Hiawatha church of Christ

  When someone says they are not as spiritually strong as they used to be, one of the spiritual checkpoints that should be examined is their prayer life. Prayer is a blessed avenue we have for direct communication with God our heavenly Father. If we neglect this great blessing we have, we will grow weaker spiritually. Our counter measure is to pray often. One way that we stay motivated to pray is by understanding the great benefits of prayer. In this article, we will consider a couple of benefits we enjoy when we bow before the Almighty. Relieves anxiety.   The apostle Paul wrote, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;” (Philippians 4:6).   Within this context, we observe two key methods that prayer aids us in overcoming anxiety. First, is by bringing our request before God. Through faith we know that when we give our troubles over to God, that He handles them in ways that we s...

  We have all had those busy mornings where we rush around trying to get out the door. We scrabble frantically trying to gather everything we know we are going to need for the day. We fly out the door only to remember that the cell phone is still on the dresser. If we are honest with ourselves, we know that we will turn around, go back inside to retrieve our cell phone no matter how late we may be running. While this is all well and good, the question arises, what if we run out the door and remember we had not yet prayed to our heavenly Father. What would be our response. Would we stop dead in our tracks and offer a prayer before God, or continue in moving toward our daily pursuits with the intention of praying when we have more time? Our great example of a prayer life is Christ. He too had a busy schedule to maintain. Mark records, “And He said to them, ‘Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.’ For there were many coming and going, and they did not even ...