{"id":40638,"date":"2026-06-17T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=40638"},"modified":"2026-06-15T22:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:06:02","slug":"26-0618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0618\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray Like Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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We prayer wimps fear\u00a0mis-<\/em>praying. What\u2019s the expected etiquette and dress code of prayer? What if we kneel instead of stand? \u00a0Jesus\u2019 answer is in \u00a0Matthew 18:3 when he says, \u201cBecome as little children.\u201d\u00a0 Carefree.\u00a0 Joy filled. Playful. Trusting.\u00a0 Curious. Trust more\u2014strut less.<\/p>\n

God prefers this greeting:\u00a0 \u201cGod, you are my Daddy, and I am your child!\u201d It\u2019s hard to show off and call God \u201cDaddy\u201d at the same time.\u00a0 Impossible, in fact. Remember, prayer doesn\u2019t depend on how you pray.\u00a0 The power of prayer depends on the One who hears the prayer.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my challenge for you! Every day for 4 weeks, pray four minutes. Then get ready to connect with God like never before.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0Read more\u00a0Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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We prayer wimps fear mis-praying. What\u2019s the expected etiquette and dress code of prayer? What if we kneel instead of stand? Jesus\u2019 answer is in Matthew 18:3 when he says, \u201cBecome as little children.\u201d Carefree. Joy filled. Playful. Trusting. Curious. Trust more\u2014strut less.<\/p>\n

God prefers this greeting: \u201cGod, you are my Daddy, and I am your child!\u201d It\u2019s hard to show off and call God \u201cDaddy\u201d at the same time. Impossible, in fact. Remember, prayer doesn\u2019t depend on how you pray. The power of prayer depends on the One who hears the prayer.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my challenge for you! Every day for 4 weeks, pray four minutes. Then get ready to connect with God like never before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40640,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40638\/revisions\/40640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}