Title: Faith in Feet / Hebrews 11:5,6
It is said that a healthy person circles the Earth once and a half in their lifetime, but I think I will walk a little more than that. The reason is because I was born in a mountainous area, so I walked 6km round trip to school every day since I was young, and I walked 20km round trip to high school.
However, if you think that it is not healthy because it was there, you are rather grateful.
The person who walked with God with these precious feet was Enoch.
Genesis 5:21-24 says
Enoch was sixty-five years old when he begat Methuselah./ After begat Methuselah, he walked with God three hundred years, and had children,/ and he lived three hundred and sixty-five years./ Enoch walked with God, and God took him, so he was not in the world. said
Enoch walked with God in his footsteps of faith. When we pray, we also walk with God.
1. When do you pray?
① You must start today.
The demons are skeptical about Luther's illustration, and the agenda is "Let's find a way to destroy all those who believe in Jesus on the earth."
When I sent an evil and terrifying devil to cause tribulation, it was opposed that Christians would pray more vigorously.
They wanted to start a war, but Christians would pray even more strongly
When the little devil gets up and comes out, he sends the little devils down to enter the hearts of Christians and try to do anything, and they say, 'Let's do it tomorrow, let's whisper that tomorrow it's not too late', then Christians will procrastinate until tomorrow and all will perish.
When you hear a whisper to do it starting tomorrow, please give up and decide to do it today.
Emerson said, "Just as a house shakes when a pillar is weak, so our lives become humble when our will to God is weak."
② It must be done in the morning.
The dawn is a great time for God's work.
In Mark 1:35, Jesus also prayed at dawn, saying, “In the early morning, Jesus got up and went out to a secluded place and prayed there.”
③ We must pray together.
We need to know how to pray together at the time of prayer. If even two or three people are together, the Lord is there.
2. How do you pray?
① You must be earnest.
When Jacob left home, he met God at Bethel and prayed with a staff and a bottle of oil as a first aid kit.
And even when they came back in two groups, they prayed and wrestled with the angels at the ferries of the Yabbok River. The word wrestling there is 'neebak', which means 'to raise dust'. It was a desperate prayer. It was an earnest prayer that did not back down.
We describe it as a battle with an angel at the Jabbok River Ferry, and in that battle, Jacob was given the glorious name of 'Israel'.
In Daniel 9, Daniel prayed for Jerusalem. I prayed for your sanctuary. I got tired of praying how much he prayed.
Dan 9:21 The angel Gabriel flew to his aid.
② Please follow your habit and pray.
Habits acquired over the years are an important factor in determining one's life.
But bad habits lead to stranding and destruction of life. Therefore, it is more difficult to correct a bad habit than to correct a bad disease.
Good habits brighten up your life.
Ana Yasuo, in her book "Conquer Habits to Success," listed 92 good habits, but the best habit in our lives is the habit of prayer.
Jesus followed the habit of praying and went to the Mount of Olives.
Samuel Smiles said that thought begets action, action produces habit, and habit breeds destiny.
③ Do not lose heart and pray.
Newton said, "I look at 40,000 miles through a telescope, but through prayer I see the kingdom of heaven farther away."
George Mueller prayed 54 years for three friends, one repented at the 45th year, one repented at the 50th year, and the other repented a year after Mueller's death.
James 1:12 says, "Blessed are those who wait patiently."
3. What do you pray for?
① We must seek the will of the Lord.
There are many kinds of prayer.
Weather forecast prayer, accusation prayer, blackmail prayer, cursing prayer, sermon prayer, advertisement prayer, past fraudulent prayer,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The Lord knows me better than I do.
The Lord knows Nathanael.
The Lord has a more elaborate plan for me than for me.
The Lord told Ananias, who was living in the immediate vicinity of Damascus, to go to Saul and pray, but Ananias objected because he knew Saul.
In the English Bible, the word to pray is called “ask”.
Prayer is asking questions. Please seek God's will.
② We must pray for the church.
When the early church began, James was a prayer leader.
After he died, when he was about to be buried, his knees hardened and became like camel's knees. People refer to him as the camel's knee. He prayed to become camel knees for the church. For the Jerusalem church, he became a leader as a person of prayer.
When you pray for the church, please pray for your servants.
Please pray for your work.
③ We must pray
Therefore, please participate in many prayer meetings and pray for intercession.
Prayer is the privilege and duty of the saints.
Abraham prayed for his nephew Lot when the city of Sodom was destroyed.
Through Abraham's prayer, his nephew Lot's family was saved.
James 5:15 says, 'The prayer of faith saves the sick.'
④ We must pray so that we do not fall into temptation.
Temptation comes from the heart (James 1:14-16).
Someone is facing each other, and the other side asks, 'Bring a picture of a stone'. When I found out the reason, Hado changed his face these days, so he wanted to see the original version.
More importantly, we need to renew our minds. Please pray that your heart will be healthy and that you will not fall into temptation.
In Matthew 26:41, the Lord said, “Watch and pray, that you may not fall into temptation, and the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Even between husband and wife, if they are tested, they fight to death.
In a certain family, a couple fights, and the husband and wife have blood type O, but their child is type A.
The unjust wife killed her child and killed herself, asking if there was anything like this in the world. After the incident, my husband found out that he was not type O.
European churches are different from American churches. European churches have embraced liberal theology and avoided prayer.
American churches are very conservative. Conservative seminaries are still doing well in America.
Although the United States is a country where people of all kinds of ideology come and cry for freedom like that, America's conservative faith is protecting the country.
They have it written on every bill that God helps us.
④ We must pray for the beginning and the end of work.
4. If you pray, the door will open. (Result of prayer)
① The gates of heaven will open.
The moment Stephen was stoned to death, the door of heaven was opened when he prayed. And I saw Jesus standing at the right hand of the throne of God.
When Jesus prayed, the gates of heaven were opened.
② The door of faith opens.
In conclusion, let me tell you.
Not praying is a sin. Prayer is a commandment.
So Samuel said that I would not commit the sin of ceasing to pray.
Matthew 5:44 "Pray for those who persecute you"
Matthew 6:9 "Therefore, pray like this"
Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray that you may not fall into temptation”
Luke 6:28 "Bless those who curse you, pray for those who insult you."
1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing”
Hebrews 13:18 “Pray for us”
James 5:16 "Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed."
1 Peter 4:7 “The end of all things is near; therefore, be sober and sober and pray.”
The Bible tells us to pray, pray, pray.
Pray and praise, pray and teach, pray and serve.
It says in Psalm 13:3-5.
O LORD my God, remember me, answer me, and open my eyes, lest I sleep with death, lest my enemies say, 'I have overcome him,' and my adversaries rejoice when I am shaken. I trust in your mercy; my heart will rejoice in your salvation.
We believe that the day will come when those who pray will surely rejoice in the Lord's salvation.
There are many fiery tests, but let's not be afraid
Because the power of the Savior is great, we will overcome and remain