God created us to achieve our greatest potential in community with others. An important part of this is praying together. Praying together helps us get through hard times, it lets us be a part of what God is doing, it helps us agree with one another when we make important decisions, it helps us restore…
When we join God in conversation on a regular basis through prayer, it affects us. God’s heart and mind is not like ours. His plans and passions are far higher than the plans and passions we normally have out of our own thinking and motivation. As we pray, God puts His plans (mind) and His passions…
Through his death, Jesus opened up the lines of communication between humanity and God so that we now have direct access to Him. We don’t need to use an intermediary, and we don’t have to get someone to refer our requests on to God; we can have a direct conversation with Him through prayer.
