What do you find hard in Prayer?

What do you find hard about Prayer?

1.       Q.           Is God really interested in me?

A.      The Lord’s Prayer starts “Our Father in heaven”  in Luke  11 Jesus goes on to say that God is even better than the best human father.  This is why we start with praying with  worship or adoration because we remember who it is we are praying to – A God who is both “Father” but also to be respected (“Hallowed be your Name”)

2.       Q.           Are my concerns worth bothering God with?

A.      The Lord’s prayer says “Give us this day our daily bread”

3.       Q. What happens when God says “wait or no” – or seems completely silent?

A.      The Lord ’s Prayer says “your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”  This reminds us that we are not God, and that while we are invited to bring our cares we have to trust that our Loving God knows what is best. 

4.       Q.           Is prayer really a 2 way conversation?

A.      The Lord’s Prayer hints at this when it says “forgive us our sins even as we forgive others who have sinned against us.”  John 10:27 says “my sheep hear my voice..”