"Ten Reasons Why I Pray"

by Dan Rothwell, Minister

1. God speaks to me with ideas and creative solutions during prayer. Some of the best ideas and

most innovative concepts drop into my mind while I am waiting on God.

2. It improves my attitude. I become more teachable, my heart becomes more humble, my

thoughts are more realistic and I become more sensitive to others' needs. I find that I naturally

drift from sensitivity to God and other people, and prayer changes that drift.

3. My faith grows thru prayer. Sometimes it grows thru exposure to God's presence and some-

times it is dropped into my heart as a free gift. Both are necessary.

4. Because I need divine intervention in many things and prayer is the means of moving God's hand.

Ordinary living produces the need for supernatural assistance, and God has chosen prayer as the

avenue through which he moves.

5. It saves time by helping me to make wiser decisions. Without a godly perspective, I waste too

much time in blind alleys and on frivolous endeavors.

6. It lifts the weight of responsibility, so that I can enjoy life to its' fullest. When I do not pray, I

continue to carry the full weight of problems myself. When I pray, I cast my burdens on Him

and He carries them.

7. It pleases God and I've found that pleasing God is good for me, and I like serving a well-pleased

God.

8. It gives God easy access to my heart and mind, so that He can show me my potential for sin

before I fall into it. I am not always capable of seeing the destructive end of a desire or choice.

God, however, is able to keep me from falling, which is superior to even picking me up after a

fall in the first place.

9. It is sometimes the only avenue of overriding the human will of another, who is making harmful

choices about their own life, and whom I want to change. God will not force His will upon them,

but He does have means to get their attention and open their eyes, that human persuasion can-

not do.

10. Because God and His Word are the only anchors in this life that I can depend on, and I need a

connection with things solid, unchanging and true. Most relationships in life are subject to

change. I need to feel love and acceptance daily, from the most dependable source I can find,

and that source is God.