The prayers God listens to

My daughter sent me this E-Mail.

Funny how I get picked on for ALWAYS going to church.  Yet, a mutual friend's mom dies and I get asked if I am going to church tonight.  I replied no, there's nothing going on tonight.  And I am told, "Well, I need you to go today for her".  Really? Are prayers heard best when they are made from the church building? Why is it that they would think my prayers would be heard any louder than their own? So, does that mean that they do believe that there is a God? And that my worship of God isn't foolish?  It's just that they don't want to have God interfere with their life?  

Prayer Facts:

·         Location of the individual praying is not important.

·         The words used to start you're a prayer are not important.

·         The reason and content of the prayer is not important.

·         The only important fact is the prayer is intended to the one living God.

God doesn't listen to prayer in a language i.e. English, Spanish, French, etc. He listens to the heart and soul of the individual. When you pray he knows the concern.  He also knows the best outcome for that concern.

My daughter's friend was right to ask for others to pray. Personal bias in the situation is reduced as more people pray for the concern. As a group prays together for a concern , whether in physical contact or isolated from one another, God hears the problem.

Being in a Church building or holding hands with a long-time praying Christian allows the individual to focus on the concern, but it doesn't make it louder or impute greater worth on the concern.

Prayer is simply a conversation between a person and God.