Prayer works because it is God's designed way of heart communion with Him.
Consider Paul before he was Paul. Saul, perhaps one of the most vicious haters of Christianity of all time, until his Damascus Road experience. In Acts 9, the Lord told Ananias to go and pray for Paul's sight to be restored! Can you imagine the fear that struck Ananias?! He must have been scared out of his mind! But its almost like the Lord said to him..... Don't be afraid, "he is praying".
It is as if prayer is the one thing that made Saul different now. The fact that he "was praying" tells us that prayer is the ultimate agent of change. Saul was getting spiritual and seeking the Lord's face, he was even given a vision of Ananias coming to restore his sight. (little nuance...Get spiritual and start praying and you will see visions, and you will receive sight over the things you are blind about)
Just how special and important are your prayers?
Check Revelation 5:8...."And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."
God keeps your prayers in golden bowls!!
They must be special to Him. Friend, God longs for your prayers. And He offers you promises through prayer.
You have not because you ask not.
Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.
Prayer is what separates you from non believers and lukewarm church goers.
When you can approach His throne with confidence, all things are open to you.
Worrying on your knees is not prayer. Petitioning the heart of God through words of faith is prayer.
Let's pray.
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