Before I start to express my personal view about the Power of Prayer,let us first throw a little light on what actually is Prayer.
Well, Prayer is talking to God with love and affection,often asking for things from Him and sometimes asking for forgiveness.If we are truthful with ourselves, we know that every day we do many that we should not do.It is not hard to make a list.Here is a beginning :being angry, telling lies(plenty of small ones), saying bad things about others,being lazy, forgetting to say our prayers, not thinking of what we mean when we pray or not thinking of God when we pray,not listening to our parents and elders, bossing others who are less than us,and wanting to have everything in our own way.
Whenever we do something wrong we do it against God.He made us to do what is right.When we do wrong it is because we do not listen and follow what God has told us to do.
Because we do wrong, we need forgiveness.And to obtain forgiveness, there is Prayer.In it we tell God of our love for Him and of our sorrow for having offended Him.We ask Him to destroy our sin and help us not to sin anymore.
We cannot deceive God. He knows if we really mean it when we say we love Him and are sorry for offending Him. He knows our thoughts when we are thinking of them.
We ask God for forgiveness through Prayer.We cannot expect to be forgiven if we do not forgive people who hurt, or offend,or displease us.That would be asking God to be generous when we are selfish.
If you practice forgiving small things, you will be able to forgive something big if there is need.And Prayer helps us to realize this fact.
Our Prayers need not be long.a short loving thought of God is better than a long prayer done carelessly or out of mere habit.
Well, Prayer is talking to God with love and affection,often asking for things from Him and sometimes asking for forgiveness.If we are truthful with ourselves, we know that every day we do many that we should not do.It is not hard to make a list.Here is a beginning :being angry, telling lies(plenty of small ones), saying bad things about others,being lazy, forgetting to say our prayers, not thinking of what we mean when we pray or not thinking of God when we pray,not listening to our parents and elders, bossing others who are less than us,and wanting to have everything in our own way.
Whenever we do something wrong we do it against God.He made us to do what is right.When we do wrong it is because we do not listen and follow what God has told us to do.
Because we do wrong, we need forgiveness.And to obtain forgiveness, there is Prayer.In it we tell God of our love for Him and of our sorrow for having offended Him.We ask Him to destroy our sin and help us not to sin anymore.
We cannot deceive God. He knows if we really mean it when we say we love Him and are sorry for offending Him. He knows our thoughts when we are thinking of them.
We ask God for forgiveness through Prayer.We cannot expect to be forgiven if we do not forgive people who hurt, or offend,or displease us.That would be asking God to be generous when we are selfish.
If you practice forgiving small things, you will be able to forgive something big if there is need.And Prayer helps us to realize this fact.
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