"Why Pray?" | Our Father, Week 1

Right before Jesus offers up the Lord's prayer, He tells us that "God knows what you need before you ask Him." In our classic, efficient, American fashion, we scratch our heads and wonder, "So, why should I bother to pray if He already knows what I am going to pray?" What fuels these feelings of futility is our low view of prayer that limits prayer to merely confession or requests. We either compile a list of things we've done wrong or rattle off things we want or need. We fail to recognize that the miracle of prayer is not the answer but the access we have to our Creator. If revelation is the way of relationships, then prayer is the language of connection.