When we pray, who should we address our prayers to? God the Father? Jesus Christ? Or the Holy Spirit?
The Bible says we are to pray to God the Father, through God the Son, by means of God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus taught that we are to pray to God the Father. Therefore God the Father is the ultimate one to whom we are praying. “Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray” (Psalm 5:2).
Though we are to address our prayers to God the Father it is through the mediation of Jesus Christ that are prayers are heard. “For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).
The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, is also to participate in our prayers. He is the One who prompts us to pray and teaches us what to pray for. The Spirit helps us to pray, even when we do not know how or what to ask for (Romans 8:26; Jude 20).
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Joyfully His,
Bro. Sammy Mwatha
Associate Director of Bible Study Questions
Answers2Prayer Ministries.