P-Power
Prayer is the breath of the believer. An average person can live for 40 days without food, 3 days without water, but no more than 3 minutes without oxygen. It is as same as our spiritual walk. Our spirit needs prayer, as we need connection with our Creator. Without prayer, our spirit will wane off, and eventually, we will experience 'spiritual death'. We will lose our connection with our Creator. We may be looked happy on the outside, but when we hit spiritual death, we will go through life empty. Whatever we have will not matter anymore. Whatever we give is insignificant. Whatever we do will never bring us closer to sense of satisfaction.
But with prayer, we can again regain the strength that we have in God. We can go through life, knowing that we lean on His power and hide under His wings. When faced with BIG problems we can tell our problems that we have a BIG God. It was prayer that brings Samson's strength back after his head was shaven off. It was prayer that gave Jesus the strength to go on to the cross.
Some years ago, I was helping in a children's church excursion to local bird park. At that moment, it was in rainy season. Coincidentally, it was pouring that day. It rained from morning until afternoon. It kept on raining on our way to the bird park, but as we were riding the bus to the park, I remember a kid about 8-10 years of age. He was looking at rain. He looked sad. He bowed his head, put his palms together and he prayed. He said "God please make the rain stop". True enough, when we arrived at the bird park, there wasn't a single drop of rain anymore. You can see here that even the prayer of a little kid brings power, it stopped the rain! Prayer brings POWER.
R-Relationship
As we pray, there are 3 relationships that we can build. First, our relationship with God. When we pray, we are talking to God. We are communicating to God. Relationships are built with constant communication. The more we pray, the closer we are to God. The more we will feel Him in our life, the more we will think like Him, and the more we will be more like Him.
Second, our relationship with the person we are praying for. As we pray, there is always a connection in the spirit. As we are praying for the person, we are investing in the person's life through our spirit. We may not be there physically, but as the Holy Spirit leads us in prayer, we will be sensitive to the person's needs. As a result, we will grow closer to the person.
Third, our relationship with the person we are praying with. As the quote says, the place of agreement is a place of power. As we agree with each other in prayer, we are enforcing unity and bonds, and there is always connection in the spirit.
Prayer builds RELATIONSHIPS.
A-Attitude
As we pray, our mindset will change. God will begin to challenge us to fix areas in our lives that are crooked. He will begin His work of goodness in us through the Spirit. We will start to be transformed into better people. We will start to think like Him, and eventually be like Christ.
Prayer changes ATTITUDES.
Y-You
Prayer is really about YOU. We need power for us to have strength in our lives. We need relationship because without God, we are really nothing. We need changes in our attitudes, so that we can become more effective, sharper, and more successful.
Prayer is really for US!
If your prayer life is dying today, don't ever give up. We can always start praying again. Samson was a judge in Israel. However he 'backslided', and his prayer life wane away in the book of Judges. However, he repented, and he prayed again. At the time of his death, he killed more Philistines that those he killed over the course of his life. He once again became the hero of his nation. We can always begin again to rebuild our altar, resurrecting our prayer life. Pray today. =)
Credit to: my friend's blog with correction -.-
faith, hope, love,
Irene, xxx
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