Title Prayer, Approach with Love
Contents
Hymn: 499 "The Dew on That Rose"
Meditation: Are you in deep fellowship with the Lord in love?
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: “I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me” (Proverbs 8:17).
Word: Prayer is the most important thing for the church and the members of the church, but it is being pushed to the margins and disrespected. Although we need prayer more than we live in the last days, we are neglecting it. Our church is overcrowded with members who say, 'My prayer time is the most enjoyable,' but in reality, 'My prayer time, that time is the most painful'.
how am i Is prayer fun and prayer time happy? If prayer is tireing and difficult, where is the problem? That is, there was a problem in love with the Lord. Prayer is not a monologue. Prayer is a conversation with the Lord. If the one who hears our prayers is the one who made heaven and earth, who loved me and gave himself up for me, then our prayers should be different.
Prayer is a conversation of love. Love cannot be defined in one word. The attribute of love is 'together'. If I love you, I want to be with you. I want to exchange conversations while working together. It's not something you force or try. It's just an instinctive phenomenon. I want to say I love you. And I want to hear it.
If prayer is a conversation, it should be approached with love. When I love the Lord, I want to talk to him a lot. I want to be together for a long time. I want to hear him, and I want to speak to him. This is prayer. Prayer is not a one-way street. It is a two-way street. We need to listen to him a lot while praying. Talking and listening to the Word should happen naturally.
Sometimes, some people say, “Do you need to pray so much for God to hear you? Even if it’s short and bold, you hear everything.” These are people who only approach prayer as an answer. Prayer is a loving fellowship with the Lord. The play of love with the Lord is prayer. The deeper the space of love, the better. The more secret, the better. Approach with prayer and love. Light the fire of love. Decorate the closet of prayer deeply and deeply.
Prayer: Lord, our prayers are often formal and limited. Help me to pray for a conversation of love with you, not a prayer that kills time, a prayer that fits the mold, or a prayer that I have to pray for. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Lord's Prayer