Another form of worship to God is to talk to Him by praying to Him. When we spend time with God in prayer we can grow our relationship with Him. Because of praying, we can know right from wrong, God can speak to us in any way (if we listen), praising Him, thanking Him for everything that He has done and is going to do, bringing up our requests and worries, praying for other people, just simply talking to Him like you would a person, and most importantly repenting (confessing our sins). That one is important because we have to be made right with God again and put Him back in the center. One thing I can't wait for is Reign Down USA. That is God's vision for the US to unite together and repenting to God to ask Him to come back to our country. It really will be wonderful.
It also is important to pray to God without ceasing. Whether that be talking to Him throughout the day during everything spending private time in prayer. The cool thing is God always hears your prayers when you call out to Him. An example of this is, One time when I was waiting in line to ride Kingda Ka (the roller coaster) suddenly Kingda Ka broke down for a little while. Instead of being disappointed and worrying, I just kept praying in the line by saying, "God, please give the men wisdom to fix Kingda Ka and please let it be fixed soon. I prayed that over and over until finally Kingda Ka started again. I was so happy because God had heard the prayer. He also did some other great things that time I was going to ride it. The lesson here is that God really does hear you when you call anytime. You can even praise God all day. One way I do that is worship songs go through my head throughout the day. A really good verse that goes along with this is, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice." Psalm 55:17. We should try hard to really spend time with God.
"Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
-Hannah K.
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