Prayer Begins with God (Revd Allan Booth)

As part of our Prayer sermon series, Revd Allan Booth explores 1 John 5:10–15 and what it means to pray with faith and confidence.

Rather than approaching prayer simply as a list of requests we bring to God, Allan reminds us that prayer begins with God. Through the Holy Spirit, we are invited to listen, align our hearts and minds with God's will, and discern what we are truly being called to pray for. And prayer doesn't end with speaking — it calls us to participate in God's work and become part of the answer.

How might our prayer lives change if we learned to listen before we speak, trust that God hears us, and respond to where the Spirit leads? Listen, speak, do.