Praying or Talking?

Therefore I say unto you, whatsoever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them,

and you shall have them. (Mark 11:24, emphasis added)

Ever wondered why on many occasions, we don’t experience what the above verse says?

It kept me wondering, when we close our eyes in prayer, do we really pray or we just have a call-and-response session with the prayer leader, because many-a-times we are accustomed to the regular response of ‘Amen’ after a statement has been made, but this shouldn’t be. 

How then do we differentiate prayer from a mere communication, Praying isn’t merely talking instead it should be a connection of hearts, an alignment of wills between the sender and the receiver, or better put communion.

OK, the word communion has a Greek root which is Koinonia, and this can be translated into 7 English words; Presence, fellowship, sharing together, participation with, intimacy, friendship and communion.

We see that praying is much more than a surface activity, it’s deeper; it’s a form of worship.

We close our eyes to the seen, and fix our gaze on the unseen; we fill our thoughts with that of God, thinking of His awesome power, building ourselves up in faith. That’s how it was made to be. Let’s move from the realm of talking in praying, to the realm of communing in praying.

Let’s all therefore wake up and PRAY.

 

GOD BLESS.