Prayer is (you may check more than one):
___a) Asking for stuff, so the more we pray, the more stuff we get.
___b) A waste of time – God is too busy with other people to hear little
ol’ me.
___c) Only necessary when we are really in trouble and need help.
___d) The way to become healthy, wealthy, and wise.
___e) Not necessary – why pray when we can just worry?
___f) Proven to work and you can pray to anyone – the God of the
Bible, Mary Mother of God, Allah, Buddha, or the Hindu goddess Shiva.
___g) Vastly overrated – it rarely works, and even then, how do you
know something was not just a coincidence?
___h) Vastly underrated – most of us don’t take it seriously.
___i) An ongoing conversation and communion with the Lord
regarding our concerns and His will. That’s what “pray without ceasing” means. (I Thessalonians 5:17)
___j) Necessary for us to be in tune with the Lord as we witness to
persons the Lord brings across our path. “Do not worry about the words to say…”
Answers:
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil say: a-g
The Word of God says: h-i
Here is a good way to see prayer and its purpose in our lives (from Catherine Martin, Run Before the Wind)
P – Prepare your heart to meet God,
R – Read and study God’s Word,
A – Adore God in prayer,
Y – Yield yourself to God,
E – Enjoy His presence, and
R – Rest in His love.
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