Prayer Conversation Of Friends
Monday July 27, 2015
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. (Psalm 42:6 NIV)
Step 11 of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous encourages us to improve our conscious contact with God through meditation and prayer. What is prayer? Simply put, prayer is communication with God.
God created us for friendship and sharing. Friends are people who like each other and enjoy spending time together sharing activities they enjoy. They share their thoughts and feelings with each other during good times and times of struggle. Texts or e-mails often complement the sharing. In other words, friends get to know one another and, over time through that knowing, they entrust one another with their life experiences.
Jesus says: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20 NIV)
Even though God knows all about us, He has asked that we open the door of our hearts and allow Him to come in so we can talk and share with one another as friends. That’s prayer. Prayer includes listening to God as we read the Bible. We pray when we offer our thoughts about what we are reading and observing back to God. We can ask questions, share observations as we go through our day, tell God about our needs, thank God for life's simple pleasures and even offer our frustrations and complaints to God. When we fail we can bring our guilt and shame to God and ask for and receive forgiveness and healing. All of this is done through prayer. All of this interaction with God helps our friendship with God grow and deepen.
Our lives matter to God. The details of our day are important to him. He wants us to share what happened in our day with Him. He wants to support us and protect us. Our conscious contact with God brings peace and joy to us as we make prayer a priority.
God promises in His word, “Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. (Isaiah 65:24 NIV)
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