6:6
Having shown how not to do things, Jesus tells how to do this. We are to go into our own room and shut the door. No one will know we are praying except God and ourselves. Notice that Jesus refers to God as Father. This is communication between our Father and His child. And He will reward us. Sometimes this will involve prayers being answer in exactly the way we expected, but much more importantly than that, it will involve God hearing us, and our relationship with Him being built up, and God working in our lives. Now this does not mean we should never pray in public, of course there are occasions for this. But we must never pray for show.
6:7
Being heard by God is not difficult! We might think it is, but we are mistaken. The pagans babbled away. This might be incoherent babbling, or just using fancy phrases. We so easily think that we have to do something special in order to get God to hear us. This is not true. He hears us because He is God. Trust, faith and obedience are the best ways to ensure God hears us. Of course, He always hears us, it is rather a matter of God responding positively towards us, and here faith and obedience are the keys. Nor should we think that praying in tongues is “magic”. It isn’t. At the same time praying in tongues is a good gift, and is a good thing to do.
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