Lent: Prayer

Prayer—speaking to God in words and thoughts—has long been considered one of the three Lenten disciplines of Christ’s people.

This discipline is the one that is most familiar to Christians. Jesus, who prayed for us in the garden and on the cross, and still prays for us at the Father’s right hand, extends to us this invitation: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). As Christ’s people, it is our privilege to pray to our Father who art in heaven. To thank and praise Him, to petition Him, even to call upon Him in the day of trouble.

Use this Lenten season to be in the Word on a regular basis. Attend the Divine Service on Sunday mornings and the midweek services on Wednesday evenings. Read a daily devotion, like the ones found on our church’s website. Not only will this strengthen your faith and enliven your hope, it will also increase your prayers to the Triune God!

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give it to you.” [John 15:16]