Embracing change.

Prayer has a great many characteristics but by far its greatest is change; us changing in God’s presence. This desire we have for fusion in our lives centres on change – our will melting into God’s as we pray ‘let Your will be done.’

Just look at the Lord’s prayer. Praying this prayer [and meaning it] is a massive invitation for God to transform [and change] our lives!

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matt 6:9-13

[This] prayer is all about personal change. It focus’ us on God, teaching us to desire His Kingdom more than the world in which we live as foreigners. In God’s presence we are also taught to pray for His will to be done, not ours. This involves change and surrender. There is also the desire to be led by the Holy Spirit from temptation. At times this involves a change from the paths that we sometimes choose to take.

When we pray (really pray and not just repeat or rant) we will not be static people; we will be a people being transformed from glory to glory (His glory). Prayer will never leave us unchanged; instead we will be drawn closer to God with each breath.
If you are struggling to pray, don’t try to pray; simply desire be transformed in God’s hands and prayer (in one form or another) will naturally flow.