Getting to Know Jesus Better

You don’t have to understand God in order to pray – as T. W. Hunt points out in his book The Life-Changing Power of Prayer… “It is more important to know God than to understand God…”

There are several reasons to pray….

One of the best reasons is that prayer will actually help us to know Jesus better.

Paul actually prayed that all believers would know Him better….

¹⁷ I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. (Eph 1:17 CSB)

It’s clear in Genesis that God wants individual relationships with man - if He didn't He wouldn't have made a special place to meet with man and have conversation with him.

Genesis 3:8-9 indicates that there was a pattern of the LORD and man meeting together…. 

⁸ Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.  ⁹ So the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" (Gen 3:8-9 CSB)

Since that special place no longer exists then we, as humans, need to make a special place in our lives to meet with, to talk to, and to listen to God. This is done through prayer.

While having a set time and place to pray is a good idea, remember that we can pray anytime and anywhere.

Treasure your relationship journey in getting to know God better,

Paul.

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