Praying From the Heart

Indo people are famous with their 'basa basi' (empty conversation), and i must admit that i'm guilty of that at times. However, when i ponder about that, that reminds me with our prayers to God. Many times we treat God like we treat him like we treat vending machine. We think that if we put some coins, and the drink what we want will come out. Prayer is not about basa basi, nor it's about saying a mantra to get something that we want from God.

In Romans 10:9-10 it says,

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Prayer must come from the heart. These verses in particular teach us that if a person is going to pray a prayer of salvation, the heart and the mouth must get together. It is not good enough to just have the words. Your heart and mouth must be in agreement.
I believe this truth applies to every kind of prayer. It is not good enough to just use eloquent, nice or spiritual words. There has to be heart behind them if we are going to realize results from our prayers. I think only those things that burn brightly within our hearts truly touch the heart of God.

Let's not "berbasa-basi" with God..