In His Presence

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV)

Prayer is communion with the God who loves you. You can cultivate many forms of prayer, praise, worship, thanksgiving, confession, adoration, petition, supplication, intercession, and meditative prayer.  When you pray you come into God's presence and discover that God has been present with you all alongs.

You can bring your daily cares and needs to God in prayer any time, any place.  He is intimately interested in the details of your life.  You can ask for His guidance in your relationships, for help in whatever your need, for provision for financial and physical needs.  Prayer does not have to be elaborate or long.  A quick prayer as you bandage skinned knees or cooked dinner connects you with your heavenly Father in an instant.  He loves your heartfelt prayers, whether you kneel to pray in church or sing worship songs as you go about your daily work.

Volumes have been written about prayer, from humble collections of devotionals to great theologies of prayer.  But prayer is not head knowledge that can be assessed in the pages of a book.  Prayer is connected to the God who created you and loves you!  There are many ways to pray.  There is always, first, and foremost the simple, honest and heartfelt cry to God.  This is the ground out of which a prayer life can flower.  You confess your sins and admit you need.  You ask for help for yourselves, for loved ones, for your community, for the church, and for the world.