Prayer is Nourishment

If you want a relationship with God, you must talk to God. Like any relationship, its quality is dependent on communication. God seeks more then anything a friendship with you his child. If faith is the plant, prayer is the fertiliser, and good works the fruit. Without prayer our souls wither.  You cannot be or claim to be a Christian without prayer.  We talk to God by praying to God. The intimate life with God is expressed through prayer. Prayer is raising our mind, will and heart to God. Prayer is turning face to face with God.  We pray by deciding and acting on that decision to pray. Pray is nourishment and food for the soul. Our souls change when we pray. The soul responds to God’s presence in prayer. We are never closer to God then when we sincerely pray. The reason we pray is because we realise we are totally dependent on God for everything. God knows that man has needs. We are totally dependent on God’s grace, providence and goodness that those needs are met. We don’t pray because we are dependent on God. We are totally dependent on God in order that we pray to God. God is in charge of our lives, and our relationship with God determines what happens to us. Prayer is essential to the relationship because we need to be emotionally involved with God. God doesn’t want a piece of you, or part of you but all of you. When we pray he wants us to pray from our deepest centre; our heart. God wants honesty in prayer. God wants reality in our prayers. Prayer is powerful. The power does not reside in us but in God who hears us.  It allows divine power to work through us and in our lives. God wants our prayers, He wants to answer our prayers and respond to our prayers in accordance with His will.