I believe that one hindrance to faith-filled prayer is poor theology. In a world where so much evil happens and where pain is everywhere it is easy to forget that God is love. One of the greatest struggles individuals have in the West with Christianity is the problem of pain and suffering. "If God is loving," they ask, "why is there so much hurt in the world?" And if we are honest we will admit that we find these questions troublesome ourselves.
In spite of our confusion the Bible presents to us a God who is love and who is concerned for humanity. In 1 John 4:16 we read "God is love" and one of the most popular verses of Scripture, John 3:16, tell us: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." We need to allow the conviction of God's love to flow through our veins and inform our every prayer. We need to be reading Scripture which reveals God's loving nature to us. God cares much more deeply about people than we do and He longs to bless. Knowledge of God's good nature must fill our prayers with the expectation that God will indeed do good.
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