Teach Us To Pray

This message takes us on a profound journey into the heart of prayer, challenging us to examine the very foundations of our spiritual lives. We're invited to consider a sobering question: if someone asked us to teach them how to pray, could we do it? For many of us, prayer has become sporadic, crisis-driven, or limited to certain familiar patterns. The central revelation here is that prayer isn't just a religious activity—it's the living room of the Father's heart, where we're invited to put on old slippers and share freely. Through the lens of the Prodigal Son parable, we discover a startling truth: we often live like prodigal children every day, taking the Father's resources but refusing to live our lives alongside Him. We squander our days in the pigsty of distraction and self-reliance, building our own kingdoms instead of dwelling in His. The beautiful promise is that our Father is waiting with arms stretched wide, ready to embrace us while we're still a long way off. How we spend our days is how we spend our lives, and if God is to be the center, prayer must be our starting place. This isn't about mastering techniques—it's about coming home to the One who aches over our distance and longs for our presence.