To God Our Father


My word of the year being prayerful, I have started a devotional on the YouVersion app for the Bible on my phone called The Power Of A Simple Prayer by Max Lucado.  Today he talked about something I really needed to hear.  Prayers don’t have to be eloquent and lengthy, but a simple conversation.

He says “Remember the One who hears your prayers is your Daddy.  You don’t need to wow him with eloquence”  Jesus even said that its not super important how you say what you need to say.  The more words are not the better.  Jesus says in Matthew 6:7, “Don’t ramble like heathens who…talk a lot”. 



The truth in the matter is that we really don’t have to say a lot as He already knows what is on our hearts and on our minds.  It’s nice to be able to talk to Him and tell him what we need to but we don’t have to worry about stumbling over our words to try to get them out just right. 



Lucado went on to say, “vocabulary and geography might impress people but not God.  There is no panel of angelic judges with number cards.”   No one saying “Wow Lachelle that’s a great prayer, we give you a 10 out of 10” or “Wow Lachelle that prayer was awful, you really need to go back and practice that more before God can hear it”.    When you think about it that way then why do we (I) worry so much about making sure we (I)I have just the right words when saying prayers for others or if I need a specific thing looked out for?  Why do we (I) get so anxious about praying when all we (I) really need to do is talk to God  just like we (I) would if we (I) were talking to our (my) parents and asking for help?



Like Jesus said, no need to ramble or story tell, just talk.   After reading this devotional this morning I am going to try to approach my prayers tonight in a different way.  Even the prayers I say with my daughter before she lays down, teach her to talk to God just as she speaks to us, no need to be super eloquent in it.  Pray with JOY, Jesus first (thank him for everything of the day), Others second (pray for their specific needs) and the You  (ask God for help with what you need and are thankful for) but do it like a normal day to day conversation!

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