Title What is prayer?
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In Matthew 6:9, Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “Pray like this.” That is the <Lord's Prayer> that we always use to pray.
And as Augustus mon Tecu said, "We have nothing but to get up and walk, and lay down to pray."
I hope that you will come to know more about prayer through the Word given today, and I bless you all who pray as much as you know and receive answers and power. So what is prayer?
First, talk to God.
Moses prayed face to face with God. Exodus 33:11 says, “The Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.”
Prayer is speaking to God as you would to someone close to you. When Jesus prayed in Mark 14:36, he said, “Father, Father, you are able to do all things” and called “Daddy, Father” and prayed.
In Romans 8:15, the saints “have received the Spirit to make you children. That is why we call God by the Spirit, “Abba, Father” (Galatians 4:6).
Yes! For those who believe in Jesus as Lord, God, the object of prayer, is “Daddy, Father.” However, God is “Daddy” and “Father” who is better than any other father on this earth.
One of the biggest things parents want from their children as they get older is that they want to talk to them. A good and filial child will listen to the story and tell a lot of stories with this in mind. So is our Heavenly Father. Please believe that talking a lot is prayer.
<Praise of the Gospel> “Good God, good God, very good my God”
Therefore, Heavenly Father is a very good father, so please talk to him as if you were talking to someone very close to you. Therefore, because Heavenly Father is a good father, please do not hesitate or delay, and ask the Lord for all your troubles, joys, and problems in your life. Please believe that God, the best and good father, gives the gift of answer with the best.
The third is a fragrant offering to God.
In the book of Revelation, prayer is spoken of as a fragrance received by God. Revelation 8:3 4 says, “Another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer. He received much incense to add to the prayers of all the saints and to offer them on the golden altar in front of the throne.
So the smoke of incense went up from the hand of the angel before God with the prayers of the saints.”
The Bible translation says, “Another angel came and stood by the altar, and took a golden censer, and received much incense, that he might offer it on the golden altar before the throne, along with the prayers of all the saints. ”
It is said that prayer is a precious thing offered on the <golden altar> in front of the throne of God.
In Revelation 5:8, it is said that before the throne of God, the four living creatures, the angels, and the 24 elders “prostrated themselves before the Lamb, having golden bowls full of incense.” “The incense is the prayer of the saints,” he said in the golden bowl.
Therefore, the prayers offered by the saints are not vague. Prayer corresponds to the sacrifice offered by the saints to God on this earth. It was the duty of God's people to offer sacrifices in Old Testament times. Just as a sacrifice should be offered to God regardless of one's will, prayer should be offered to one's own God regardless of the mood of the believer and the conditions of the environment. Therefore, prayer is essential, not optional. Prayer is one of the duties of a believer, and anyone who serves God must offer it before God.
In that respect, the saint of the Old Testament, Daniel, was a person who set an example as a person who prays. He prayed without missing a single day. He prayed three times a day instead of once a day.
I bless you all who pray like Daniel when you are convinced that prayer is to offer a fragrant sacrifice to God, and set the time with that thought in mind.
Fourth, prayer is the breath of the soul.
The way to tell whether you are alive or dead is whether you breathe or not. The pulse stops slowly after the breath stops, but when the breath stops, the person is dead. If you stop breathing, you are not human. called a corpse So is the soul. Whether the spiritual life is alive or not is discerned through prayer. Because prayer is spiritual breathing.
When physical breathing is irregular, artificially ventilators are placed in the mouth and nose. Some people snore while sleeping, but some people snore irregularly every minute. Such a person is said to be dangerous. It's because you're not breathing properly. The sick person's breathing is irregular.
If the breathing of prayer is irregular like this, there is something wrong with your spiritual health. Please do not forget that prayer is spiritual breathing. Please keep in mind that spiritual breathing and prayer should be consistent just as fluid breathing should be steady, so that you can breathe without ceasing prayer well.
It is said that someone once asked Haji this question.
“Teacher, there are a lot of people in the church. Who will be saved and who will not be saved? Who will go to heaven and who will go to hell?” At this time, Master Haji answered, “That is, who prayed and did not pray? Those who pray will be saved and go to heaven, and those who do not pray will go to hell.”
Fifth, it is a weapon of spiritual warfare.
Francis Thompson said, "Prayer is the sword of the saints." Only through prayer can I establish myself as a person of the Lord in good health and fight spiritual battles well.
When it comes to numbers, God is said to be the perfect number <seven> 7, the devil is <6> 6, and man is said to be the number <5> 5 below it. The number <six> above the number of human beings, <Devil>, is much wiser, stronger, and more intelligent than humans. Therefore, human strength and methods cannot defeat the devil. However, the only way humans can overcome the devil is to trust and believe in God, who is the perfect number, and he said, “It is faith that overcomes the world.” We pray in the name of Jesus, who defeated the devil on the cross. Then the devil can be suppressed and defeated.
Yes! The only way to victory is through prayer.
Jesus expelled the demon from a child possessed by an epilepsy and saved the child. The disciples could not control the demons and drive them out, but they were curious about this and asked the Lord. At that time, Jesus said in Mark 9:29, “This kind cannot be driven out by any means except by prayer.” said
He clearly said that prayer is the best way to fight the devil and fight spiritually.
Everyone! Knowing that you can't win in spiritual battles without prayer, you use the powerful spiritual weapon of prayer, so I bless you always to win.
Finally, it is the result of prayer. What Happens When You Pray?
get a response The answer may have a time lag, and God's silence may be the answer.
God is a good Father who works to benefit us.
There was a person who was known as a drinking whale. The whole family is Buddhist, and only one son, who was in third grade, attended church. One day, his father died. But the dead boy's father was looking at his dead body. He had already left his body. However, when I looked at his body, he said, “My son, who is in 3rd grade, was praying while holding his body.
However, while holding his own body and praying earnestly for his son, I saw that an angel was covering his body, and if he stopped praying or neglected to pray, the devil appeared and pulled his body repeatedly. At that time, the word of God was heard. It was something like this “You are praying like your son, so go down to the world and live one more year before coming back.”
Hearing that voice, he came back to life two days after he died. After that experience, he lived a changed life. A year later, God took him back.
- Hallelujah - You must pray to win the spiritual battle. I can't pray, but even if I can't pray A mother can't stand still because her baby isn't coming? Even if it doesn't come out, doesn't the baby come out if you work hard and work hard? Please believe that if you try hard to pray, you will pray. And you have to get used to it. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus said that it became a habit and he went to the Mount of Olives to pray. Habits come from repetition. Pray over and over again for a day or two! I believe that it will become a habit of prayer and become a person of prayer.
Prayer opens the gates of heaven! Praying deepens your relationship with God! When you pray, you receive power! If we pray, we will work together to achieve good results. When we pray, the character of Jesus is transferred into our personality. A day of sorrow will be turned into a day of singing.
<Example> James Simpson at Edinburgh Medical University in England discovered the anesthetic <chloroform> 150 years ago. Until that time, when performing the operation, the raw flesh was torn as it is without anesthesia. So, the fear of people undergoing surgery is indescribable. Just imagine that raw flesh and bones are slaughtered and operated without anesthesia! However, thanks to <Chloroform> discovered by <James Simpson>, many people have since been freed from the fear of surgery. Shortly before he died, his disciples came to him and asked. “Teacher, if you had to make the greatest discovery of your life, what would it be?”. They expected him to say, "The discovery of the anesthetic chloroform was the greatest discovery of my life." But James Simpson replied: “The greatest discovery of my life was to discover that Jesus Christ died for me, a poor sinner, and saved me”. said
Yes! There is no greater discovery than the discovery that Jesus is your Savior. Because a sinner who is going to hell can go to heaven without going to hell because he believes that Jesus is the Lord of his atonement. What a great discovery.
I told you what prayer is today. I hope you all discover the <greatness of prayer>. So I bless you all to be those great people of prayer.
The Japanese teacher Hacheon Pung-eon said, “Prayer is a switch that connects directly with God and an iron plate that brings down the power of heaven.
I hope that it will be an amazing time for all of us to use the switch of prayer now to bring out the <Great Power of Heaven>.