Prayer
is a powerful expression of divine love in our lives. Most of us
misunderstand this because our society has redefined love as romance. But love
is not simply romantic feelings but expressing selflessness. When scripture tells a man to love his wife it is not
necessarily telling him to be romantic. It may be when that is what his wife wants
and needs. But romance usually focuses on how we feel about a person or how
someone makes us feel. That is anti-love.
We pray
because we love people and focus on their needs. We even pray because we want
to love people that we don’t or can’t feel good about. Prayer is fundamental to
stretching our love. I put the name of a person on a prayer list because he has wronged me or I know he will harm me or because he rubs me the wrong way. I am making a
commitment to pray for that person however I feel. I have been angry and
frustrated with someone and set aside a full hour to pray for her.
Nothing develops such an attitude of love for a person like prayer.
In prayer
we connect with the love of God, with His great love for us and with the power
of His love through us.
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