You have heard me say over and over to pray about whatever it might be. Prayer is the answer to just about everything if not everything, but it just not praying about any old thing. The biggest thing to pray for is each other, not ourselves.
James 4:3 English Standard Version (ESV)
3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Matthew 21:22 English Standard Version (ESV)
22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
So how do you know what is the right thing to pray about?
My answer is if is something that is done for selfish motives like make me rich , or give me this, or give me that, then you can be assured it is not the correct prayer. When you pray, it should be for righteous reasons such that God knows that it is not for you, but Him.
Philippians 4:6 English Standard Version (ESV)
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
But why pray about everything? It is our way of communicating to God our desires, it shows we have faith, it shows that we know there is a higher being, it shows that we want a relationship, and it also tells Him that we need Him.
Prayer is not complicated. Do not talk to just talk. Acknowledge that you have sinned, ask for forgiveness for the sins you have committed, tell Him your needs, then thank Him. Say all this with confidence, with joy, and expectation that He will deliver.
Do you pray? What do you pray for? Are your prayers answered? Do you get frustrated when your prayers are not answer they way you want? Are you praying for the right things?
After you read this, go pray.