Why do we Pray?

Is it to solve a problem in our lives....
Is it because we are afraid and need reassurance....
Is it an illness that we need a healing .....
Is it an impossible situation that needs a miracle....

Yes, it is all of these and more.

The word prayer or praarthanaa (in Sanskrit) is derived from two words ‘pra’ and ‘artha’ meaning pleading fervently. In other words, it is asking God for something with intense yearning.

When we pray it our means to gain access to God and His Holy throne. It should not be taken lightly how God provides us with this wonderful gift to talk to him and make our requests to him.

My goal here is not to write in detail about prayer, that would take up volumes of work.

I want to provide a few major factors for Prayer and then let you search for yourself on the extent of your study.

There seems to be four major factors of prayer in the bible:

1. We need to be humble when we pray to God.
1 Kings 18:42
but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

2. To be very specific of our request.
James 4:2-3
2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.


3. We need to be very persistent in our prayers and pray life.
James 5:16
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.



4. When you pray you need to be expectant that God will answer your prayer.
1 Kings 18:44-46

44 The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea."

So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'"

45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46 The power of the Lord came upon Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.


Come to God as a child comes to His or Her Father........ for he loves you.