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Prayer Why Pray? (75 KB) 
The well-nigh universal tendency now, is to magnify man and dishonor and degrade God. On every hand it will be found that, when spiritual things are under discussion, the human side and element is pressed and stressed, and the Divine side, if not altogether ignored, is relegated to the background. Alternatively, God is taken as a "Santa Klaus"that has to satisfy our caprices. This holds true of very much of the modern teaching about prayer. In the great majority of the books written and in the sermons preached upon prayer the human element fills the scene almost entirely: it is the conditions which we must meet, the promises we must "claim,"The things we must do in order to get our requests granted; and God's claims, God's rights, God's glory are disregarded.
Gods Sovereignty and Prayer (39 KB)
I am often asked, "If you believe God works all things according to the counsel of his will (Ephesians 1:11) and that his knowledge of all things past, present, and future is infallible, then what is the point of praying that anything happen?"Usually this question is asked in relation to human decision: "If God has predestined some to be his sons and chosen them before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4,5), then what's the point in praying for anyone's conversion?" Pray According to Jesus (61 KB)
By prayer it is intended a humble request of help to a person superior to ourselves that has the ability to supply for our needs, whilst we cannot. Prayer includes actions such as these: adoration, confessions, imploration, asking, make petition, request, expressing desire, humbling oneself with much thanking, in the view that everything depends on God. Prayer is always an act of submission to another superior to ourselves.
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