How Important is YOUR Prayer Life 2 U?

[traveller]

Have you ever put some thought into it?

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He hears our prayers.

Deuteronomy 4:7

For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on him?

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will listen to their cries and comfort them.

Psalm 37:4-5

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.

Psalm 55:16-18

But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. Morning, noon, and night I plead aloud in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice. He rescues me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, even though many still oppose me.

Psalm 86:6-7

Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord; hear my urgent cry.  I will call to you whenever trouble strikes, and you will answer me.

Psalm 145:18-19

The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely.  He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

Proverbs 2:3-5

Cry out for insight and understanding. Search for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.

Proverbs 16:1

We can gather our thoughts, but the Lord gives the right answer.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.

Jam 1:5-7 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

James 5:16

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results.

Ephesians 3:20 Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to

accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.

Jeremiah 33    3 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

Psalm 91

    15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;  I will be with him in trouble,  I will deliver him and honor him.

1 John 3

    22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do  what pleases him.

John 16

    23In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father  will give you whatever you ask in my name.

Matthew 6

    6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Proverbs 15

    29 The LORD is far from the wicked  but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Mark 11

    24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Isaiah 65

    24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

Hebrews 4

    16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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[Guest]

I would say on a scale of 0 to 10, 10 being the most important. Prayer is a 12.  Having said that, I have had people indicate to me that I pray to much. I need to add legs to my prayers so to speak.

I have found when I pray, there is not to much need for leg power. Personally I don't feel like I pray enough, but do we ever feel that way.

I would run out of room posting if I told all that God has answered to me. And you know what? Most of all, prayer changes me. Probably why I am resistant to prayer sometimes. :bg:  :bg:

[Guest kelly]

I absolutely love this thread!  Prayer is so important to me and lately G-D has had me in a lot of prayer.  I don't believe that anyone can spend to much time in prayer, how can it be possible to spend to much time talking to our Heavenly Father?  If anything I feel that we spend way to little time with him.  But, I too feel that prayer is a very personal and private time and I prefer to pray in private.

[WISDOM]

Hello Kelly:

I certainly was glad to read your enthusiastic post! *smile*

It is VERY important that we exercise our prayer life with our FATHER.