A Right Attitude When Praying
Channel: William Valencia
Date: 2016-01-13

A Right Attitude When Praying
https://youtu.be/KEMSjrEzO7c

“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” (Matthew 6:6)

PASSAGE follow-up: Psalm 63:1-11

Prayer is talking with God, this means that it is a intimate dialogue between God and the person praying; therefore, I must have the security that the only one that is interested in hearing my prayer is God. This is a time to enjoy with the person that loves me most, which is God; so I receive His help in my needs, His strength in my times of struggle and peace in the midst of the storm. Is my attitude and motivation, the key that defines the answer to my prayer.

The attitude with which God wants us to come to Him, is that of a child that craves to be with His Father whom he knows as loving and filled with power; who is impressed and moved by his gentleness and holiness, whose wisdom he can only feel respect and reverent fear before him. 

Any other attitude or motivation is wrong and prevents us from getting to the very presence of God, to be heard and get an answer.

The Lord Jesus illustrates this teaching, revealing what happened in the intimacy of the heart of two men who went up into the temple to pray. The first, a pharisee, believed to be just, he remained standing, giving thanks to God for not being as other men are: robbers, unjust, adulterers. 

The second, a tax collector repented, and remained away without daring to raise his eyes to heaven and beating his chest cried: “God, be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13).

Everything that happens in the intimacy of our prayer, comes out publicly in a form of a notorious and evident result. We don't need to publish that we have prayed, others will notice this in our way of being, of behaving, and in the treatment that we give to others. 

The arrogance of the pharisee prevented that he meet with God even though he was in the right place, and that's why nothing happened in his life. He continued to be exactly the same. On the other hand, the tax collector received forgiveness, and began to enjoy a real change in his life.

LET'S TALK WITH GOD

“Dear God, what a privilege You give me to be able to have an intimate encounter with you each day through prayer. I pray that a correct attitude of love and gratitude will always be in my heart. That others can recognize the value of prayer for the work that You're doing in me, transforming me in a humble person and full of love”

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