Genesis 12: 7, 8 says The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So
he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
Here’s a great pictorial
description of effective prayer.
God appears to Abram and
speaks. Again, God-initiated
conversation is the BEST, isn’t it? It’s
because when he initiates the conversation, he starts out with a dialogue of
what we need to hear, not what we think we need to say, which is what happens
we initiate the conversation.
God speaks and offers Abraham a
promise. Wow.
And Abraham’s response is to
build an altar, to worship.
It’s hard to worship in prayer
when we begin the conversation with disappointment, shaking our fist at God, or
demanding that he move on our behalf.
But when he starts by speaking
hope into our spirit, offering us a future and blessings, it’s easy to respond
with worship to a God who loves us that much.
God always offers us hope, and
if we hear anything other than those words, it’s not God who’s speaking…
Listen for his voice of love and
hope, and then respond in worship.
That’s effective prayer.
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