{"product_id":"christianity-101-how-to-pray","title":"CHRISTIANITY 101 | How-To Pray","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI will never forget the first few months that I started praying using the Lord’s Prayer as my formula to speak to God. I still didn’t understand the Bible. Jesus was still a stranger and saying His name out loud felt uncomfortable. But there’s something to be said about the way God brings a person to their knees..not to break them, but to finally humble them so they have no choice but to plead with Him for His hand in their life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI remember having the smallest mustard seed of curiosity that the Bible might actually be true and that God was really listening to my prayers, personally. After that seed was planted, I prayed every single day exactly the way Jesus taught in the Word. And it felt like magic the way God started making Himself known to me and showing up in the most surprising ways with provision during a season when I needed it most. The prayer I relied on the hardest was simply for “daily bread.” The more I walk by faith, the more supernatural and unbelievable my life becomes. The more I let the Holy Spirit fill me and allow His will to be done in my life, the more peace I experience and the bigger the blessings that come through patience and perseverance in prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrayer has shown me that our God is alive and wants a real relationship with us..even in the middle of our rebellion. There’s a knowing that only comes through the Holy Spirit, but like any relationship, it takes time and commitment to learn how God speaks to you personally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have so much more to say about prayer that goes much deeper than this post, but I wanted to share the exact foundation I had when I first started..the simple, clear instruction from Scripture that so many people seem to dismiss until they truly have no other hope left besides God’s mercies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI share this to gently encourage you to start talking to God now. You don’t have to wait until life brings you to your knees!! He is available today and wants a relationship with you.. all it takes is a mustard seed of faith He’s listening…👀\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/howtopray\/?hl=en\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#HowToPray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/prayeraccordingtothebible\/?hl=en\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#PrayerAccordingToTheBible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/lordsprayer\/?hl=en\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#LordsPrayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/biblestudy\/?hl=en\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#BibleStudy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Controversial.Christian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48919129456854,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0819\/7963\/7974\/files\/1_81c410ff-4eba-4e24-88f9-a4cc2b1c2cf1.png?v=1783319937","url":"https:\/\/controversial-christian.myshopify.com\/products\/christianity-101-how-to-pray","provider":"Controversial.Christian","version":"1.0","type":"link"}