PRAYING FOR WHAT YOU WANT
MATTER
Although
at this 21st century, billons of people are actually confused about
the usefulness of prayers especially when they in need of something. Christian
philosopher and scientist blasé paschal (623_662) wrote that ‘the heart has it
reasons of which reason knows noting ‘actually most people doesn’t believe in
prayers in regards to when they needs something and which is the realest fact
about life.
There will always be a difference, when prayer is involved ,simply
because prayer has its reason, and it usefulness, especially when we learn from the prayer life of Jesus, despite
the act that god gave us commandment about prayers ,it’s also one of the reason
to pray when we desire for something urgent
and also in references to the commandments
god gave us, and if we want to follow he’s commandment ,we must definitely pray with reference to mattew
5:44 ’pray for those who persecute you Roman 12:12 “be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction, faithful in prayer and also in Ephesians 6:8 “and pray
in the spirit on all occasions with all kind of prayers and requests, in order to
be obedience to god because god had told us to pray, in references to
timothy2:1 “i urge the first of all that request ,prayers, intercession and
thanksgiving be made for everyone” and we should also make Jesus our mentor in regards
to praying regularly, apart from when we are in need of something, and also
worshiping and praising God can be done through prayers and also with the confession
of our sin which will lead to genuine repentance and it also helps in
presenting our request to God. Simply because he cares for us and he wants to
communicate with us through prayers, in reference to 2Chronicles 7:14 “if my
people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my
face and turn from there wicked ways then will i hear from heaven and will
forgive their sins and will heal their lands”.
This King James Bible version is
trying to tell us that even youth grow tired and weary and young men stumble
and fall but those who hope in the lord will renew their strength because they
will work and not be faint. I think during a matter, the best way is to
approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and
find grace to help us in our time of need. Research has shown that without
communication relationship fall apart, so therefore when we refuse to build our
relationship with God through communication by prayers, the relationship will
definitely fall apart which i believe that he won’t want to interfere in our
matters in difficult times. So with this, building relationship with God should
be our number one priority simply because God is so powerful and he is in
control of everything in his creation. Prayers can clear human obstacles our of
the way in order for God to work and it’s not as if God can’t work without our
prayers but because he had established prayer as part of his plan of
accomplishing his will in this world, this makes it more important during
matter.
And also apart from this prayer gives us power over heaven in reference
to 1Timothy 4:8 “for physical training is of some value but godliness has value
for all things, holding promise for both the present life and life to come” and
also Mathew 26:41 says that “watch and pray so that you will not fall into
temptation the spirit is will is willing, but the body is weak.” Despite the
fact that people really are confused about who will struggle with if it is
against flesh and blood but the fact is that challenges in the spiritual realm
are always against the rulers, against the authority, against the powers of the
dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm but
through prayers we can easily become strong in the spiritual realm When I read the Book of Acts, I am
embarrassed. Why does our brand of Christianity look so insipid compared to the
be-lievers of the First Century? Where has the power gone? Has God changed, or
have we? We’ve all heard the cop out that says, “The Book of Acts represents a
different dispensation.” What a sad, self-serving attempt to excuse our current
state of spiritual impotence!
When
we read Acts, we should yearn to experience a return to their brand of
Christianity. Yet, instead of copying them, we seem content with copying other
modern churches that are “growing.” But why copy a copy, when you can copy the
original (the Book of Acts)? In Acts, God was saving people every day.
Communities
were transformed. People were healed. Demons were cast out. Miracles were
commonplace. Churches sprouted up across the Roman Empire. Persecution was
faced and overcome. What made them so different?
Some
say they preached a purer Gospel. I disagree. Modern Evangelicals preach the
same Gospel that was proclaimed in the First Century. We preach that Jesus was
born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died an atoning death, and rose bodily
from the grave. We preach that man is a sinner and stands guilty before God in
need of salvation. We preach that God offers salvation by grace, through faith,
in Jesus Christ alone, and the moment anyone repents of his sin, puts his faith
in Jesus, and calls upon His name, that person is born again.
That’s
the Gospel they preached, and the Gospel we preach.
Our
lack of spiritual power in Christianity today is not due to the sermons we
preach or the songs we sing. Rather, it is due to our lack of prayer. We do not
pray like it matters. Jesus and His earliest followers prayed like it was
important. We pray like it is inconvenient or inconsequential. Prayer was their
priority. It is our postscript. We plan more than we pray. They prayed more
than they planned. We gather to minister to one another. They gathered to
minister to the Lord in prayer and fasting. Our focus is earthly, horizontal.
Theirs was heavenly, vertical. They were wise enough to “pray the price.”
All
of this is why I have written this 12-week Bible Study en-titled, “Pray Like It
Matters.” I want to demonstrate from Scripture that every prayer we pray is
significant. Through our prayers, God changes things. One life dedicated to
prayer can do more good than any life dedicated to other so-called “noble,”
worldly causes. An individual follower of Jesus who is committed to prayer is a
fountain of life in a world of death. Likewise, the local church that becomes a
house of prayer will be a spiritual powerhouse from which God’s mighty miracles
will flow exponentially. PRAYER is what modern Christians and churches are
missing - frequent, fervent, faithful prayer!
Most
Christians want to pray but don’t know how. They are unable to carry on a
simple, sustained, satisfying conversation with God. Thus, after a few minutes
in prayer, they run out of things to say, get frustrated, and give up. Sound
familiar?
Just
as infants must be taught to talk, Christians must be taught to pray. Once you
know how, prayer will be fulfilling, refreshing, and even fun.
A
growing number of Christians today are aware that some-thing must be wrong.
They know there has to be “more” to the Christian life than what they have
experienced. That “more” is found through the discipline of prayer. These
les-sons are a wakeup call for each individual, family, and church to become a
“house of prayer.” When we begin to pray like Jesus and His early followers, then
we will witness the power they experienced.
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