pray – Karen Gamble Writes

The Idolatry of Prayer

One thing Christians say and hear a lot is that when things are going on or we are dealing with situations, we should just pray about it.

Praying is a very important part of our faith walk.

There’s just one question, though::

What is our motive for praying?

Really deep down, why are we praying?

Is it:

Because we’re supposed to?

Because we know God will probably help?

Because we have something we want God to do?

Because we want God to intervene in a situation and cause it to turn out the way we think it should?

Or, is it because we know God is our only hope and that He is the only one who can handle the situation so that it turns out the way it should?

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A lot of people have a lot of ideas about what prayer is, so let’s start with the actual definition.

I went to Blue Letter Bible and looked up the original Greek from several places in the New Testament.

There were 2 words in the definitions that kept coming up:

Intercession – to go to or meet a person, esp. for the purpose of conversation, consultation, or supplication
to pray, entreat

Supplication – need, indigence, want, privation, penury
a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty to God or to man

From this we can see prayer is talking to God about a problem or situation you or someone else has.

It is NOT a one-way transaction or monologue.

It is a conversation.
We don’t just insert a prayer or two and go on our merry way, expecting to receive what we need.

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