Higher Power (Page 2)

7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:7-8 (NIV) When you pray, don’t use a lot of meaningless words. Some people will pray to make themselves the center and the most important. God sees that. When we pray it is not to persuade God, it…

6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:6 (NIV) Prayer is a conversation between you and God. Although it is great to pray with others, Jesus said when you pray there is something important about spending time alone with God. Your motive when you pray is also important. We went through how you…

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. Matthew 6:5 (NIV) When Jesus was asked how to pray, He started with some things not to do. In this verse, He does not want people to pray like the hypocrites. They made a show out of prayer.…

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”  Luke 11:13 (NASB) We live in a fallen and broken world.  While we can be good parents, we can never be perfect parents.  We will all have areas where we make mistakes in our lives.  But we can still do good things for our children.  We show them that we…

Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”  Galatians 4:6 (NASB) We tend to think prayer is something very structured.  We can sometimes feel that if we don’t pray in a certain way, God won’t hear our prayers.  But that is not how God looks at us.  According to Ephesians 1:5, God decided in advance to adopt us into His family.  It wasn’t a surprise to God that we…

“For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 (NKJV) While we can pray on our own, we can also pray with others.  When we get together with other believers, God is with us.  Whenever God is on the scene, He brings His power and authority with Him.  The Bible tells us there is power in the prayer of agreement (Matthew 18:19).  As we agree in prayer with…

“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.  But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.…

 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”  Luke 11:1 (NASB) We can all pray and talk to God, but we may not be comfortable, confident or understand how to pray when we become believers.  We can ask God to teach us to pray.  He sent the Holy Spirit to assist us.  As we…