The Weekly Blog For Trinity Christian Church International, "Where we overcome ( the devil ) and life's tribulations by The Blood of The Lamb and the words of our testimony". Rev.C-12:v11.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Praying With An Understanding of Prayers Application !
Prayer is loving communication with God . Prayer is the expression of our inner spiritual
needs . Through prayer we can find strength of spirit, guidance, wisdom, joy, and inner
peace ( Psalms 118 :5--6 ,Psalms 138 : 3 , Isaiah 58 : 9--11 , Philippians 4 : 6--7 ,
1st Peter 5 : 7 ). Prayer may be long or short , alone or in a group , silent or aloud,
but it should be a true communication with God and not done for public recognition
( Matthew 6 : 5--8 ). Our Lord spent a lot of time praying. He often went to a solitary
place and prayed for hours at a time , especially at difficult times in His ministry
( Matthew 14th :23 , 26th : 36 ---41, Mark 1st :35, Luke 5th : 16th, 6th :12th ).
Jesus shares with us how we should pray in what we see as The Famous Lord's Prayer ,
here in Jesus gives us a model of the perfect prayer : We are to pray like this,
Our Father in heaven , Hollow will be thee Name, thee Kingdom come , thee will be done
on earth as it is in Heaven , Give us this day our daily bread , and forgive us our sins ,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us . And lead us not into temptation , but
deliver us from evil . Now we know that God will answer our prayers. However Jesus said
this to us : " Ask, and it shall be given to you ; seek , and you shall find ; knock ,
and it shall be open to you . For everyone who asks receives . Often we must be persistent
in prayer . However the answer , when it comes , may be in a from radically different
than what we expected , and we must be alert to that possibility ( Deuteronomy 3 :23--27,
2 Corinthians 12 : 7--9 ). God frequently uses others people , such as physicians ,
friends , relatives or new acquaintances , to supply an answer to our prayers
(Daniel 10 :11th --12th , Acts 9th : 10th ---17th ). Sometimes , the answer must come
from within ourselves and persistent prayer will help us find that answer . We may need
a new attitude or a different way of looking at things ( Matthew 5th --8th ,
Roman's 2nd : 1st--5th , 1st John 4th : 7th --8th ) , or we may need to make amends with
someone ( Matthew 6th : 14th --- 15th ). God speaks directly to Abraham , Jacob , Moses,
Isaiah ,Jesus and a few other people in the Bible . People know this ; God does hear the
prayers of sinners and the unsaved alike .
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