Crossroads Vineyard Church
Why pray?
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E.M. Bounds,
"Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber."
Prayer enables us to hear God’s voice.
The only way for us to learn God’s voice in the first place is to spend time in prayer.
John 10:27 NIV
Prayer realigns us with God’s will.
Prayer isn’t about getting our way, it is about realigning ourselves with the will of God.
James 4:3 NIV
Matthew 6:10 NIV
1 John 5:14-15 NIV
Prayer changes God’s actions.
God doesn’t change…his character, his end design, that doesn’t change, but it doesn’t mean God’s actions never change.
Greg Boyd, in Across the Spectrum, writes,
“a great deal of what God does in the world is influenced by whether his people pray.”
“Scripture describes God’s character as unchanging (Mal 3:6), but it never teaches that God is unable to change in any respect (e.g., his intentions, experiences) … And it teaches that God sometimes chooses not to change his mind (Num 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Ezekiel 24:14; Zechariah 8:14) but never that he cannot change his mind.”
Exodus 32:11-14 NIV
Prayer strengthens us for spiritual warfare.
Ephesians 6:12 NIV
C.H. Spurgeon said,
Prayer meetings were the arteries of the early church. Through them, life-sustaining power was derived.