The Reasons We Pray
God reveals Himself through His works, His name, and His presence, inviting believers into genuine relationship through prayer. He has bound Himself to His people with a covenant promise, enabling Christians to pray with boldness as beloved children who plead His faithfulness. Through adoption, believers address God as Abba, Father, approaching Him not as transaction but as intimate communion. Jesus Christ serves as mediator and High Priest, interceding at the Father's right hand and ushering His people into God's presence. The Holy Spirit gives both the desire and power to pray, interceding with groans too deep for words and transforming every prayer into the means by which God conforms His children to the image of Christ.
Prayer flows from knowing God personally. He has revealed Himself through His works, His name, and His presence so that we can approach Him with confidence.
God has bound Himself to His people through an unbreakable promise. This covenant gives every Christian bold confidence to approach Him in prayer, knowing He is obligated by His own faithfulness to hear and act.
Through adoption, God transforms distant orphans into beloved children who can approach Him as Father, confident that He is both willing and able to respond to every prayer.
Jesus is both the Creator who made us and the Redeemer who bought us back. As our older brother and high priest, He stands before the Father and intercedes for us, enabling us to approach God with confidence.
The Holy Spirit quietly works in every believer, creating new desires, empowering prayer, and transforming our deepest groans into communion with the Father.