ENGAGE: Real Talk
Prayer is simply talking with God. A conversation with the Creator. Who better to learn from than Jesus?
Prayer is simply talking with God. A conversation with the Creator. Who better to learn from than Jesus?
Some even teach that praying with real faith is telling God what you want, when you want it, and that you will not take no for an answer. So…is praying, “Your will be done,” a cop-out? Let’s learn from Jesus.
For those who follow hard after Christ, things are (or should be) different. It really is not about us. Really, it’s not. Our lives should be like a mirror—not absorbing but reflecting the glory of God.
The writer of Hebrews describes God as a “consuming fire.” What does he mean by that?
Far too many Christians today are all about wanting the awe. They just don’t have much interest in the Scripture, fellowship, communion, and prayer part. Today’s passage reminds us that God leads us to awe…through the basic disciplines of the faith.