Title: Jacob's Two Prayers/Genesis 28:20-22
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Jacob's two prayers
Bible Text: Genesis 28:20-22
Modern people who plan and run their lives according to statistics from management science and computer books
Sometimes I wonder if I am outdated in the age of prayer. That
However, proper prayer goes beyond experience and enriches life. true prayer
has the power to reveal false selves. Right prayer helps people
To break free from isolation, to see the depths of life you cannot see alone
does it
Jacob, who appears in the name of Israel in Genesis, is what prayer is a true movement
It is the experiencer who tells you about niga. In Genesis 28, Jacob is still in the world.
As a young child who could not open her eyes, she leaves the house. What's on your way
Fearing that he was standing, he trembled in fear at a point in the wilderness called Rus.
I prayed like this.
[If God is with me on this adventure, I will give you food and clothing.
and .. not only that, but I also built an altar to the Lord and took ten of the income I earned.
I will give you my work] This kind of prayer is the first time I start to do something big,
A person who is anxious about eating or not having the confidence to successfully accomplish a task
It expresses the feelings of
The true meaning of prayer is to ask for a change in a pitiful situation or to do nothing no matter how hard you try.
It's not about asking for an easy release. True prayer is the will of God
It should be done without regret. [Please, please. good job this time
If you let me do it, I will do what God tells me to do for the rest of my life.”
There are very few people who have practiced it.
After Jacob prayed like this, 20 years passed. from time to time he
He made money by scheming, and secretly made plans to return to his homeland.
I put it. On the journey to his hometown, he congratulated him when he reached the Yabbok River ferry.
I was afraid that my brother, who had been deprived of his fortune, would get revenge.
All. So he knelt down and prayed.
However, the prayer we offer this time was very different from the prayer we had 20 years ago. [week
I do not deserve the unfailing love you have given this servant. ha
But, Lord, deliver me from my brother Esau]
Jacob now understands. Conditions with God to ensure happiness or success
That we shouldn't be negotiating wealth... that's what the month 20 years ago and 20 years later
Rajin was his heart.
Now his prayerful heart has changed like this [God I need it now]
One thing is not the kind of stuff that will satisfy this or that condition. now my
All you need is God.] Only now did Jacob realize
All. That we should remember the person who gave the gift rather than the gift.
That we should love the One who makes the water grow and bear fruit...
Psychologist Jung explained that the internal conflict of Jacob's wrestling incident at the Jabbok River Ferry was resolved as an internal conflict.
Interpret it as reaching the stage of individuation in which a mature personality is formed.
All. And above all, make me an honest human being with nothing to hide from God
It was a request. God hears these prayers.