Praying to the Father? Jesus? Holy Spirit?
Started by 2 Corinthians 5:172 Corinthians 5:17
Should we only pray to God the Father? Or can we pray to Jesus, or the Holy Spirit?
Discuss!
Evie, Child of Grace
Jesus taught us to pray to the Father (Matthew 9:6) and most prayer in Scripture seems to be directed to Him, so it seems to make sense that at least the majority of our prayer should be to Him.
However, I believe that prayer to (especially in adoration) as well as worship of all three persons of the Trinity is permissible. (i.e. 1 Timothy 1:12)
Christian Alexander
This link has audio and text of John Piper responding to this very question: http://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/should-i-pray-to-the-father-the-son-or-the-spirit
I fully agree with his thoughts.