Simple prayers. I just wanted to make sure you know that we need to whisper simple prayers often. God isn’t looking or listening for big words and lots of talk. It is our hearts that He is wanted and holding in for.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 NASB
pray without ceasing,
That is why we need to pray. It is a constant conversation or literally a constant connection with the one who made us, loves us and has the best plan for our lives. Prayer is the way we connect. It is also part of the greatest gift that God has given us, His children.
Genuine and simple prayers, our voice and heart directly to God, form us and inform others.
One simple prayer was from Hannah who desperately wanted a child.
1 Samuel 2:2 NASB
There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
That was just part of her prayer.
Another simple prayer we find is from a man we know very little about. His name was Jabez and this is what he said:
1 Chronicles 4:10 NASB
Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would greatly bless me and extend my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm so that it would not hurt me!” And God brought about what he requested.
A simple prayer that God answered.
A profound and strong yet simple prayer from Paul in his letter to the church in Ephesus teaches me so much.
Ephesians 3:14-19 NASB
For this reason I bend my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner self, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.
I like that one. It seems deep, but the heart of the prayer is that we may be connected to and understand Jesus. It really is that simple.
On this Thursday I challenge you to stay connected to God in prayer and choose simple prayers. Just stay connected and watch what God does in your life!
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