Matthew 6:7 - Pray to God
Thoughts on Today’s Verse…
Prayer is one of the ways in which every Christian get close to God, it is a means by which we obtain the work of the Holy Spirit. Many times, we don’t know how to pray to be approved of by the Lord, but believe that the longer time we pray, the better it will be. Hence, prayer becomes a ceremony, and we cannot find the way to enter into true prayer.
Actually, we can understand from the Lord’s word: in order that our prayer could be heard by God and to obtain His leading, we must get rid of false prayer, repeating words that come from the mouth but not the heart or prayer for show. If we hope that God will listen to our prayers, we must give up the prayers that He hates. Only in this way, we will get closer to God.
The Bible said: “But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (Jhn 4:23-24). The Lord asked us to speak the words within our heart with heart and with honesty, and pray with an honest heart rather than saying some nice words, then we can be approved by God. Share God’s word, “Whilst praying, your heart must be at peace before God, and it must be sincere. You are truly communing and praying with God; you must not deceive God using nice-sounding words. Prayer is centered around that which God wishes to complete today. Ask God to bring you greater enlightenment and illumination, and bring your actual state and troubles before God to pray, and make resolution before God. Prayer is not the following of procedure, but the seeking of God using your true heart. Ask that God protect your heart, making it able to often be at peace before God, making you able to know yourself, and despise yourself, and forsake yourself in the environment that God has set for you, thus allowing you to have a normal relationship with God and making you someone who truly loves God.”
More articles about prayers, click here: How to Please God in Prayers?
Prayer
O God! I often take prayer as a form of ceremony every day, but worship You without honest attitude. In the days that followed I’ll pray to You and get close to You with a true heart.
You are welcome to use our Bible Verse of the Day to enrich your spiritual life.
Today’s Verse Illustrated
You May Also Like
Luke 18:17 Meaning - Only the Honest Can Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. - Luke 18:17 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… From these words of the Lord Jesus, we can see that being an honest person is very important, for it is directly related to whether […]
Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees. A Commentary on Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16:6 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… The Lord Jesus clearly told His disciples to beware of the teachings of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees and the Sadducees were the upper ranks of the Jewish […]
How to Remove the Beam Out of Our Eyes—A Commentary on Matthew 7:3-5
And why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first cast out […]
Noah Was Praised by God Because of His Absolute Obedience to God. A Commentary on Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Genesis 6:22 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… From this verse we can see that Noah was absolutely obedient to God. No matter what God said, he did it accordingly without reservation. That was why God saved Noah. In the time of Noah, it […]