Make Prayer a Conversation

In making prayer a conversation it gives Jesus the opportunity to respond. It is important to understand that I am the one with the need, Jesus is the one with the solution. Over the years my prayers have changed. What I asked for has changed and how I ask has changed as well. In the beginning of my walk with God my prayer was always about asking for provision. We are to bring our needs to God in prayer but there was something I needed to learn.



I never really talked with God about my need, I just asked Him to supply my need. I tried to believe that He would meet my needs but I never gave Him an opportunity to respond back to me. I learned that it is important to bring my needs to Him in prayer, but it was infinitely more important what He had to say about my needs. I learned that it is critical that I know His voice when it comes to receiving answers to prayer.


I learned my faith needs to be in the person who has promised to provide the need. Realizing that, now I come before Him to have a conversation. I want to hear what Jesus has to say about the things I'm facing.


What we discovered was that nothing in our life ever really changed in any significant way until the Lord began to respond back to us in prayer. And I learned something about how the Lord works. He always works with and through the word. I found I needed to know the promises in the written word of God and I needed to hear His voice through the Holy Spirit about what He wanted me to do.


There are always instructions tied to the fulfillment of promises.


We discovered that every time the Lord spoke back to us about the needs we brought before Him, He gave promises with instructions. Every time we obeyed the instruction we saw the Lord fulfill His promises. So we realized that simply telling God what we needed was not enough, we needed Him to talk to us. We needed to have a conversation.


I would encourage you as you go to prayer with your needs to the Lord, tell Him all about it. Tell Him how you see the problem, how it makes you feel, what you think the solution is. Poor out your heart to Him and when you're done wait for Him to respond to you. If He does not respond immediately continue to wait, you may wait for days. That's okay because when He responds, when He speaks directly to you about your need, He will watch over His word to perform it.


The promises of God give you hope, and the instruction brings you into the fulfillment of the promise. So look to have a conversation about your need, do not just informed Him. Wait for His response knowing He watches over His word to perform it and that He doesn't do anything without a word.

Once the Lord has responded you have prayed through.