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If you ask any person, of whatever religion, if you know what it is to pray, you will answer yes. If you go a little further and question him as to why and what to pray for, he is likely to start stuttering and if he reaches the last level and probes about how much time he spends praying, he will most likely tell you that very little or nothing.
Prayer is one of the most mentioned practices when someone talks about spirituality. Unfortunately, little is practiced, especially when it comes to the Christian people. What's more, you, do you spend time in prayer?
Prayer is not one more discipline of the Christian life. On the contrary, it is the gateway to the Presence of our beloved Maker. It is the path that allows us to meet with Him and to realize what our beloved Savior Jesus Christ taught: "I tell you the truth, all that you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and all that you allow on earth will be allowed in heaven. "(Matthew 1
This is a powerful word. What does it mean? That everything we ask in prayer impacts the heavens, touches the heart of God, and is reflected in our environment. We go to the spiritual dimension to impact the physical, material dimension.
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Many Chistians do not pray, disturbing
It is curious, ironic and at the same time disturbing that many Christians willingly accept all the rudiments: go to Sunday or weekday service, read the Bible, develop some ministry, contribute to the Kingdom of God ... but we hardly talk about prayer. To many believers the subject is boring.
This would be understandable in believers who are just beginning their life of faith, but not in those who are developing some leadership activity.
For what is this? We have not properly assessed what it means to pray and the connection that it generates with the spiritual dimension, in the very sphere where God moves with power. In other cases, we do not understand how prayer works and we are likely to ask ourselves if God is listening to us. What certainty do we have that we will be heard?
We do not identify the voice of God because we do not pray, and we do not pray because we have dismissed that wonderful experience. Should it always be like this? Of course not. Today is the day to print a new dynamic to our spiritual life.
Remember when God created mankind and delegated the task of exercising dominion over creation? Read it in Genesis 1:26, 27. If you took a few minutes to do it, I will explain: We dominate over the physical world, according to the will of God, when we pray. The reason? Through our prayer, the impossible becomes possible.
I invite you to consider five principles that will allow you to energize your spirituality through prayer:
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1.- If we turn to God, He listens to us
Probably you are one of the infinity of people who consider that nobody hears their prayers, that God is terribly occupied to attend to his cry or that he simply does not know how to pray. Here it is good to remember that sin and our distancing from the Lord raise a huge barrier to our prayers. It is necessary to eliminate all gaps.
When the people of Israel complained about the dire situation they were going through, God made it clear that it was necessary to take concrete steps to convert their bad ways to enter the dimension in which the impossible becomes possible: "It may be that sometimes I close the skies so that it does not rain or send locusts to devour the crops or send plagues among you; but if my people, who bear my name, humble themselves and pray, seek my face and turn away from their perverse conduct, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sins and restore their land. My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer that rises in this place. "(2 Chronicles 7: 13-15 NLT)
Difficult circumstances will come, indeed, are inevitable. However, if in the middle of that desert we are crying out to the Lord and it seems that nothing happens, it is time to check whether there is hidden sin in our lives or if we are only looking for the miracle. When there is a sincere willingness to search, our Father says that it will change the circumstances, in response to our cry.
Repent, turn away from sin and turn our gaze to God, three key elements that we must not only learn but apply to our daily lives. Miracles will happen!
2.- Pray in all circumstances
God is God always. He is our Father. He cares about our needs. It is not casual, it is consistent over time. So, if God is attentive to us ... Why do we forget when things are going well?
The apostle Paul wrote something that should encourage us to seek our Father in all circumstances, good and bad, not in times of crisis only: "Put on your salvation as a helmet and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on all occasions. "(Ephesians 6:17, 18 a.NTV)
Our life of prayer must necessarily have a new dynamic. And that new dynamic is part of the decision to seek the Lord in all circumstances.
3.- Persist in prayer
Only those who persevere reach the goal. Only those who set a goal, and persist in it, can see the end of its history. Have you thought about that? Probably not only he thought about it but he has experienced it.
Persistence is what makes the difference in the lives of many people. The apostle Paul, who knew the importance of this principle, wrote: "Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere." (Ephesians 6:18 b.)
In another of his letters, which he addressed to the believers of Thessalonica, he encourages them: "Never stop praying." (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NLT)
If we are asking for God's intervention, if we want the impossible to become possible, we must persevere, remain, not give up easily. Only in this way can we see how circumstances change and what we could never even imagine becomes reality.
4.- Certainty that God will do something great
When we pray, we do it for something big. We exalt God, who is the most wonderful Being we can ever conceive; We asked for health, when the doctors said: "We reach the limit of what science can do."; We pray for the restoration of marriage, when there is a crisis or perhaps to improve the relationship with the children. It is always for something big. And God answers big. He is a God of miracles.
How does the change of circumstances begin? From the prayer. The Lord Jesus taught: "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Everything you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you allow * on earth will be allowed in heaven. "(Matthew 16:19 NLT)
When we bend our knee in prayer, the greatness of the Lord begins to manifest itself. He hears us and hears our cry. We do not fight in our forces, but we wage great wars in prayer, and God attends to what those who trust fully in Him ask for.
5.- The power of intercessory prayer
If we pray and miracles happen, how much more do a group of believers agree to intercede! Our beloved Savior Jesus Christ taught this principle to a multitude and to us today: "I also tell you the following: if two of you agree here on earth about anything they ask, my Father who is in heaven will do it. . For where two or three meet in my name, I am there among them. "(Matthew 18: 19, 20. NLT)
It's time to re-evaluate the prayer. Look carefully at what place it occupies in our life, if we really take time to raise our voice before the heavenly Father, and if we are participants in prayer groups where the fire of God moves, the unlimited power that works miracles.
It is time to pray
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Keep in mind that it is through prayer that we make things happen. It is a decision we make today but that will impact our life forever. We can make the impossible possible! The decision is in our hands. Today, now, is the time to make the decision.
