25/08/2022
The Key to Powerful Prayers
Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine. —Luke 22:42 NLT
The efficacy of our prayers is not determined by our dexterity with whatever language we speak. It is not dependent on a prescribed repetitious prayer. God knows our hearts before we ever bow a knee and utter a word.
Many have asked the question: Why pray if God is omniscient, all-knowing? Prayer is not about imparting knowledge to God; it is about having fellowship with Him. We desire to spend time in communion with our heavenly Father and to seek His will. “Not my will, but thine, be done” was Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Prayer is an act of surrender to the will of God, of aligning ourselves with His plan and purpose for our lives. Surrender to Him today.
