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Do you ever wonder if God is listening? Or if he is still with you? After doing life God’s way for over 20 years I still wonder from time to time. I think it is only natural but I am learning not to lean on the feel good mountain top experiences of the Christian faith.

I’ve been meditating a lot on the verses for our current teaching series at church, Secret Service. Jesus says,

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.”

Brian taught on this verse this week. As I have been trying to follow through with our prayer challenge I’ve noticed that it is so helpful praying with silence and without distraction. However, Jesus also acknowledges that God is an unseen entity. An unseen force that sees all of our actions. Sometimes, for me, it feels unfair. But I think that is why he gives us The Lords Prayer as a model. I think He knew this would be really, really challenging to pray to an unseen God. A God that is smarter than we are, sees our every move, and already knows that we will mess this thing up before we can even share our stuggles with Him with our own words in prayer.

So this week don’t forget this understanding that we gain from Matthew 6. When you pray,

1. Keep it private
2. Keep it short
3. Keep it Sincere