In our postmodern world marked by:
- Selfish individualism that has led to conflict, family decomposition, riots, and neglect
- Narcissistic hedonism that has produced 300,000 babies born each year with their mother’s drug addiction, family entertainment filled with raunch and violence, an abortion epidemic
- Deconstructive morality based on what each individual believes is right or wrong
- Political correctness, a form of coercion, that has depersonalized humans and leads to the loss of human freedom
—we need an anchor, a true-north compass, a ruddered ship, a “why” to live a life rich in good deeds. We need God, a God we can depend on.
Why do we pray:
- To express our trust and reliance on God who desires the best for us and from us.
- Prayer acknowledges our dependence on God as a loving and wise Father who controls the universe in his unsearchable and inscrutable ways.
- To have fellowship with God, a stable, dependable, caring, and loving friend with whom we can reveal our most intimate fears, concerns, desires, and conflicts without condemnation.
- God loves and delights in our fellowship with him.
- To express our genuine conviction of God’s wisdom, love, goodness, and power.
- To increase our faith, the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- To have a firm foundation upon which to build our lives filled with unselfish love and productive work.
- To produce good fruit that advances his kingdom within us and beyond us.
- For encouragement to contribute to those activities that are eternally important.
- To offer thanks for the blessings bestowed upon us.