the judge looked up she was in his face, and he gave up and finally gave her
what she wanted!)
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the
unjust judge saith.
(So, the Lord says that if the judge
will give up and listen to the petition of a woman who he cares nothing about,
will not God surely listened to repeated prayers of someone who really loves
with a deep enduring love?)
7 And shall not God avenge his own
elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
(Seeing that the judge was an unjust
judge and knowing that God is not unjust like the judge was you must keep on
praying, even though the judge delayed for selfish indifference, God at times
delays for an all-wise purpose, depending on what is asked, or whether one has
Faith or not.)
8 I tell you that he will avenge them
speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the
earth?
(This is the assurance that God will
answer your prayer, and in comparison to men, He will answer “speedily”. Considering
that the church has been taken out of the world, at the Second Coming there won’t
be very much Faith in the world; nevertheless, this will not stop or hinder the
Second Coming)
King James Version (KJV)
So how do we see this playing out in
our daily lives?
First, we must take
the time to pray every day. By praying every day we build a relationship with
God that helps us to understand who He is and that He is there for us. This in
itself builds our Faith and as our Faith builds we can truly exercise our Faith
by continuing to ask God for what we want.
Now, don’t
misunderstand me, we can’t just ask him for anything. What we asked for must
align with God’s Will. How do you know what God’s will is? I’ll answer that
question later, but for now every day prayer is where we start.
Seeing that this is
the beginning of the year, I wanted to start this year out right. By starting
our year out on prayer, I believe we will get more out of this year and a lot
further than we can imagine by getting to know our creator better through
prayer.
Rev. Floyd Cryer
Rev. Floyd Cryer
P.S. I have a new book coming out soon on Prayer…
