Prayer and Thanksgiving

2 Thessalonians 1:3-12

Read (scroll over):
2 Thessalonians 1:3-4
2 Thessalonians 1:5-6
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
2 Thessalonians 1:9-10
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12


From this portion of the Scripture, what do you gather about 'Prayer'?
Some points we can note are:

• We ought to be in prayer with each other, for each other.
• Thanksgiving and Prayer goes hand in hand.
• We pray for God's power to work through prayers in order to glorify Jesus Christ by the grace of God.
  

All of us can never make right choices without prayers. Regular prayers. Real prayers.

WAIT! Please don't panic. All of us, at some point in time, may think that prayer is a real drag. We may even have thoughts of prayers as hard or boring. These understandings of prayer may arise from one's childhood or from listening to grown-ups talk to God in thee's and thou's or six-syllable theological words one never heard of. But hey, chill.
Prayer, in its simplest form, is talking to God about your thoughts, feelings and concerns. God really does understand modern English (even the most bizarre languages spoken by your younger brother or sister). You can be totally confident that God hears you when you pray. In fact, God eagerly waits for you to go to Him in prayer. You are His own creation, you are His child, and He values every minute you spend with Him!


Reflect: Convinced of prayer yet? It's actually not that tough right? Can you imagine people who constantly say they don't know what to pray, but always have so much to talk about to other people. Are you one of them? This day, have you spent time praying? If you really have nothing to pray for, why not, just simply thank God? (After all, He's the one who took away those troubles and problems thus you have none...)



1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.