Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”-James 4: 8. “Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.”-I John 1: 3. The object of prayer is not to inform God; but it is to train us in habits of personal communication with God, of a personal relationship with Him as our Father and we as his children. We are made to enjoy this relationship as His child—that means personal discourse and personal intelligent cooperation with God. It is a gradually increasing power of familiarity with God, of dialogue and interaction with Him, of approach toward Him as person-to-person. Thus, prayer is necessary for us because by praying, and asking, we may be as it were, compelled again and again to come before God, and by asking, familiarize ourselves with Him; and as we ask, and as we receive, grow into a closer relationship with God our Father. - C. Gore Fellowship with the Father and with His Son has a transforming power. By the process of prayer, the image of Christ in us grows. God is making a race of men like His Son. Prayer is one of His ways of doing the work.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 09:37:04 +0000