Ninth Meditation on Prayer: In Prayer We Commune With God

Prayer is often silent listening rather than speaking, communing with God, in our secret place behind a closed door, waiting, wanting an eternal reward (Mat 6:6). Prayer is waiting in his presence with the purpose of enjoying his presence (Ps 16:11), wanting nothing but the Fountain of Life himself (Ps 36:9).

In prayer we slow down the mind and soul, acknowledging our childlike dependency on the Almighty. It is a time of confession of the remaining brokenness within us and our desperate need for grace.

In prayer we touch the hem of his garment and healing virtue enters us and heals us—body, mind, soul, and spirit (Mat 9:21). We receive healing in that moment in communion with God so that we can become healers.

As we wait in stillness the love of God is poured out into our hearts (Rom 5:5), enabling us to love as we have been loved by Christ (John 15:12). Through prayer the love of Jesus controls us (2 Cor 5:14 NLT), enabling us to love a rebellious lost world.   Through prayer we taste and see that the Lord is good (Ps 34:8). We feel his loving presence and see him with our spiritual eyes and experience an ever-growing heavenly goodness as we take refuge in him (Ps 46:1).