THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER - POSTURE

It is quite likely that most of us, whether reading, or listening to this Thompson Truth, do PRAY.

However, it is also a good likelihood that many of us probably don’t know the true Purpose of Prayer.

This could be a key reason why some of our prayers seem to hit the mark, while yet others seem to miss it. Hit or miss, that’s not good!

Sure, we pray, but can we honestly say that we know how to pray? Or, why pray? And when should we pray?

These are some of the things that I want us to explore in this series on the Purpose of Prayer.

I’m sure we all do the best that we can, with what we know.

But wouldn’t it be great if we knew how to best present our prayers to the Lord. Posture is an important part of presenting our prayers to God.

King David desired to offer his prayers as a sweet aroma to Gods nostrils. Let’s listen to his posture.

“Let my prayers be accepted as a sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice” Psalm 141

This is exactly how we should want God to receive our prayers.

I want my prayers to bless God, not burden him. Don’t you?

At the end of each day/or evening like David said, I want to lift my hands to God and thank him for my day, no matter what type of day it was. Regardless of what happened, He was right there with me.

Just like in the book of Genesis, God didn’t do everything in a day. But what he did was good!

Jesus also recommended a posture for us to get in before praying in Matthew 6.

Jesus said we should begin in prayer by addressing God as Daddy/PaPa/Abba.

His suggestion will put us in a more intimate posture, if we heed to it.

God is not a genie or the winning lottery ticket, he’s, our Daddy. He’s both family and friend. He’s, our Bestie.

When my adult children called me Daddy it just melts my heart. I believe it does the same thing for our Heavenly Father/God’s heart, when we call him Daddy.

Like children speaking with their Daddy, it will set the posture for our prayer.

This will create the atmosphere for a sweet conversation with you and your PaPa. When we open our heart, God opens his arms.

Let’s approach His throne of grace and mercy with the same openness and intimacy that we would with a parent that we love and respect.

This means expressing gratitude for all he’s done, asking Him for guidance on how to live your life, sharing your joys and worries with him, and ultimately just having a simple heartfelt sincere talk with your Daddy.

God desires a relationship with us and prayer is how we build that connection. Details display intimacy.

Here is an example.

Daddy, thank you for blessing with all that you have both big and small. I appreciate you and love you for loving me the way you do. You made me unique and that’s how you love me. I appreciate your attention to the details that concern my life. You know every hair on my head. You have caught every tear that I cried. Thank you for listening to me as I pour my heart out to you.

Next, share your joys, fears, sorrows and hopes with him. Don’t hold anything back; He understands and wants to be a part of your life.

After you’ve prayed remember to listen to hear a response. Praying is a two-way conversation, allow God to speak to you also.

Know that God loves you unconditionally and wants to be your PaPa, your source of comfort and strength.

Now that we are in the right posture, Let us pray, Daddy…  

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