| Prayer. What is prayer? Let us define prayer as | | | | not communicate with God daily, can we really |
| simply communicating with our Creator. Prayer | | | | grow closer? Even if we fill our lives with |
| might be asking God for help. It might be thanking | | | | ‘holy' activities—reading spiritual books, |
| Him for His blessings. Or it might be simply | | | | doing good works, going to church---will we grow |
| communicating, much the same way we might | | | | closer without the daily communication that |
| talk with a friend, discussing our day. | | | | prayer is? |
| How important is prayer? If we believe in the | | | | Prayer is infinitely important. When I pray daily, |
| Creator, believe He exists, and we believe that He | | | | when I communicate daily with God and make |
| desires to have a relationship with us, how | | | | time for Him in my life, I really do have an easier |
| important is prayer? If prayer is simply | | | | road. When I do not spend time with God daily, |
| communicating, chatting if I may, then how | | | | especially communicating with Him, I notice a |
| important is prayer? | | | | profound difference in my daily achievements. |
| If we define prayer as simply chatting with God, | | | | When you pray, you are communicating with the |
| and He desires a relationship with us, then perhaps | | | | Creator of the universe. The Creator sincerely |
| we can compare prayer with talking with our best | | | | wants to hear and answer your prayers. |
| friend or spouse. How important is daily | | | | Are you communicating with God daily? Do you |
| communication with our spouse or our best | | | | make time for Him everyday, no matter what? If |
| friend? Do we grow closer when we do not | | | | you do, great. If not, I challenge you to get into |
| engage in daily conversation? | | | | the habit now. You will notice an immediate |
| When we engage in daily conversation in any | | | | difference in the way you perceive things and in |
| relationship, it should enable us to grow closer to | | | | the way you respond to the world around you. |
| that individual. So if we talk with God daily, do we | | | | Prayer does indeed change things. |
| not also grow closer to Him daily? And if we do | | | | |