Prayer
Prayer as Praise to God
Pastor Tom
October 19, 2008
We have entered into a study on prayer through this Fall Season. We looked at several prayers dealing with internal issues. These inside issues require regular attention because we often face them. We sin so we must engage in confessional prayer. Life regularly moves beyond our control so we must learn the “giving up control prayer.” Sometimes God says no so we in prayer adjust to His no answers. Last week we looked at commitment prayer where David steadfastly declared his resolve for the Lord while in a cave fleeing from enemies.
Sometimes those personal issues take over and dominate our prayer lives. But if we only pray these prayers, we will only pray about ourselves and God. The Bible points us to go further in prayer. Not only must we look in, we must look up to focus more on the one we pray to. Then we must also look out in prayer for others around us. So today we start looking up in prayer to the One we pray to by considering prayer as praise to God.
This prayer involves no asking of God for anything. It calls us to look away from ourselves and immediate circumstances to focus solely on God Almighty. What does such a prayer look like and how might we engage in it?
