I was raised by a Christian mother and went to church two to three times a week, so I knew “something” about God. I remember my innocent talks with God as a child. After that, my prayers became bedtime rituals . . . but when I made a profession of my love for Jesus/Yeshua at the age of 22, my first two experiences with prayer didn’t seem quite adequate enough.
- First of all, I did have to come as His child, but all those public prayers that I heard in church did not sound like a child talking to a Father. They were more like guilty people talking to a judge or a sick person imploring a healer to make Him well.
- Just as I did as a child, I knew I had to talk to Him with genuineness and sincerity, but this time I had made an open, public declaration of my love for and my faith in Him. What was I to do?
Understanding what I went through, I want to lift up “those who are learning about prayer,” a focus again taken from my UPPER ROOM Devotional. Would you pray with me today?
- Father, those who are learning to pray, be with them as you were with me.
- Teach them that all they need is a sincere heart to talk to you. Teach them the truth of your words, that if they seek you they will find you.
- Teach them that prayer is not linear; it’s not just they talk to you and you listen. Teach them that prayer is cyclical. They talk, you listen; you talk back; they listen; and they respond. And the wonderful cycle continues. Let them know that their response to hearing you in the secret place is also a part of prayer.
- Abba, let them know you as Daddy. Show them what it means to be your child. They never need to be ashamed or scared to come to you. All they need to do is just come — just as they are!
Let their talks with you be exciting, edifying, sobering, and elevating! May they find incredible communion with you in the secret place!
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