. As stated by Carey (1996), God will always hear ourprayers of that we can be sure. But his response will not always be in accord with what we want or when we want it (p. 367). Also, Jesus prayed to God saying, Nevertheless, not My will, but Thine, be done (Luke 22:42).According to Barth (1985), When we do pray, we are to avoid a certain approach. We should not be hypocrites (p. 81). We should be sincere and honest.Prayer is a dialogue between two who love each otherGod and the individual. Therefore, we should communication with God in the same way we would with any other loved one. We should not try to use terminology that is uncomfortable to us. We should speak in the language we find comfortable. The language we use when in conversation with a much loved and trusted friend (Foster, 1992). God receives us just as we are and accepts our prayers just as they are.Why should we pray?God is omniscient, He knows what we want before we ask, He gives good things before we request them. We do not pray to enlighten God. Gods purpose in prayer is not to make us sit up and beg. He wants us to know Him. Prayer is His method to accomplish that. What changes through prayer is not the mind of God. What changes through prayer are we. By recognizing the source of all of our blessings, our health, our success, our very existence, we bring ourselves to a higher spiritual level because we strengthen our relationship with Him (Lustiger, 1987).People often mistakenly believe that they should only pray for the Big Things like health and life. They dont want to bother God with small things. God desires our prayers because He wants to bestow blessings upon us. In addition, God wants us to talk to Him about everything that is going on in our lives, even though He already knows everything.You will become a greater partaker of his love, faith, kindness, mercy, holiness and thoughts. You will see more and more answers to prayer; your prayer l...
