Prayer: What If We Ask God's Help?

When we pray, let us remember Jeremiah 33:3: “Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.”

Prayer is communicating with God. In prayer, we acknowledge God's presence. Through prayer, we can give praises and thanks to God. Through prayer, we can express our love for Him and our desire to serve Him and love Him more. Through prayer, we can ask God for forgiveness. Through prayer, we can ask God's help. What if we ask God's help?

The most common kind of prayer is that of petition where we appeal to God to grant us some help or certain favor. In many ways, this is also the simplest kind of prayer. People, who believe in the power of prayer, say “God help me” many times a day as they go about their undertakings. When they worry about impending calamities like typhoons or earthquakes, they pray “God help us.” When a loved one is going through rough times, they pray “God help him” or “God help her”.

In Our Father, the prayer that Jesus Christ himself taught his disciples, we are encouraged to ask God's help so that we may have what we need to sustain a happy life. “Give us today our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11)

What if we ask God's help? God listens to our prayers, and He answers them in His own time and in His own way. According to 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing." Sometimes, God's time takes a long while, that we have to PUSH – Pray Until Something Happens. Whatever happens is God's way and God's ways are mysterious and powerful. When we pray, let us remember Jeremiah 33:3: “Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.”

Robert Schuller believes that “God Always Answers Prayer”, and he remarkably described how in the following lines:
When the idea is not right God says, “No.”
No – when the idea is not the best.
No – when the idea is absolutely wrong.
No – when though it may help you, it could create problems for someone else.
When the right time is not right, God say, “Slow.”
What a catastrophe it would be if God answered every prayer at the snap of your fingers. Do you know what would happen? God would become your servant, not your master. Suddenly God would be working for you instead of you working for God.
Remember: God’s delays are not God’s denials. God’s timing is perfect. Patience is what we need in prayer.
When you are not right, God says, “Grow.”
The selfish person has to grow in unselfishness.
The cautious person must grow courage.
The timid person must grow in confidence.
The dominating person must grow in sensitivity.
The critical person must grow in tolerance.
The negative person must grow in positive attitudes.
The pleasure-seeking person must grow in compassion for suffering people.
When everything is all right, God says “Go.”
Then miracles happen:
A hopeless alcoholic is set free!
A drug addict finds release!
A doubter becomes as a child in his belief.
Diseased tissue responds to treatment, and healing begins.
The door to your dream suddenly swings open and there stands God saying, “Go.”