6 Things That Happen When We Pray to God

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How is your prayer life with the Lord? If you’ve been a believer for some time, you may have realized the difficulty of building up a prayer life, and possibly even given up. It’s hard to do, but we should continue to try and create a strong prayer life because the benefits of prayer are so tremendous.

Since it’s so easy to get discouraged and give up on prayer, it’s worth considering some of the awesome benefits of prayer that make pursuing a prayer life worthwhile. Some beautiful things happen to us when we pray. We grow in our faith with God, are able to relax and pause, and lift up the sins we have committed.

God wants us to have a personal relationship with Him and gave us a direct line to call him on 24/7 through prayer. We never need to feel alone with God is asking us to pray to Him daily.

Better Decision Making

Through prayer, you can tap into divine knowledge of every area of your life. You are able to find the knowledge necessary to make some tough decisions through the aid of the Lord. This is not a new discovery, and many characters from the Bible attribute their success, wealth and victories through their conversations with God. This is evident by the kings of Israel when they sought God’s counsel whether or not to go into battle or how to defeat their enemies. There is no need to go through life confused about anything when God has promised that if you call on Him, He will give you the answer to which you do not know. He will help you when you lack the wisdom necessary.

Sense of Relief

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Praying about our troubles and frustrations will ease the weight of what we carry on our backs each day. God is happy to take on the burden of pain and wants us to feel a sense of relief when we turn to Him in prayer. Living a Christian life requires us to sometimes need to recharge our “spiritual battery.” We may feel we lack the power to carry out our intended functions due to extra worry, busy schedules or similar. Through prayer, we can get a connection to recharge ourselves. We give up our anger, sadness, and every negative emotion we are holding within. God, in return, refills us with hope, power and a sense of relief that allows us to move forward feeling strong.

Reflection of Personal Faith

Through prayer we are forced to take a direct look at our own personal faith. Have we been praying to God regularly like we should? Do you feel you have been turning to the Bible enough? Are you seeking God out in all areas of your life? In prayer, we begin to think about these questions and ask ourselves where we are seeing God in our day-to-day lives. We might notice that we are not looking for God like we should, or not turning to Him when we need Him most. Daily prayer helps us to reflect on each day and how we used (or didn’t use) our faith to help us overcome obstacles. We can then come up with plans to make our faith a priority in every area of life, and through reflection we can grow.