In this episode, I talk about prayer as a means of communicating with God in order to foster a relationship with our maker. While there is no one way to pray, I share little notes on the "how" part of this practice. I discuss the ways in which our view of God and prayer affects how we pray (perception), using sincere words (simplicity), knowing that we are never alone in prayer (community), diligently seeking God (consistency) and graduating from praying solely about our needs to praying for transformation (introspection).

Resources Mentioned

Prayer, The Discipline We All Suck At

Instagram: @mycandleculture

Are We Saying These Prayers?

Verses Mentioned

Matthew 6:9-13

Matthew 6:7

Luke 22:34

Luke 22:54-62

2 Corinthians 12:9

Hebrews 11:6

Quotes Mentioned

“For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.”-C.S Lewis

"What I mean is this. An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying to get into touch with God. But if he is a Christian he knows that what is prompting him to pray is also God: God, so to speak, inside him. But he also knows that all his real knowledge of God comes through Christ, the Man who was God – that Christ is standing beside him, helping him to pray, praying for him. You see what is happening. God is the thing to which he is praying – the goal he is trying to reach. God is also the thing inside him which is pushing him on – the motive power. God is also the road or bridge along which he is being pushed to that goal. So that the whole threefold life of the three-personal Being is actually going on in that ordinary little bedroom where an ordinary man is saying his prayers."-An excerpt from Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis