Our prayer points to heaven! On earth as it is in heaven! The two will become one when Christ returns to earth and Satan is bound for a thousand years! However prayer can bring heaven down to you in your hour of need! Prayer is not talking at God! It is not a one way street! It is not a give me list! It is not a let us make a deal and try to hold God hostage by saying if you do this for me then I will do this for you! Prayer is a two way conversation with God! You speak and then you listen! Satan lies and tries to tell you who God is not! Did God really say? Scripture memorization is important to apply in your prayer life to remind God who he is and his promises to you! As a child reminds his father who he is so God likes to be reminded of who he is! Remind Jesus who he is! Your Savior! Remind the Holy Spirit who he is! The presence of God in your life! You pray the scriptures back to God for his pleasure and your joy! There are hundreds of scriptures with promises to you but do you repeat any to them in prayer? Pray and listen! Let God confirm your requests with signs and wonders! Prayer is waiting on God for his promises to you! Make your requests be known unto God! Sometimes the requests are done immediately and then sometimes over days, months and years! Do you have the gift of patience from God? Prayer cannot be fast food where you get it over with and move on! Prayer changes things but mostly us! If God does not answer your prayer do you still trust him? Jesus prayed if at all possible remove this cup from me but nevertheless thy will be done! The real joy comes in waiting on God! To be in his presence! To desire no other place and no other time! One day time shall be no more! Time in the Greek means “to honor.” If we honor him on earth then heaven awaits us to honor him there! To dishonor him here is to be separated from him forever! The Old Hymn writer understood the truth as he wrote, “Take Time to be Holy Speak Often of His Word!” When you give God’s Word back to him in speech and obedience he confirms to you that you belong to him! We are to read his word, obey his word, study his word and speak his word! God created the heavens and the earth by his spoken Word! The most neglected part of the life of most Christians is to neglect speaking his Word! You can deny being a Christian even if reading and studying his Word but everyone including Satan will know you belong to Christ when you audibly speak his Word to God in prayer and to everyone else you meet while on this earth! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com