Recently I picked up a great book to read: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala. In this book He's telling of his own journey as a young pastor and the rough beginnings of his Church. One of the things he really stresses is the power of prayer.
On page 55 he shares "...the literal meaning of the Hebrew word used countless times in the Old Testament when people called upon God. It means to cry out, to implore aid. This is the essence of true prayer that touches God." This really stuck out to me because in today's culture too often prayer is diminished in its necessity. Too often are we complacent to just believe that God will do your bidding without asking him for help, when in reality it is the humbling of ourselves to actually ask God for aid that causes him to come to our rescue.
This is one of the saddest realities in American culture, to me at least. People just ignore the facts that God truly is real and that he wants to have a relationship with each and every one of us. I'm not for religion; a relationship with my creator and Savior is what it's about.
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