A lot of us grew up thinking that there were complicated rules about praying. Are you supposed to put your hands together? Close your eyes? Look up? Look down? Talk as though you’ve swallowed the King James Version? And how do you end a prayer time? Amen? Or just sort of shuffle about until everyone looks at each other and figures out it’s over?
When Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, he started with a really interesting idea...
“This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name” - Matthew 6:9
What if, at the centre of our prayers, we understood that there’s a Father in heaven who wants to hear from us? Think about that - it’s like talking to someone who loves you and wants the best for you, but who also has unlimited resources! He dwells in perfection, and this thing we call ‘prayer’ is our best opportunity to connect up our world with His, so that the impossible can flow into the possible.
Today, why not talk to Father just as you are? You don’t have to close your eyes or use flowery language - just be you. That connection between earth and heaven is the relationship between you and Him, and your Father in heaven is longing to listen, and speak to you.
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