Gospel Motivated Prayer

The sermon at my church this Sunday was on prayer. How so many (probably most!) Christians don't pray more than a pre-meal ritual and pre-bed lullaby. Why? Usually it's because we are disbelieving the gospel in one of these ways: thinking we don’t need God, thinking that our prayers don’t really matter , and/or thinking that we aren’t worthy of Him answering our prayers. Of course we would never SAY those things but the way we live shows that we absolutely believe those lies. As the preacher gave examples, I realized how often I have believed those lies about the gospel and neglected the gift and command of prayer. But I was so encouraged and convicted by what gospel motivated prayer should be. Especially at the end of the sermon as he was exhorting us to know and believe our identity in Christ. What an amazingly gracious God we have. He is altogether lovely.


P.S. The preacher was Jesse Winkler on Sunday. Love him! ;)