Why Pray

IT IS GOD’S COMMAND TO PRAY

Philippians 4:6-7 Good News Translation (GNT) 6 Don’t worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart. 7 And God’s peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus. Jeremiah 29:12-13 Good News Translation (GNT) 12 Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you. 13 You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.

YOU ARE SAVED TO BE CHRIST LIKE

Matthew 14:23 Good News Translation (GNT) 23 After sending the people away, he went up a hill by himself to pray. When evening came, Jesus was there alone; Matthew 26:36 Good News Translation (GNT) 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray. Luke 5:16 Good News Translation (GNT) 16 But he would go away to lonely places, where he prayed. Luke 6:12 Good News Translation (GNT) 12 At that time Jesus went up a hill to pray and spent the whole night there praying to God.

THROUGH PRAYER WE INTERACT WITH GOD AND HE RESPONDS

Hebrews 4:15-16 Good News Translation (GNT) 15 Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin. 16 Let us have confidence, then, and approach God’s throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.

If they pray to me and repent and turn away from the evil they have been doing, and then I will hear them in heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land prosperous again.

2 Chronicles 7:14 Good News Translation (GNT)

PRAYER GIVES US POWER OVER TEMPTATION

Matthew 26:41 Good News Translation (GNT) 41 Keep watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

THROUGH PRAYER GOD GIVES US WISDOM

James 1:5 Good News Translation (GNT) 5 But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.

GOD DOES THE IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH PRAYER

Matthew 21:22 Good News Translation (GNT) 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. Luke 1:37Good News Translation (GNT) 37 For there is nothing that God cannot do. Matthew 19:26Good News Translation (GNT) 26 Jesus looked straight at them and answered, “This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible.

PRAYER MAKES TREMENDOUS POWER AVAILABLE

James 5:16 Good News Translation (GNT) 16 So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect. Psalm 33:10 & 11 Good News Translation (GNT) 10 The Lord foils the plans of the nations; He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations.