Enjoying God in Prayer

We generally enjoy talking to those whom we love deeply. In prayer, we should enjoy God. It is important when we pray, to pause and remember the wonderful reality of Who it is we are talking to. Whenever we are in the presence of the One who fulfills the deepest longings of our souls, wonderful things can happen. The concerns of our little world pale in comparison to the One who made the heavens with its billions of stars spanning endless light years. Allow yourself to focus on God alone. We should be completely awestruck in the presence of God. He is the most fascinating, amazing, intelligent, powerful, wonderful, holy, loving, compassionate, gentle, kind, and perfect person we know. It is sad when people are enamored with athletes, politicians, actors, musicians, and scholars, yet are so seldom enamored with God. When we come to God in prayer we should bow in amazed reverence.

Not only should we remember what God has made, what He has done, and what He is doing, causing us to pray to Him in wonder and awe, but we should always praise Him for His greatness, glory, and majesty. God is worthy of all our praise! We worship and love God for being Himself, and we should gladly tell Him how we feel about Him. The praise of God should be prominent in every prayer. Appreciation, love, and joy all need to be expressed. When we think of God, we cannot help but proclaim our feelings about our heavenly Father who is so great!

Psalm 145:1-3:
I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name forever and ever.
Every day I will praise you
And extol your name forever and ever.
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
His greatness no one can fathom.

Our prayers should be full of thanksgiving. God has done more for us than we can possibly imagine. His mercies rain down upon us daily. God is so good, and we should thank Him for it. The riches and abundance of His love and grace for us flows forth like a mighty rushing river. We have so much to thank Him for.

When prayer is full of wonder and awe, praise and worship, and joy and thanksgiving for God, it changes us. Bask in His presence and truly enjoy Him when you pray.

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2009 at 1:30 AM

    God placed me on this earth many years ago and actualy for the first time a few weeks ago I put myself in the presence of God and poured out my soul to him. I know it may sound strange but when I say I put myself in His presense I mean I put myself in a place of solitude with no distractions and total silence and away from the world for a short time. It was at that moment that I understood the importance of prayer and knowing full well I was being heard.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 30, 2009 at 12:42 PM

    God bless you!

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