Love motivates Christian prayer
It is the very core of communication with God. Four steps tested by hundreds of years of Christian experience in prayer provide us with a sure pattern whenever we take time out to pray. These steps are reading, medita- tion upon what is read, prayer, and com- munion with God, or contemplation.
Prayer, according to this proven pattern, is the upward, open-handed reach of the loving heart toward God. When Jesus was asked, “teach us to pray,” by His disciples, He prayed with them. By His Holy Spirit, Jesus still teaches us to pray in the same way.
