(Romans 8:27)…If someone looked at what was really in our hearts, they would find the truth of the matter. Our hearts don’t lie and this is why the Holy Spirit looks there before bringing our prayers to God the Father. One problem that we have is that our sin nature has a place in our hearts. There is going to be some part of our heart that has sinful motives. The Holy Spirit will see that and work in us to change our hearts, so that way our prayers will be inline with God’s will.

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(1 Thessalonians 5:17)…Among other commands in this passage we are commanded to always have the lines of communication open to God. I’ve always thought that I’m pretty regular with that. Jesus on the other-hand always expanded on the commands we are given. It’s pretty evident that Jesus always had a direct line of communication open with God the Father, but that wasn’t all. We can read of many accounts where Jesus got away from the people around him to go and be alone with the Father. This just goes to show that we can’t simply just leave our prayer where this verse is leading us, it continues beyond that.

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(Romans 8:26-27)…It’s simply amazing that many of us “Christians” have the hardest times with one of the simplest things, talking to God. Where are our priorities? I know that I make a point of praying at most every meal, and I don’t just pray for the food, I expand from there. The crazy thing is that prayer is simply talking to God. It can be hard at times when we feel like it is a one-sided conversation, but then I think we are ourselves get carried away with talking too much, and forgetting that God speaks to us through His Word and a “still small voice”. Simply taking time to be still, and be quiet gives the Holy Spirit time to work in us God’s answers or direction.

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