While we are praying for Gods help, we must pray that Gods will shall be done.

The opportunity to approach our Creator is one that we simply cannot take lightheartedly.

However, far too many people in the world today, even in the church that Jesus Christ established, do just that.

Many do not understand what prayer is and, therefore, pervert this avenue of worship and praise.

However, since Paul tells us to pray constantly, we must realize the importance of the action.

Since we are told to spend much time in prayer, we cannot be careless and must strive to pray only as the Lord would have us to pray.

Let us define exactly what prayer is, examine how we must pray, and then understand why we must pray.

God gives us the opportunity to talk to Him and Him alone, to ask of Him the blessings that we seek.

We need to realize that one of the blessings God gives us as his children is the ability to talk to Him.

The church needs the help of the Almighty God, so God has given us the ability to ask Him for help.

Also, each individual needs the help of the Almighty, and God has given us an avenue through which we are able to approach Him.

In addition, God listens to us and answers our prayers if we are faithful to Him.

Peter said in 1 Peter 3:12: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Here we learn that God will hear our prayers if we are faithful to Him.

In Matthew six, Jesus Christ laid a pattern that we must follow when we are speaking to God in prayer.

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever.

Some people in the denominational world and even in the church of our Lord and Savior pray to Jesus Christ the Son.

For one to misunderstand this passage, he shows no desire to understand the scriptures.

Here Jesus Christ in no way gives us authority to pray to Him.

But rather He tells us we should only pray to the Almighty God.

Jesus Christ shows us that we must approach God the Father when we pray.

Jesus Christ taught us how to pray, and in the model prayer by example we learn that there are some things we must pray for.

First of all, Jesus Christ prayed that only the will of the Father be done.

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