Men in Ministry, Why Pray?
A prayer of supplication is often a prayer where we make our petitions, requests, and concerns known to God. We approach God inside our prayers with humility and sincerity. This is our possiblity to approach a gracious God confidently that the prayers will be answered based on His Word and His will. A prayer of supplication isn’t opportunity to treat God as though He is Santa Clause. It is the possiblity to come under subjection to His authority in our lives. When we arrived at God with the requests and concerns, it is really an acknowledgment that people are requesting that the will likely be conformed to His will. God is omniscient which is aware of all of our requests before we ask Him. This is our possiblity to trust God with the cares and concerns (1 Peter 5:7). We should always have faith that God will answer our prayers inside our best interests. We present God with this requests from our hearts and He will respond by presenting His will to our hearts.
There are those that rebel from the very notion of authority with regards to the region of true spirituality. Jesus Christ handled this in that real and meaningful way. Of course, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, works with other areas of life in a real and relevant and meaningful manner, with such grace and tenderness.
Is the act of praying purely a non secular function, or perhaps there something different happening that we are not aware of? What happens to the minds whenever we pray? If we pray for a person that is certainly sick, will it make any difference? If the thoughts are so powerful, then surely it has to play a part in pray. We don’t pray with regard to praying. We pray because something is needed. For Example, a higher student who studied hard and is still unsure of whether the exam will likely be passed. In this case students will pray that he is capable of remember what she has learned and understands it sufficiently to utilize it for the exam paper. The prayer in such cases ended up being to allow the mind to do at its peak. What is still under debate, is if it is prayer which enables each student to complete well inside the exam, whether it’s affected as he studied hard, or whether it’s a mix of both.
Personally, I think the president should give James Dobson and his extremist Right Wing “Focus around the Family” Prayer Breakfast rituals that involve government officials a pass. I’d rather see Mr. Obama lead the way in which educating the electorate toward a naturalistic idea of how the universe works. It is inconceivable if you ask me and absolutely without evidence to believe that there’s a sky god listening for or answering prayers, pleas or any other imprecations from presidents or other humans, on Earth or elsewhere in the cosmos too grand preghiera padre nostro to even imagine. Mr. President – Americans believe too many crazy things already – allow us out here. We can buck up, relax, stiffen our spines and become humble and civil without begging for aid from imaginary friends. If we are to improve our lot, it’ll be as a result of good, honest and noble work – qualities that’ll be answered by nature (natural consequences), not just a Grand Wazoo in the clouds.
Young Christians are reminded that “we have this treasure in jars of clay showing until this all-surpassing power comes from God instead of from us” (2 Cor. 4:7). We are made to target perfection; “Be perfect, therefore, as the heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) But we’re reminded that individuals can’t ever attain the absolute perfection that belongs only to a Holy God. “For my thoughts are not your ideas, neither are the ways my ways,” declares the LORD. (Isaiah 55:8)