you dont start empty, you start by being full...

We tend to run empty...pouring out our emptiness to others therefore multiplying the 'starving' mentality. That when we approach God in prayer, we always come with a lack, with a need... Therefore we dont love prayer because it seems dull and lonesome.. But when we understand that God already knows all our needs before we even utter it (Matt 6) and His thoughts for us are not of pity or irritation, but of love and acceptance; then our hearts will begin to change...Lets remove every false notion of prayer in our minds. God loves us, no buts or ifs. He just loves us. When he sees us praying, He is delighted to hear and answer our prayers because He loves us. I thought i can impress God with my prayers. That somehow, even when i pray not out of love but of a need, He would still listen and answer. But blessed are those who knows the key for effective prayer- the HEART towards Him in prayer. When He sees that my goal is to meet Him and not to present my needs to Him, He trusts me with prayers deeper than my own, more than assured that He will answer them.Lord I pray for us. That we will have bigger hearts for you... See us in our prayers, not presenting needs, but with a longing to know more of Your great heart for us. Amen...I believe the most secured persons in the world are those who have experienced deeply the love of God in their lives.