prayer and relationships

Prayer is what connects us to God. Prayer is what connects us to relationships, and that is what I suggest is the cure for relationship problems. Prayer and connecting with others!

Proverbs 27:17 NASB

Iron sharpens iron,So one man sharpens another.

Relationships make us stronger and better. God knew this and told us this early in the Bible.

James 5:16 NASB

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

Pray for each other. I suggest that also means pray with each other. Why is that? Prayer makes stuff happen. Prayer crosses lines that nothing else does. Prayer really is an intimate relationship, a connection that God has given us.

What we believe about God is made evident in our prayers. Our motives are revealed in our prayers. Our deepest pain and our greatest celebration are revealed in our prayers.

I challenge us to deepen our prayers, learn to pray and make this a life style for daily or even minute by minute life. Remember:

1 Thessalonians 5:17 NASB

pray without ceasing;

What keeps us from praying? Harsh feelings, bitterness, stress and struggle… not connecting with God… not knowing God. My prayer is that we will cross those lines and make some reconnections today.

John 13:34-35 NASB

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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