Prayer is about Relationship

A core truth echoed throughout the Bible is that God’s people have been adopted into God’s family. Because of Jesus and his work on the cross, God receives followers of Jesus into his family and adopts them as his own. Though all people are born sinners guilty of rebellion against God, God graciously rescues and redeems a people for himself through Jesus. As a result, followers of Jesus can come before God in prayer, praying, “Our Father.” Believers are to come before God not as guilty criminals come before a judge, but as cherished sons and daughters come before their gracious Father...