One of the most important parts of a Christian’s life is PRAYER. Unfortunately, in the Christian faith, a lot of wrong teachings have been doled out of the pulpit making it seem that prayer is such a laborious and uninteresting exercise only carried out when we need something from God. Frankly this school of thought is absolutely wrong because prayer has always been from the beginning. The bible records that in the cool of the evening, God fellowshipped with man in the Garden of Eden even though man needed nothing at the time. Communication between man and God (Prayer) was never meant to an avenue to just ask for things because if it were so, when we get all we need what will we pray about.
The practice of praying covers every area of our Christian faith such that we can’t limit our praying time to a certain periods or time frames thereby leaving us with no option but to pray always as the bible commands.
Praying should be done in the confines of the Word of God as interpreted by the Holy Spirit. Failure to do this leads to unanswered prayers and wrong prayer points. For instance, to pray “Lord remember me is wrong simply because God does not forget us in the first place especially us who are under the new covenant in Jesus Christ. Habakkuk 1:13a reveals why it seemed God forgot them in the Old testament from time to time due to their sinful nature but in Jesus, God does not look at us directly, He sees us all through the blood of Jesus.
Another pertinent issue is delayed answers to prayers, this is due to a lack of understanding and unfortunately childishness. The misunderstood principle her is God is waiting on us to do the right thing to access our answers. He has done His part but because we don’t do ours it seems God never answered or He answered too late. Studying through the book of Genesis 2:1-5 we discover that God did not water the ground up until there was a man to till the ground and if you follow that story from chapter 1 you’ll discover that all the things spoken about in chapter two are already created by God but until the fullness of time before they manifested. All and everything you need in God is already available as seeds only waiting for you to grow into the reality of it and then manifestation takes place. It is God that makes your blessings grow, just be in the right position and then your duty is to maintain what God has given you.
Sin also poses as a major delay and in most cases a hindrance to prayers. It hinders the seeds God has planted from manifesting. To get help you need to refocus. Until you consciously turn to Jesus and focus on Him alone it may never be possible to stay away from temptations.
Finally, Thanksgiving is the key to accessing God’s rain. That’s what our prayers should be filled with the most. Prayer is just another avenue to enjoy God and God is so interested in manifesting Himself on earth through us.

Further Study: Matthew 13:24, Galatians 1:4, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, 15, Hosea 6:1-3, Psalm 67, Hebrews 4.

God bless
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