For true Christians, prayer [Gk: "proseuche"] is "communion with God". Through prayer we actually experience relationship with God. learn how to listen!!!! The quality of our prayer life then determines the quality of our relationship with God. Prayer is talking with God. Prayer is listening to God. Prayer is enjoying the presence of God. It can take many forms - for example: worship, confession, thanksgiving, praise, petition (asking for things), waiting (silent, listening and sensing of God) and warfare (command). If we are baptised in the Spirit we can pray with the spirit, in languages unknown to us but not to God. (1 Corinthians 14:2,14).
Prayer is not simply saying words. It is not repeating formulas. God is looking for heartfelt relationship. We are told by Jesus not to make meaningless repetitions of words when we pray. (Mathew 6:7). Tongues may be meaningless to our understanding, but it is not to God. In a future lesson we will give more attention to this subject.
There is a lot of prayer that never reaches God. "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself" (Luke 18:11). "One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer shall be an abomination." (Proverbs 28:9). It is outside the scope of this lesson to talk about prayers offered to false gods or to the devil. Also, we will not look at religious prayers or traditional prayers that can be uttered without heart. We will be considering prayers that come from one who has repented of his sins to the best of his knowledge, and who walks by faith.
At narrowway we feel prayer is not adding lists of wants, but coming to place to hear no matter how long it takes. His presence, most prayers are entitlement based, our lives are so busy with junk we can hardly hear, that's why we got what we have today, confusion much of the time. On a personal basis, take the time, get rich in his presence, not just on power ball or a flotilla of how to books, because we don't know how to ask and hear and change our lives according to his will. It's not hard..... the truth never is.
You've heard me say things are not good, true, many have lost so much, it's just the beginning. Spiritual state is a near mess at best, sorry for those out there seeking, the Lord does not do so, people do... the real presence of real a living God is not confused nor are his people deeply so, that's part of the post modern political correct religion, deeply divided because few have taken the time to really see what the truth is,allot of things gotten adjusted to fit their divides, we're not divided here, our desire is to speak it as it is, and do what we're led to do without the arm twisting of compromise.
Jesus did not have many followers it was scary as it was powerful, raising dead, healing the sick and so much more was not what man would respond to as the story goes the dead man desired to come back to tell his family, I will warn them, even so "Jesus says they will not believe", faith is not based on human capacity, that is the way it is it's not show to get people come the very act of belief is not in man's power to do so unless faith is awakened in him, to do so By God's Spirit whom awakens a man to hear his gospel and enters into him.
If we would only hear him. Prayer is taking time to hear through the lists away and learn how to hear. 1 Corinth 3 NEB translation. KJ3 I enjoy...
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