Communing With God
Prayer Basics

 What is prayer?

Many Christians, and non-Christians alike, believe that prayer is simply talking to God, asking Him to answer their requests.  That is only partially correct. Prayer is a two-way conversation with God - the Creator of the universe; thus, becoming a communication between both parties.

Prayer is the strongest link between man and God – it needs to be the Christian’s lifeline.

As Christians, it is important to know that we have access to come into God’s presence at any time because of our faith in Jesus Christ.  When we accepted Jesus Christ into our life, we were then given a relationship with God, but that did not mean that we had obtained a meaningful fellowship with Him. 

Relationship

Relationship with God is positional. By believing and confessing to God and others who Christ is, meaning His death and resurrection, that brings us into eternal salvation.  We  have been passed from death unto life.  We have positionally become a Christian and our position to God is our relationship to Him. We are going to heaven after we leave this earth – but while here on earth, our relationship with Him may not have a lot of meaning.

It is important that we to go to God to build that relationship into a meaningful fellowship. 

Fellowship, on the other hand, is the fulfillment of a meaningful relationship with God – it is experiential. You must experience fellowship with the Lord to have your relationship meaningful and grow in your faith. If you desire, as you should, to walk a successful Christian walk, you must learn to cultivate your prayer life so you can experience fellowship with the Lord.

Fellowshipping with the Lord is not taught, but something that is caught. When you begin your relationship, CHOOSE to fellowship with God.  When you do, a time will shortly come with you when you will have caught the heart of fellowshipping with the Lord.  

Why should we pray?

There are many reasons to pray – first of all, we were created to commune with your Creator. God desires for His children to pray - to worship and praise Him, cultivating an intimate fellowship. He desires for us to get to know Him, thanking Him for what He has done, bringing Him our problems, and just sharing of ourselves. God created us in such a way that cultivating a solid prayer life fulfills the satisfaction between man and God – it is the reason why we were created.

The number one reason God created us is to have a loving relationship with Him.

 Go to God first

If you, as a believer, don’t develop that intimate loving fellowship with the Lord, you are missing out on the core reason why you were created.

The most important thing a believer can do is learn to how to pray.

Become God dependent

If a new believer goes to God first, from the onset of his or her walk with the Lord, that person will learn to become “God dependent” instead of “man dependent.” He or she will lean on God instead of other people. While there is nothing wrong with talking with other Christians regarding problems in life, and how to solve them, our prayer life will be more effective if we learn to go to God first. God designed us to be dependent upon Him, not independent within ourselves. As Christians, we cannot effectively live life on our own, independent from God. We need a lifelong as He guides and instructs us throughout life. It is through a meaningful life in prayer that we cultivate our love life with the Lord and learn to depend upon Him for everything. Being in this place puts God in a rightful place in the lives of His children and in the earth. That is exactly the place where God wants His children to be.

 Alone with God

You cannot know God deeply with shallow conversation. Intimacy with Him requires development and cultivation. The deepest working of the Holy Spirit comes during the time spent alone in His presence. When you set aside time for fellowship with God, you enter into the richest experience of the Christian life.