Overcomplicated Prayer

Throughout our lives, in our journey with prayer, we can fall into this way of thinking—even the apostles fell into it: “I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know what to do. Teach me how to pray.”

That’s a good question. A good desire. Just like the apostles asked our Lord.

At the same time, we can fall into the trap of overcomplicating prayer. We can even psych ourselves out to the point that we think, “Prayer’s too hard,” or “I don’t get it,” or “It’s not for me.”

But at the end of the day, this is an excuse. It’s an excuse not to pray.

When we tell ourselves that something is too hard, we don’t want to do it. We tell ourselves it would require too much effort. “I’m not good at that.” All of these things ultimately lead to the very conclusion we’re trying to avoid.

We don’t need to overcomplicate prayer.

All we need to do is be present with the Lord and talk to Him like any friend or person we meet.

Desire to grow in prayer. Desire to get better at prayer.

But to start prayer? It’s actually very simple.