subject: 5 Things Christians Should Know About Praying In Christian Life [print this page] Is there really a need to pray? Several people are wondering if it's necessary for us Christian to pray. These all depends if you know the value and importance of praying. Here are 5 things Christian should know about praying in Christian life.
1. Feel the Love of God. By praying we feel and experience his love, we even understands the greatness of his love over his people. By praying we feel Gods presence and humbly accept and invite him into our hearts and feel the love he has given us. Through prayers we were assured of God's protection and we would know then that he will never leave us in the lowest, saddest and deepest part of our lives; he will be on our side as we walked the stony and stormy road of life.
2. Communication with God. Through prayers we were opening the line for communication, a two-way channel between mortal and immortal. In order for any relationship to survive communication is very much essential and vital key to surpass the test of time. Christian believers relates feelings of distress, fears, anger, emotions and inadequacies through prayers while God in return answers all this with comfort and assurance of peace in our hearts.
3. Growth of the spiritual aspect. Prayer is the foundation of our faith in God. Through prayers, we were able to build our confidence on what God can do, building courage in facing life's adversities and having perseverance. Establishing our faith with God is never easy but total surrender to him might open the doors for us to be more faithful to his kingship.
4. Overcome the forces of evil. A prayer is the ultimate weapon of us Christian to overcome the forces of evil. As the saying goes "a pray-less Christian is a powerless Christian". By Jesus Christ resurrection, we had overcome the forces of darkness by praying to him. When we pray we surrender everything to him and allow God to defeat our greatest enemy.
5. Petitions. Through prayers we humbly ask God to bestow to us our mind and heart's desire. Before he would grant us with the things we ask, he would want us to work for it and tried our very best to achieved it.
We Christians already know that we are opt to pray to invite God in our hearts and experience the total love and happiness he has to offer. In order for God to intervene in our daily living we Christian must ask him humbly through our prayers. We can pray whenever we want, wherever we may be even if were on the bus, driving a car, or doing something else you can always pause and close your eyes, feel him and talk to him. Never stop praying for God is always there to listen to our cries, joys, victories, bitterness, etc. Build your faith for in him you will find the significance of life.
