Welcome to the Caruso Daily Devotional , a resource to equip , encourage and challenge you to live a life that shares the good news of Jesus . Humans were built for language and communication . It's one of the bits of creative genius God used when he formed His highest creation .
And apart from regular communication , whether it's the written word or verbal , we have a great gift from a loving God prayer . Prayer is an intensely personal way to communicate with our creator , the one who knows everything about us . Jeremiah 29 , 12 says then you will call on me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you .
All through scripture , we see that God is available to us all the time . No regular hours or standing meetings . We can talk to him anytime we want . There are 650 recorded prayers in the Bible and we read about people praying while sitting , standing , kneeling , with faces to the ground or hands lifted up .
And , by the way , amen means let it be or so be it . The word appears for the first time in Numbers 5.22 .
Since prayer is human communication with God , we see that the first prayers were way back in Genesis 3 and 4 , when Adam and Eve , and later Cain , talked with God In the second exchange , even though Cain was angry and had just killed his brother , he was having a conversation with God .
In the second exchange , even though Cain was angry and had just killed his brother , he was having a conversation with God . Jesus famously modeled prayer in Luke 11 and noticed that he was talking to God , the Father . It can be a fine line when thinking about how prayer is initiated . Often thoughts come to our minds or we're reminded to pray for someone .
However , there's an indication that God prompts us to talk with Him Galatians 4.6 , that from our hearts we cry out Abba , father , and that the indwelling Spirit of the Lord prompts this in us . Of all the great gifts God has given us , prayer is one of the most special .
It's how our spirits commune with the one who loves us with perfect love , and he's always ready and waiting to hear from us . So let's pray . Father , god , we worship you for who you are . We love you and thank you for loving us . Thank you for making a way for us to talk with you about the things that lie hidden in our hearts . In Jesus' name , amen .