"And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
- Matthew 6:7-8
I fall into the trap, sometimes, of praying for the sake of prayer. The more I say, the better I feel about my prayer. But why pray, if God knows all our needs?
Maybe prayer should be more geared towards worshiping and praising God.
And when we do pray for our needs, and for those of others, maybe we aren't praying so much that God will be made aware of those needs and respond, but that we ourselves would be made aware of those needs and respond. Our prayers for ourselves serve to convict us of our sins, and motivate us towards true repentance and a change of heart. And our prayers for others serve to convict us of their need, to motivate us towards an outpouring of love, and potentially action.
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