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Prayer
by Dianna Brown

MY OVERVIEW OF PRAYER

Prayer in its simplest form is nothing more than a wish turned heavenward.

Wrong. Prayer is you talking to God and God talking to you. It is a conversation. Your hopes and wishes may be part of what you say to God, but just asking Him for things is not what prayer is all about. Prayer is praise. Prayer is supplication. Prayer is worship. Prayer can be said, thought, sung, or danced. It doesn’t matter what language prayer is in. God speaks them all.

The Bible contains many instructions on prayer. Most of them are given through example—the Lords Prayer, Jesus’ prayer in the garden. Prayer is a very individual thing. I may not talk to God like you do. Doesn’t matter—He still hears.

One other thing about prayer in general—prayer is always answered. Sometimes yes; sometimes no; sometimes wait. But it always answered.

Why do we pray for others?

I pray for others because it is easier for me. I believe that God has blessed me so much already how dare I ask him for more. Weird, I know, but I was called to be peculiar.

We pray for others because:

We love. Hopefully with that perfect love like in Ephesians 5:2 (And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.) This is agape love. That love which allows us to do what is best for one another—not what they believe they need. At first glance, it flies in direct conflict of the "Golden Rule"-Do unto others as you would have them do unto you But deep inside of all of us we really want what is best for us even if it hurts.
We call ourselves Christians. This word means little Christ. It means that we Christians strive daily to be like Christ. If this is our goal as Christians then we need to pray like Christ and his last recorded prayer is for us is for unity and that we be like him. (It is in John 17).
We are called to stand in the gap. It is called intercessory prayer. I see it like a warrior standing in full armor in a gap in the wall fighting tooth and nail to protect the town within the wall and keep the enemy out. There is verse in the old testament about this, but I can’t find it.


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Prayer by Dianna Brown MY OVERVIEW OF PRAYER Prayer in its simplest form is nothing more than a wish turned heavenward. Wrong. Prayer is you talking to God and God talking to you. It is a conversation. Your hopes and wishes may be part of what you say to God, but just asking Him for things is not what prayer is all about. Prayer is praise. Prayer is supplication. Prayer is worship. Prayer can be said, thought, sung, or danced. It doesn’t matter what language prayer is in. God speaks them all. The Bible contains many instructions on prayer. Most of them are given through example—the Lords Prayer, Jesus’ prayer in the garden. Prayer is a very individual thing. I may not talk to God like you do. Doesn’t matter—He still hears. One other thing about prayer in general—prayer is always answered. Sometimes yes; sometimes no; sometimes wait. But it always answered. Why do we pray for others? I pray for others because it is easier for me. I believe that God has blessed me so much already how dare I ask him for more. Weird, I know, but I was called to be peculiar. We pray for others because: We love. Hopefully with that perfect love like in Ephesians 5:2 (And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.) This is agape love. That love which allows us to do what is best for one another—not what they believe they need. At first glance, it flies in direct conflict of the "Golden Rule"-Do unto others as you would have them do unto you But deep inside of all of us we really want what is best for us even if it hurts. We call ourselves Christians. This word means little Christ. It means that we Christians strive daily to be like Christ. If this is our goal as Christians then we need to pray like Christ and his last recorded prayer is for us is for unity and that we be like him. (It is in John 17). We are called to stand in the gap. It is called intercessory prayer. I see it like a warrior standing in full armor in a gap in the wall fighting tooth and nail to protect the town within the wall and keep the enemy out. There is verse in the old testament about this, but I can’t find it.
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