Title: Paul's Prayer/2 Timothy 1:3
Content Paul's Prayer
Bible Text: 2 Timothy 1:3
Communicating with some divine being with transcendental powers,
The desire to sleep is as old as human history. religious scholar
The specific expression of such a desire is called prayer. because
Prayer is a phenomenon that is almost common in all religions.
And the diversity in the methods and styles of prayer is too wide.
Because of this, the ancient Romans used to pray to a specific god.
Pray with extreme caution not to offend other gods
is said to have done
What really is prayer? No, what is the flag of a true Christian
is it too?
Some members of the congregation have a common ceremony as well as during worship and Bible study.
I felt very burdened to be designated as a prayer even for four hours.
All. They say prayer is talking to God so nervous
Don't do it, you just have to be honest and express your heart as it is.
I know that, but if I close my eyes to pray,
I can't even remember where the things I wrote down have disappeared
All.
In such a case, there is little time to meet spiritually with God the Father.
It arises because it was Prayer is a time of meeting with God.
It's time to tell me Therefore, grandiose rituals are necessary or
Religion is not required, and we, who are children of God,
To God the best, just as it is, that is, happy or sad
Confessing everything, whether it's frustrating or embarrassing
this prayer is
The prayers of those who were once called saints are suggestive
there are many Saint Francis said, "Lord, make known your sufferings.
book. Lord, let me know the love that burns in your heart."
also did Indian saint Sun Dasing said, "God is chaste.
Therefore, in order to understand God, we must be modest.
All. In the midst of tumult and tumult, God is silent. just
If we wish to receive his blessing, let us fall at the feet of Christ.
It has to be done,” he said.
Yes. The only focus of a person who prays is the suffering of Christ
and receive into your soul the blood of the Lord that falls from the cross,
is to experience When this happens, prayer sustains a religious life.
It becomes the "breath of the soul".
What can be strongly felt through Paul's epistles is that Paul
It is true that he was a man of the Tao. Especially in today's text
By clearly demonstrating the characteristics of the apostle Paul's prayer, the saints
guidelines for the prayer life of
1. Pray for supplication day and night
The text says, “In my supplications day and night.” Sado Bar
Wool prays day and night, and is a true believer who always communicates with God.
It was.
To pray day and night means to pray, but always be sincere.
means praying. Apostle Paul prayed all day
Praying at a fixed time according to the rules
It also means that he prayed without ceasing in spirit.
“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), “with all prayer and supplication
Pray in the Holy Spirit again and again and pray for this to be awake and ask
“Be diligent in prayer” (Ephesians 6:18), “Always devote yourself to prayer and give thanks in prayer.
"Keep awake in prayer" (Colossians 4:2), "Always devoted to prayer" (Romans 12:
12), “The analogy to us is that we should always pray and never give up.
and said,” (Luke 18:1).
These words are always about living in a prayerful spirit,
In other words, it teaches us that our hearts should always turn to God.
If we pray all the time, we will never become failures in life.
will be Pray with the faith that those who ask will surely receive
Those who can do it are the happy ones. The Lord has promised this
It is because of this (Matthew 7:7, John 14:13-14).
That's why some people refer to prayer as a metaphor for spiritual breathing.
there's been something A person must eat to survive, three times a day
enough for a meal of But breathing cannot. constantly
this should be continued It is said that when breathing stops, people die.
In the same way, without prayer, we members of the church have spiritual oxygen.
will not be supplied. Therefore, the apostle Paul said, “Pray without ceasing
He wrote a letter of earnest request, saying, "Do it. Faithful life and prayer
It is for this reason that we think of life as the same meaning.
to be.
But from morning to evening, without doing anything
This is not to say that we should just keep praying. Know what "prayer" is
Then you will know that "life" yourself. We often bow our hands
I have been thinking of prayer as a form of prayer holding hands and closing eyes.
All. But that's a bad idea. The problem is your attitude toward God.
I will do
A heart that longs for God, a heart that submits to God, God
A humble heart towards A person who has turned his back on God
A life of faith that looks up to God, believes, depends on, and serves
You will only know prayer when you enter the .
2. Praying without ceasing
“I think of you without ceasing,” he said. this is someone
It means to pray with always thinking about
What are we always thinking about and praying for in our hearts?
end? And for whom do you pray without ceasing? what
Do you always pray for What lies in my heart
what is it What kind of prayer purpose has a place in our hearts?
are you going
You are never alone in asking the Lord. for others, and
is the unsaved and the saved, and also the work of God
There are many wishes to be prayed for on behalf of God woo
It is in our sincerity to hear Lee's prayer.
There is a saying in our proverb that intelligence is Gamcheon. but the church
Don't forget that it's not like that, it's the virtue of Jesus Christ
should go
“Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it.
that the Father might be glorified in the Son
If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”
(John 14:13-14), Jesus said.
We must first look around us. how to pray
Got a lot of work to do?
Families and friends who have not yet been saved,
is the church, the job you work for, the school you are learning at, every day
The family we are living in, etc. We pray where we are
There are countless things to be done. Then, truly a life of prayer
People who do this make plans every day and go back to this world for others.
should pray for things.
3. A prayer of a pure conscience
"With a pure conscience," he said. Paul follows a pure conscience
said a pure prayer. A pure conscience is the definition of a conscience without lies.
miss it The Apostle Paul was not of formal faith, but of a pure conscience.
had faith to serve God. In this belief
had prayed.
It is with a "clean conscience" that prayers are not answered.
means it was not a prayer. unclean our prayers
There are many factors that make it happen.
First, there is the prayer of a conscience without repentance.
Isaiah 59:1-2 says, "The Lord's hand is short, that it cannot save.
Neither is your deaf deaf to hear, but your iniquities
He has made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have covered his face.
so that they will not listen to you."
Prayers offered with an unrighteous conscience are supplications for unrighteousness, and unclean vows.
to be.
Second, prayers from wrong motives must also be prayed with a clean conscience.
It is not a prayer to
James 4:3 says, “You ask and you do not receive, so that you may spend it on your lusts.
I couldn’t find it.” Therefore, the problem is a matter of values, that is, a statement of ethics.
it's jay It is said that everyone is doing it to glorify God. yes
I, even by human judgment, are cowardly, worthless, or disrespectful.
When this is clear, you need to realize that something is wrong. not so
And there can be no answer to these prayers.
Third, praying while serving idols in your heart is also clean.
It is not a prayer of one conscience. So the answer to that prayer
there can be no “Son of man, people take their idols to heart
and set before them the stumbling blocks of iniquity, and they inquired of me
shall I tolerate a few?” (Ezekiel 14:3).
To pray to God, one must first destroy the idol of the heart.
Job 16:17 says, “My prayer is pure.” Us
should always strive to keep our prayers pure. lies in prayer
I'm a hypocrite or unfaithful prayer, my rhetoric
You must always be careful and make every effort not to pray recklessly.
4. Prayer to thank God
“Give thanks to God, whom we have served since our forefathers” (verse 3).
All. Paul's prayers were always accompanied by thanksgiving, and he prayed with thanksgiving.
it was
In the New Testament, prayer is expressed in several Greek words.
All. "Yukesudai" means praying loudly, "proshukomai"
The word “days die” and “aitein” means a prayer to God only.
is the meaning of origin, and the word "eucalysteine" is thanks
has the meaning of
If you look up the original language like this, in the end, prayer is a book about God.
It can be interpreted as a wish, a request, a plea, a desire, a fissure, etc., but
It means "thank you".
Philippians 4:6 "But in everything by prayer and supplication ye ask
tell God with thanksgiving.” Jonah said, “I am
offer sacrifices to the Lord with a forgiving voice” (Jon 2:9).
After Jesus had healed ten lepers, a man came to
When giving thanks, he said, "Were not all ten cleansed...
and your faith has saved you” (Luke 17:17-19).
Your grateful prayer has the power to move the throne of God
to be.
Praying to God with thanksgiving means that the prayer is in accordance with the will of God.
Because I know that I will get it as sure as asking for what I have suffered (John
Job 5:14-15) It refers to praying with thanksgiving in advance. Prayer
should be accompanied by an audit. God has already prayed that prayer soon
The prayer believes and gives thanks for the answer.
Failure in all things is because there is no prayer. Old Testament
If we study the prayer life of Saul of the New Testament and Judas Iscariot in the New Testament, this
It can be seen that this is true. They have no prayer life at all
didn't
Adam or Eve prayed when the serpent approached in the Garden of Eden
did you Paul and Barnabas quarreling over John Mark
Did Paul ever pray?
The absence of prayer is a disaster. Some say, "God
gave Jacob cold and heat with a drought during the day
It was only after 20 years that he made him hear only a single word of prayer.
made it possible,” he said.
The greatest tragedy of David's life was the failure of the palace without prayer.
He came to me when I walked on the shelf and looked at Bathsheba with lustful eyes.
All.
Those who do not pray are defeated in life. friend from the troubles of life
Oh, the one who kneels without rest today to see the true hope
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