How many times I have tried to pray and just felt like there was a brass ceiling above me. Well its not meant to be like that. Jesus said a parable of the widow and the judge because "that men always ought to pray and not lose heart".
Now there are plenty of commands in scripture to continue to pray (incl., Rom 1v9, 1Thes5v17, 2Tim 1v3, Col 1v3, Col 4v3, Jam4v2).
But for me I think, prayer is communion with God, and in glory I will be with Him forever. Do I say all my prayers & communion for the Lord until then? I dont think so. I commune with Him now.
Now the other thing is that I am a sinful man and He is a holy God, so how can light have communion with darkness? Well through Christ, but even with that, there is such an awareness of our own sinfulness and unworthiness before Him.
I try it a couple of ways
a) He knows our frame, He remembers we are but dust (Ps 103v14) So nothing I say to Him in prayer is a surprise
b) He said a bruised reed He will not break (Isa 42v3, Matt 12v20), He said blessed are they that mourn, they will be comforted (Matt 5v4), Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened (Matt 7v7), Jesus Himself regards prayer as precious
c) As I am honest about this and willing to be taught of God, I'll keep trying, asking Him about what and how to approach Him, even to help me wade through the swamp of bad prayer.
It is meant to be a normal part of my life with the Lord, I am meant to pray to Him, to make supplication, to commune with Him on how to advance His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Who better to know than Him.
Now there are plenty of commands in scripture to continue to pray (incl., Rom 1v9, 1Thes5v17, 2Tim 1v3, Col 1v3, Col 4v3, Jam4v2).
But for me I think, prayer is communion with God, and in glory I will be with Him forever. Do I say all my prayers & communion for the Lord until then? I dont think so. I commune with Him now.
Now the other thing is that I am a sinful man and He is a holy God, so how can light have communion with darkness? Well through Christ, but even with that, there is such an awareness of our own sinfulness and unworthiness before Him.
I try it a couple of ways
a) He knows our frame, He remembers we are but dust (Ps 103v14) So nothing I say to Him in prayer is a surprise
b) He said a bruised reed He will not break (Isa 42v3, Matt 12v20), He said blessed are they that mourn, they will be comforted (Matt 5v4), Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened (Matt 7v7), Jesus Himself regards prayer as precious
c) As I am honest about this and willing to be taught of God, I'll keep trying, asking Him about what and how to approach Him, even to help me wade through the swamp of bad prayer.
It is meant to be a normal part of my life with the Lord, I am meant to pray to Him, to make supplication, to commune with Him on how to advance His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Who better to know than Him.