Prayer is a way of communicating with God. When Adam and Eve was in the garden, God spend time with them. Had a personal relationship with them and after the fall of man, the ‘walking together in the garden’ time fell away. Now, one of the ways God communicates with us and spend time with us, is through prayer.
He still wants that personal relationship and your daily time with God helps build that relationship. When you spend time with someone, get to know them, there is a trust and friendship that starts to build. You need to get to that point where you feel that God is your best friend and the one you can trust with anything. Even your deepest darkest secret. Your fears and your hopes and your dreams.
Matt6:6 says: ‘But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.’ The time we spend with God in prayer, is a special, personal time you spend with Him. He doesn’t want interruptions. He wants you all for Himself. Some quality time you spend together.
As married couples we sometimes joke about ‘date night’. Time we put aside to spend quality alone time with our spouse. You usually make plans to either be alone, or go somewhere special. There is thought and planning that goes into it. Your prayer time with God is the same. There is thought and planning going into it to ensure you have some private time with God.
We can only pray with confidence by having a personal relationship with God. Spend time with Him so that you can get to know Him, trust Him, love Him.