Understanding Prayer
The question that stunts many Christians is "Why doesn't it seem like God answers my prayers?" This question was going through my mind my first semester of college, and I just couldn't understand how God who is powerful enough to answer my prayers just wasn't answering my prayers. It made me pretty upset for the longest time because I had felt like I always understood what I felt God was doing. Much of my first two years of college was where I was often in a state of confusion. In high school, people used to tell me that I was "wise beyond my years", but here I was questioning everything about my faith. I felt confused when it came to prayer. I have come to realize that much of what I thought prayer was growing up has so much more to it than God simply fixing all of our problems. Prayer is powerful because it allows us to connect with God who guides us through every day of our lives. Scripture talks about how we should pray wit...