What is Prayer?
“He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.”
Psalm 91:15
Prayer is more than coming before God with a shopping list of requests that we wave in front of Him being before swiftly making our exit.
The Hebrew word for prayer is tefilah, which encompasses petition, but also worship, thanksgiving, praise, confession, and communing.
At the root of tefilah is the word palal, which means to think, to judge, to differentiate, to clarify, and to decide.
Prayer, therefore, is an introspective process that helps us examine ourselves, judge situations, differentiate between right and wrong, clarify our relationship with God, and decide on a course of action.
Enjoy the breakdown, and let us Pray!