Prayers

I think the best answer i got on the question "why pray?" is from Philip Yancey, "we pray,because Jesus prayed" Prayer though much talked about, much affirmed that its really needed remains a bitter herb to us. There's no immediate attraction to it like a 'hersheys" bar, it's actually so plain and yet once you are in it the plainer it can be the best you enjoy it. Though well meaning many of us ministers have added a lot of our own additives than what God meant prayer to be. How sad and how sour legalism turned prayer to be. As i look back since 2005 in the last month of August when my heart was stirred by God to really pray! The battle is on not of any excessive warfare stuff, but more on the battle to the complications that our legalistic heart has attached to something plain and liberating like prayer.

Helps me a lot to simply things when i go back to the basic that prayer is the cry of the helpless, and that God hears the cry of the helpless, regardless of there semantics or sound doctrine. It's not a lecture, a monologue its a blood bought communion with the Almighty! How could i miss this in the 20 plus years of ministry! Now that God brought it back my battle cry is Lord help is see it as plain as you want us to see it. May we learn to grace it all over with the oil of your mercy, may it always remain a sweet hour of prayer. Free us from additives, may we trust Christ and trust Him alone! Just plain prayer no additives please.