The importance of prayer, be it corporate prayer in your Christian life, cannot be overemphasized, and this post will show you why prayer is important to Christians and believers.
There are many reasons why you need to pray if you are to live a victorious Christian life all the days of your life that’s above sin and spiritual mediocrity.
Without wasting your time, let’s look at the 15 reasons why prayer is important in your Life as a Christian so that you stop being prayerless.
15 Main Reasons Why Prayer Is Vital.
Below are the 15 reasons why prayer is vital in the life of every Christian, and they will remind you why you must not be lazy to pray.
1. Makes Healing Possible.
One of the main importance of prayer is that it makes healing possible, whether it be spiritual or physical.
This is why James 5:15-16 in the New Testament encourages us to pray if we are sick, as there is power in prayer.
So, if you are suffering from any illness, just take it to the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer by faith, and you be healed according to His will.
2. Helps Us Cast Out Devils.
The other reason why you need prayer in your Christian life is that it enables you to cast out devils that are oppressing you and the people you care about.
Jesus Christ tells us in Mark 16:17 that if we believe in Him and come to Him by faith in prayer, signs, and wonders will follow us, and we will cast out devils wreaking havoc in our lives.
So, if you want to harass demons and evil spirits that want to cause trouble in your life, use prayer as your weapon to chase them away.
3. Helps Us Strengthen Our Christian Faith.
Since prayer helps you strengthen your faith, it is why you need an active prayer life because if your prayer life is weak, your Christian faith will be weak and unable to withstand many trials and temptations.
This is why Luke 22:46 tells us to pray so that we don’t get overcome by every little temptation we come across. Don’t ever think your faith will be strong if you neglect prayer in your Christian life.
Many believers today have weak faith because they are too lazy to pray but can spend countless hours scrolling trash on social media. Don’t be like that.
4. Prayer Helps Us Overcome Temptations.
In Luke 22:46, as we saw earlier, Jesus Christ tells us we must pray so that we don’t enter into temptations, as the spiritual strength we need to overcome every temptation comes from prayer.
If you have a weak prayer life, you will be susceptible to Satan’s temptations, which will overcome you easily. You need to start loving prayer if you haven’t done that yet.
Once you start embracing prayer like your life depends on it, you will notice how easy it will be to overcome the sins and temptations, be it addictions that you once struggled with due to lack of prayer.
5. Prayer Is A Vital Spiritual Weapon.
2 Corinthians 10:4 tells us that the weapons of our spiritual warfare aren’t carnal but mighty in God through the pulling down of strongholds through prayer.
If you are to pull down every demonic spiritual stronghold in your life, causing you to suffer and live a defeated life as a believer, you need prayer.
Without prayer, you won’t be able to overcome Satan and his demonic spiritual strongholds, as you will be spiritually crippled and likened to a soldier going to warfare minus a gun.
6. Makes Repentance Possible.
Prayer also makes the repentance and confessions of our sins possible, which is vital for us to have our sins forgiven so that we can have salvation and eternal life through Christ Jesus.
Luke 13:3 tells us that unless we repent, we will likewise perish in hell. So, if you want to be forgiven, you need to repent and confess your sins as you pray for forgiveness.
Just make sure your prayers are genuine and coming from your heart if you want to experience God’s forgiveness and freedom from the guilt sin brings.
7. Makes The Forgiveness Of Sins Possible.
Similar to the above point, prayer also makes the forgiveness of our sins by our Heavenly Father possible if we confess them with our mouths.
It is why Proverbs 28:13 in the Old Testament tells us that if we confess our sins in prayer and forsake them, we will obtain mercy.
This is because prayer is a communication link that enables us to communicate with God and ask for forgiveness for our sins when we truly repent.
8. Prayer Enables Us To Talk To God.
I am sure you have heard this common saying among all believers who say that prayer is talking to God, which is very true indeed.
Prayer is important because it establishes a communication link between us and God so that He can hear us and the petitions we make to Him.
No wonder Philippians 4:6 tells us that we must make our requests known to God through prayer, which acts as that medium of communication with God.
9. Prayer Promotes Spiritual Growth.
Prayer helps us grow spiritually by connecting us with our Heavenly Father, who cares about us deeply and wants us to flourish in all areas of life, be it in our spiritual or secular lives.
This is why 2 Peter 3:18 tells us that as Christians, we need to grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is made possible only through prayer when we ask for those things.
Henceforth, make prayer your daily ritual if you are tired of spiritual stagnation in your life, as without it, growing spiritually becomes a pipe dream.
10. Prayer Feeds & Nourishes Our Spirit.
Prayer also helps us feed and nourish our inner Spirit with spiritual food essential for our inner man to grow and be established in the things of the Lord so that we don’t suffer from spiritual malnutrition.
This is why Psalms 63:5 tells us that prayer is the spiritual food that our inner spirit feeds on that enables us to grow in the Lord.
In the same way you desire and like eating your favorite food, be it KFC or McDonald’s, let prayer be your spiritual KFC or McDonald’s you crave daily.
11. Prayer Protects Us From Evil.
Being protected from all the evil and snares of the enemy is one of the benefits of prayer in the life of any believer, which is why you must not neglect prayer in your life.
There are many evil things and demonic forces in high places that we are unaware of that God protects us from when we pray.
This is why Isaiah 59:19 tells us that God’s Spirit raises the standard when the enemy relentlessly attacks us like a flood.
Check: 10 Powerful Short Prayers That Will Protect You From All Evil.
12. Attracts God’s Presence In Our Lives.
Prayer allows God’s presence in our lives to become more real because we’re actually talking with Him rather than simply thinking or reading about Him in the Bible, church bulletins, or website articles.
No wonder Psalms 95:2 tells us to come to the presence of the Lord with prayers and thanksgiving so that He may be with us.
Nothing attracts the sweet presence of the Lord in your life more than prayer, which is why you must not shy away from praying.
13. Helps Us Connect With Other Believers.
Prayer also helps us connect with other Christians who are going through the same things that we are going through and can be used to support each other in our spiritual walk with Christ (Rom 12:12).
This is why James 5:16 goes on further to say that we must confess our faults to each other and pray for each other so that Satan doesn’t divide us via misunderstandings.
If all believers prayed for each other, all the divisions and pulling each other down we are seeing in the body of Christ would not exist at all.
14. Prevents Spiritual Lukewarmness.
Additionally, if you are a strong prayerful believer, it will help you prevent spiritual Lukewarmness in your life.
The lack of prayer is the reason why many lazy Christians struggle with spiritual Lukewarmness (Revelations 3:15-18).
You can’t live a vibrant and victorious Christian life if you are too lazy to pray. Have an active prayer life if you don’t want to be a lazy, lukewarm Christian who’s easily overcome by Satan’s temptations to sin.
Check: How To Stop Being A Lukewarm Christian In 7 Easy Steps?
15. Jesus Christ Commands Us To Pray.
Last but not least, the final reason why we must pray is because Jesus Christ commands us to do so just as He did to His disciples.
Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself prayed for His disciples (John 17:25) so that God preserves them from the evil one.
In like manner, we must pray for others so that Satan doesn’t sift them as wheat or ruin their lives through sin.
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Final Remarks.
The above 15 reasons are just one of the many reasons in the bible as to why you need prayer in your life so that you can live a victorious Christian life.
In closing, if this post helped you understand the importance of prayer, let me know in the comments below, and don’t forget to share before you leave. Stay prayerful.
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