I love the 80s : taking a look at “Great Truths from a Great Decade!”

Prayer.. It is an amazing thing. Ask 10 people about prayer and you will get 12 different answers. Great thing about prayer is even if you are not a believer you have prayed. “Lord let me pass this test” .. “Lord I really need a good parking place..Im late”. “Lord If you get me out of here I promise I will never ever do ________fill in the blank again.”

Prayer..We’ve all done it… But what is it really? what is prayer?

Prayer means so many things to so many people and honestly I think it is often misunderstood.

Some people believe that prayer is all about getting God to do what they want and as long as he answers every prayer with a resounding YES.

And if you want to build a big church and fill it up with people who nod at everything you say…then a pastor or preacher only has to stand up and tell you that if you quote the right verse or have enough or the right kind of Faith then you have the magic formula. All of them can quote large quantities of the Bible to back up this claim.. Unfortunately these portions are quoted grossly out of context.

You see as long as God is here to do my will then Prayer is all about me and my wants.

“The purpose of prayer is to surrender OUR will, NOT to impose it.” 

So how do we PRAY? Is there a right way and a wrong way???

List this week as we discuss what it takes to have a real prayer life.

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