A vibrant prayer life is essential if you would be great in the kingdom of God. It is job #1 for all disciples of Jesus. Most of us pray to God the Father for only a few minutes a day at best and that is usually at bedtime when we’re dead tired. I’m guilty of this too so when I discuss this topic I’m also exhorting myself to be better in my prayer life. However, I have started talking to God more during the day, without formality, and in more of a conversational tone. We all need to grow our prayer life bit by bit and let it evolve into the powerful force it can be in our lives. Prayer is a precious gift of God to us, His beloved creation, and we sin by not fully utilizing what God has graciously given us. Let’s face it, most of us are praying only a small fraction of the time we should be praying (less than 10%). Not praying enough will be the #1 regret of those going to heaven, along with not witnessing enough for Christ.
Hebrews 4:16 – Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 10:19-20 – Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh.
We were made by God to seek His face and prayer is the mechanism God has chosen for us to speak directly to Him. God speaks to us through nature and His Word. Scripture confirms we are God’s children, He loves us, and He wants to hear from us about anything, everything, all day long. That’s why God has given us 24/7 access to the throne of grace. It is impossible to pray too much. You cannot bore God or get on His nerves. God has infinite patience, kindness and gentleness toward us. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Remember that God sent His Son Jesus to redeem us from our sins so that we could have restored fellowship with God. Restored fellowship with God means renewed communication with Him through prayer. Look at it like this, Jesus died on the cross so that God can now hear our prayers due to our restored fellowship with the Father. If Jesus died so that we might have a restored prayer life we’d better use it to the maximum.
James 4:2 – You do not have because you do not ask.
1 John 3:22 – And whatever we ask we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
1 John 5:15 – And if we know that He hears us- whatever we ask- we know that we have what we ask of Him.