Title A family who put effort into prayer
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Hymn: 482 (New Hymn 364) ‘The Time of My Prayer’
Meditation: By confirming the prayer life, which is an important element in the life of faith, and restoring the life of prayer,
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
main text: '… Together with Jesus’ brothers, they devoted themselves to prayer” (Acts 1:12-14).
What is the most ideal family? Is it a church with sufficient finances, buildings, and talent? Looking at the appearance of the Jerusalem church, one of the important characteristics of an ideal family is a family devoted to prayer. In obedience to the Lord's word, we did not leave Jerusalem and devoted ourselves to prayer (Acts 1:4-5). In obedience to Jesus' command, he risked his life and the fate of his family, remained in Jerusalem and waited for the filling of the Holy Spirit with all his might in prayer. It was a time of persecution and persecution on the streets of Jerusalem by the triumphant Jewish believers and the Roman soldiers who had not been crucified after Jesus was crucified. However, when they returned after seeing Jesus' ascension on the Mount of Olives, they risked their lives to pray. About 120 members prayed together.
God's Word calls for earnest prayer. The Bible says, “Be steadfast in prayer, and be watchful in prayer with thanksgiving” (Colossians 4:2). Prayer is work. Therefore, if you do not use your strength, you cannot pray. In the midst of earnest prayer, the three generations of the Holy Spirit came to come. The work of the Holy Spirit like the wind that recreates and regenerates the soul, the work of the Holy Spirit like fire that transforms the way of thinking and lifestyle, and the work of the Holy Spirit like the tongue that strives for evangelism as a witness of Jesus Christ took place. Personal success and family happiness cannot be achieved by human means and methods.
When the church is devoted to prayer, God's special providence (redemption) and emergency providence (miracle) are given. It heals diseases of the soul and diseases of the body. There are four reasons why our family fails in the life of faith. Not meeting under the excuse that the chapel is far away; not meeting while rationalizing life is busy due to untrustworthy workplaces; not meeting while focusing on physical rest and contemplating gatherings while intoxicated by the world; and the church is infected with individualism and selfishness It is not gathering without thinking. Those who do not gather with Jesus are actually harmers. Let's work hard to build the Jerusalem church in this age in our homes.
Prayer: God, I pray that you will restore the knee of prayer in our home. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen