Power of prayer

What does prayer mean to you?

"Because we know that we are the children of God, one of the most important things we must make up our minds to do on our way to success and happiness is to pray regularly and fervently to him for guidance and strength."  - Marion G. Romney

We pray because we know, or want to know the relationship we have with the Father. 
"As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God... then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part.  Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship.  Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other.  The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them.  Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them.  Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings."  -Bible Dictionary

I know that was really long but it teaches us that we are God's child, that we pray for things that God is already willing to grant us, but He is waiting for us to ask for them.  We receive blessings when we put forth work, and PRAYER is a form of WORK!

How do we pray?

1. We address our Heavenly Father  ex. "dear Heavenly Father"

2. Say things that we are grateful for

3. Ask for help, questions, blessings

4. close by saying "in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

We also can receive help with praying when we seek the Spirit to help us to pray. 

Ephesians 6:18

"Praying always with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT..."

The Spirit can help us to pray.  Some times we can feel like we don't want to pray, or not good at praying.  But when we pray with the help of the Spirit, we can have comfort and help with our prayers. 

So what uses does prayer have in our lives?

1. We can pray to receive answers

2. We can pray to repent and change and become better

3. We can to thank Heavenly Father for our blessings and ask him for things we need

4. Then the ultimate challenge is to discern the things that the Holy Ghost is telling us when we pray. 

The next couple of blogs will be going over these points.