August 28: What's the Good of Prayer?

I LOVE this lesson, because prayer is definitely my thing. Like all good habits, it takes a fair amount of discipline at first to get used to taking everything to God in prayer, but it is SO worth it!! After a while, talking to Jesus is as second nature as breathing! His Presence becomes so real that it would seem rude not to talk to Him!

Every sentence Chambers writes in the lesson today could have it's own commentary, but you can relax. I promise to only briefly touch on two points.

"We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; the Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself." You will find that the more you pray, the less you find that you are praying for yourself. The reason for this is tied up in the last quote I wanted to mention: "It is not so true that "prayer changes things" as that prayer changes ME and I change things." I could write for thirty minues on examples of how I have found this to be so true, but I'll spare you. Just know that no sentence written has ever been more true or more worthy of your introspection.

Jesus, first of all, thank You for helping me to restrain my thoughts and let You do the teaching on this important lesson. Please help us all become so connected to You that You are in our consciousness every waking and sleeping moment. I have a long way to go before that is the case. And thank You for giving us prayer, this marvelous means of communication with You. Life would be so long and overwhelming without it!