E. Stanley Jones in his book, ‘A Song of Ascents’ wrote this: “If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore?  Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God.”

Someone asked me recently if it were possible to have some teaching specifically on prayer. I have since asked myself some pertinent questions in regard to my own views on prayer. Simple questions like, “What motivates me to pray? How do I think God interacts with my prayers? Why is it that prayer is often a last resort?”

How true it is that often what we feel can easily become the force, road map, and the guidance system that directs our actions and stance on life and even church matters. There is nothing wrong with ‘feelings’ - God gave us this emotion to glorify him. But the problem is our emotional capacity has also suffered in the fallout of Adam’s sin. This means that even our feelings, opinions and ideas in and of themselves, cannot be trusted.