Pray

What our Series "Antennas" is all about

God is speaking, but if we don’t have our antennas set to hear, we will miss it.  This series helps us all to know how to hear what God is saying to us.

Pray

  

So many of us don’t bother praying because it doesn’t seem to work the way we want, or because God already knows our needs, or because we’re not sure if God is even listening.  If prayer were all about our requests, then those would all be really good reasons not to pray.  But Galatians 4:6 gives us something more.  It says that God wants us “to call out, ‘Abba, Father.’”  Abba is an Aramaic word that translates to something like our word “Daddy.”  God wants a relationship with us that is so close that we consider Him our “Heavenly Daddy.”  And we build this kind of relationship through prayer.

The Point

Prayer is more about a relationship with God

than about our requests

At Home Suggestions

Talk with your teens about the difference that prayer has made in your life.  Talk to them about some things you have seen God do because of prayer.  But most importantly, talk about how your relationship with God is better when prayer is a habit in your life.

Read 1 Timothy 2:1-4

Ask: What does this passage ask us to do?  Who does it ask us to pray for specifically?  Why do you think that’s important?

Explain that this asks us to pray for others, in particular those in authority.  Praying for others is important because we are often focused in our prayer time on ourselves and our needs, but praying for others helps us to not only connect with God but also with those that we pray to Him for.  Praying for our leaders often seems like a big task, but those who have more authority need even more prayer.

Pray just like this passage asked you to, for the people around you and for the authorities who lead you.