Prayer is ‘crying out’ to God. It is not just a conversation; it is a way of beginning and deepening an intimate relationship with Him. When Jesus gave His disciples a model teaching them how to pray, He began by showing the basis of prayer as ‘Our Father’ (Matthew 6:9). For Christians, it is because God is our Father that we can approach Him. He is not distant and cold to us, but through Jesus’ death we have access to Him (Hebrews 4:14-16), and as we pray we develop trust and security in Him - as a child does with his loving Father.
