This sign says it is that it is the most important conversation of our day. But is it? And if it is, why is it important?
For one thing, God has given us a way to communicate with Him. He wants to hear from us. He wants to spend time with us.
As we know, some days we need to have someone that we can speak to about what is going on in our lives right now. The good and the not so good. If we can't always get someone on our phones, we don't have to worry. For it is God whose name we should call on first. He is always there for us.
Jeremiah 33:3 tells us to call upon Him and He will tell us great things.
When we talk to him, we are drawing close to Him and he wants to have that kind of relationship with us. He will draw near to us as we draw near to Him. (James 4:8)
Praying gives us a way to unburden our souls to Christ. To ask for forgiveness. To keep our accounts with God, current.
It gives us a chance to be ever thankful for His goodness to us. For loving us. For sending His Son Jesus to die for our sin. Our praise for Him should continually be in our mouth. Psalm 34:1. And when we do this, it is an act of worship to Him.
Some may ask, if God already knows what we are going to pray for, why pray?
To that I would say Friends, even Jesus prayed to His Father. For his friends, for himself, and even His enemies. And more....
Do you know that Jesus even continues to pray for us today? (Hebrews 7:25, Romans 8:34}
Wow, that should make our day every morning, to know that as we sleep, as we wake, as we go about our life here on earth, we are on His mind and in His heart that He would be praying for us!
Yes, prayer is a very important part of our daily life in so many ways. And it is not something we have to go to a priest to confess our sins to. It is not something that we have to give money to a church to have them pray for us. We don't always have to go to our prayer closet to pray. It is ava l available to us at any second of any day.
It is God's free gift to us. Right along with eternal life through Christ, when we accept Him. That is how important it is to Him.
What about us? Is it that important to us? If not, it should be.
Thanks for coming today, Friends. Have a wonderful day!
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