How to Pray Article Series: Ready Aim Pray
Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
by Babes Tan-Magkalas
http://www.stjosephsite.com
Let me share with you how I pray. I have my own "prayer success ritual" that I follow every time I pray. I choose to call it a ritual because a ritual is something sacred. I call it my RAP session, which is an acronym for R-Ready, A-Aim, and P for Pray. I get READY to pray. I AIM for something, as I know exactly what I pray for and why I pray. And then, I PRAY.
It is very important to have a regular quiet time with God. Look at quiet time as a one on one bonding session with God and not as a formula to get what you ask for. A quiet time with God is not an obligation, it is a joyful experience that brings you closer to God.
Quiet time helps in building and strengthening your personal relationship with God. It builds your faith and trust in His power. We learn to trust people by spending time with them and getting to know them. That's also how it should be with God.
Getting to know God is our greatest purpose in life. Knowing God and having a personal and intimate relationship with him is the only thing we need, he will provide for the rest.
Preparing my heart is also another step in getting ready to pray. You should have humility, gratitude, and forgiveness in your heart when praying to God.
What is the AIM of your prayer? Why do you pray? What are your motives? God knows the motivation of our prayers. Prayer is not about us, prayer is about God.
Examining our motives when we are praying is important in order to make our prayers more effective. We examine our motives with the use of our heart and not the mind. It is hard to admit that sometimes our prayers are driven by our selfish desires. When motives change, prayers also change. God wants us to approach Him with a pure heart.
When you have examined your motives, you will be able to know what to pray for.
So after I have spent my quiet time with God, prepared my heart, examined
the motives behind my prayer and is now crystal clear as to what to pray for, I begin my prayer.
After I have prayed, I commit my prayers to God. I give my full trust in him and believe that He knows what is best for me. He will answer my prayer in His own time and in His own way.
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