Pray Authentic Prayers - Talk To God, Not To Anyone Else Who Might Be Listening

Good day brothers and sisters in Christ! It's great to be back here over and over again just to encourage you! The truth is: I feel encouraged when I encourage people =)

Today, I would like to talk about praying to God and not to let people hear you!

From the Bible, the book of Matthew 6:5-8 says, "And when you pray, do not be like hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him."

Before we start, I just want to let you know that prayer is very important! Prayer is one of the most beautiful thing God gave us!

Prayer is not just asking, but it's also listening! Many of us pray to God just because we desire for something and wish that God could just use His magic to make it happen for us! Try this, when you pray to God, after telling Him all your desires and wants in life, keep silent for 5 minutes and listen to what He has to say to you. Because you'll be amazed that He actually speaks to you! Prayer is a 2-way thing! You see, when we pray we are talking to God, and God wants to talk to us too! Which is why it's very important to listen to what He says! Remember that part in the Bible that reminds us that believing in God is not a religion, but a relationship? Well yeah, God wants to have a relationship with us therefore we need to listen to what He tells us too =)

Back to my point in the verse, as I have reminded all of us that many people do things with wrong motives, well I want to remind us again! When we pray, we tend to use marvelous and BIG words to impress people! Sometimes we even pray louder than everybody else in the room so that we can be heard! When we do that, we feel great, awesome and it just feels good! I just want you to know that impressing people with prayer isn't right!

What does praying to God means? It means PRAYING TO GOD and ONLY GOD! It's that simple! Praying to God is a personal thing. For me, I would pray in my room with the door locked so that I won't get interrupted while talking to God. I would start of by thanking Him for everything He has done in my life, then proceed to telling Him all my desires and needs, then proceed to praying for those people who needs prayer, then proceed to a silent moment to hear what God has to say to me. Most of the times God speaks to me while I'm telling Him all my desires and needs in life.

No there is no right way to pray, everybody prays uniquely! But if you have no idea how to pray, you can start off by following how I pray. Just don't forget to listen to what He has to say to you!

In conclusion, I just want to encourage you to pray authentic prayers to God! What do I mean by authentic prayers? It means REAL PRAYERS! Not prayers to be heard by other people! When you are praying, remember to talk to God, not to anyone else who might be listening, all the best =)