05- 05- 11 MI DAILY DEVOTION
PRAYER IS ASKING AND BELIEVING
59- “And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: 60- That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 61- Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.”
People sometimes would say that they don’t need to pray because God knows their needs anyways. But prayer is not merely asking for something you need from the Lord, it’s communicating and building a good and intimate relationship with our Savior. Communication is important to the health of any relationships; especially for husbands and wives, parents and children and even at work. As believers, to have an intimate relationship with God the Father, we need to pray. It’s almost impossible to have a close relationship with someone you rarely communicate with. And for a good relationship to be more intimate, it needs to be primarily positive communications. If you want to deepen your relationship with your spouse, then learn to establish and open a positive communication with your spouse. That’s what we’re supposed to do with our relationship with God.
When you read God’s Word, you let God talk to you and when you pray, you are talking to God. I don’t know what you would feel if your husband or your wife don’t or won’t talk to you for no reason. You eat on the same table, shared the same bed and the communication is cut off because there is no signal? Is it because your spouse made a bad decision or made a mistake and you used it against your spouse? And as a couple, you’re sitting on the same couch, sleeping in the same bed and driving with your spouse next to you… quite, because you just don’t want to talk. You would not be happy with your relationship if you keep your ears closed. Just imagine if we’re not talking to God about our problems, about our needs, about what He did to us and if we’re not thankful to Him. If it hurts us or if we’re not pleased because our spouse won’t talk to us; I believe God would not be pleased if you will not pray.
Andrew Murray said: “Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential part.” Andrew Murray 1828-1917.
(Isaiah 56:7)”Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.”
(Matthew 6:6) “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee open”
(Jeremiah 33:3) “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
