My dictionary says prayer is:

1. A devout request or petition to a deity.
2. The act of praying.
3. A set form of words used for a devout request.
4. Spiritual and wordless communion with God.

I guess all are good definitions, but I prefer #4. "Spiritual and wordless communion with God." I believe it expresses the true meaning of prayer.

From the beginning of time God has wanted fellowship with his creation. Remember the story of the Garden of Eden? Adam and Eve had disobeyed God and were so ashamed that they hid. Now if you think about it of course God knew they had disobeyed, but He showed up to fellowship with his creation as usual.

The point of the story is that God loves us and wants to hear from us not just in time of need, but all the time! He wants to be a major part of our lives. He is there to share or pain and joy, or up times and down times, the little things as well as the big.

So what is prayer to me? It is the constant communion or communication with my creator. Sharing my frustration as well as my joy with him every day, every hour and every minute. There is nothing you can do that God is not there and doesn't see. So talk to him about it. This is the true meaning of Prayer!

"There is nothing that can separate us from the love of God! Not height, nor depth, principalities or powers not even death can separate us from the love of God!"

I leave you now with the words from a song, a verse found scratched on the walls of an insane asylum:

If we could ink the ocean fill,
and every stalk on Earth a quill.
and were the skies of parchment made,
and every man a scribe by trade.
To write the Love of God above,
would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though stretched from sky to sky.

From the song: "The Love of God"
Happy Thanksgiving,Pastor Chris