{"id":29735,"title":"Why Should I Pray? - the BELIEVE Blog","description":"Everyone does it at some point in their life. Pick anyone. Oprah, David Beckham, our Prime Minister, etc. Regardless of our religious persuasions, we\u2019ve all shared the experience of prayer to a lesser or greater degree.\nBut why? Why do people pray? Because scripture says, \u201c...He has also set eternity in the human heart\u2026\u201d Ecclesiastes 3:11 \nEveryone prays because there will always be a desire to connect with the unseen spiritual realm.","content":"

\"hetgeoqcl1ssqfqqlknlbzsqgdckl4fr2qqa4ehdfgrtx6ph.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&v=2\"\u201cLet us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.\u201d <\/span><\/em>Hebrews 4:16<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>

Everyone does it<\/span><\/strong> at some point in their life. Pick anyone. Oprah, David Beckham, our Prime Minister, etc. Regardless of our religious persuasions, we\u2019ve all shared the experience of prayer to a lesser or greater degree.<\/span><\/p>

But why? <\/span>Why do people pray<\/span><\/strong>? Because scripture says, <\/span>\u201c...He has also set eternity in the human heart\u2026\u201d <\/span><\/em>Ecclesiastes 3:11<\/span><\/p>

Everyone prays because there will always be <\/span>a desire to connect with the unseen spiritual realm<\/span><\/strong>. Eternity was God-breathed into each of us as we were formed and therefore, whether we understand it or not, there will forever be a need to satisfy this part of our being.<\/span><\/p>

Does everyone pray with the correct direction and approach? Of course not. <\/span>Not even do the vast majority of Christians pray effectively<\/span><\/strong>! As Jesus put it, \u201c<\/span>And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Matthew 6:5<\/span><\/p>

So, there\u2019s one answer already. We should pray because <\/span>very few are doing it right<\/span><\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>

If you\u2019re reading this, it\u2019s more than likely that you understand that you are praying to God, your heavenly Father. That\u2019s a great start! Y<\/span>ou\u2019ve got an advantage over billions of people right there<\/span><\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>

But do you understand who He is? Do you understand who you are to Him?<\/span><\/p>

Here\u2019s where prayer starts to change.<\/span><\/p>

If you\u2019ve chosen to believe on Jesus for your Salvation, then y<\/span>ou have been adopted by God as His child<\/span><\/strong>. He no longer sees you like those who lived under the law, constantly in need of atonement, but as His own Son. In your Spirit, you are made holy so that,<\/span> \u201c...in him we might become the righteousness of God.\u201d<\/span><\/em> 2 Corinthians 5:21<\/span><\/p>

This is what enables us to obey the call of, <\/span>\u201c...come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.\u201d <\/span><\/em>Hebrews 4:16<\/span><\/p>

Before, when man had a relationship with God via the Law, <\/span>prayer was not the same as we can know it now<\/span><\/strong>. We\u2019ve gone from Hebrews 9:7, <\/span>\u201cBut only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/em> to 1 John 4:12-13, <\/span>\u201cGod lives in us and his love is made complete in us. We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>

The death and resurrection of Christ brought about the most dynamic changes that the Universe has ever experienced. <\/span>Prayer was forever changed<\/span><\/strong> because now all of us are sanctified to not only enter the Holy of Holies like a high priest but to carry that Holy of Holies wherever we go.<\/span><\/p>

So, why should you pray? Because you <\/span>can<\/span><\/em>!<\/span><\/p>

Jacob Shepherd<\/span><\/p>

CEO & Co-Founder | Revival<\/span><\/p>

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