Prayer: How to develop this power?

The prayer is not a way for us to control our husbands, sons or the persons that are near us. We have learned with God that it is exactly the contrary. The power of the prayer that exists inside of us is for us to use. But believing in the power of God to transform any situation, marriage, relationship, circumstances and moments or phases that you may be facing. I, myself, have used this power but in a wrong manner. I thought that only through my prayer God would do exactly what I wanted, but many times we commit mistakes for not listening to the voice of God and we don’t receive the blessings from God. For me the prayer is really a power inside of us, but God did not give it to us as a weapon to tame or dominate people, or for them to agree with our will. No!

But yes, the prayer is a marvelous tool that is at our disposition to be used with love and wisdom. For example: as the wife we should learn how to do more of what is correct, than to always want have the reason, criticize less and learn how to please more the husband, speak less and listen more to him. In regards to the children, be more of an example than to only give advice, listen to them more than complain, teach them about the errors rather than point the finger to them, and as Servants of God we should learn how to give more our life, to be the offering, because many times during the prayer, we ask so much of Him, but we aren’t able to do for Him as He deserves.

Doing this so, we will be inviting God to enter into the life of our family, so that they can take possession of the blessing and become happy people. Normally when the differences appear in the marriage or problems in the family, arguments between friends, or even inside the family occur, and usually, the prayer is always the last resource. We always look to discuss, ignore, confront, and debate or to even opt for silence, and everything without satisfactory results. But certainty when the prayer comes first, those unpleasant forms of acts can be avoided. And thus we learn to pray before taking actions, and there is the big secret of living in the dependency of God.