The Spirit lives only when prayer is opened.
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The content of the text is 1 Corinthians 14:15
There are people whom God cares about. There are people who bless you. There are people who give more grace. That person is a person after God's own heart.
In 1 Samuel 13:14 and Acts 13:22, the person referred to as “a man after my own heart” is King David. He didn't become a man after God's heart because he had a good personality, had a good physique, and studied a lot. He was infinitely humble before God and knelt in prayer. Therefore, God sent Samuel to replace the proud king Saul, anointed David with oil and sanctified him.
After being anointed, he becomes a star. “Saul is a thousand thousand, and David ten thousand” (1 Samuel 18:7) Where is that the only one? send them But when they were captured by the Spirit of God and prophesied and sent again, they also prophesied, and when they sent again, they also prophesied, and when they did not return to King Saul, King Saul went directly to Ramanaioth, and he was also captured by the Spirit of God, prophesying and harming David. I can't. After that, David becomes king and remains as a great king unprecedented in the history of Israel. Most of the psalms were his hymns and prayers. Even when he made a mistake, he was a man of prayer, repenting, fasting, kneeling before God and asking for forgiveness.
God doesn't care about anyone. Take an interest in people you like. It is a person who prays. A person who is open to prayer. It is a person who has an open prayer and is alive in spirit.
The background of the text is as follows. Paul's letter to the church in Corinth, especially in 1 Corinthians 12, referring to the various gifts of the Spirit, and concluding in 1 Corinthians 13 the greater gift, love, then again in Chapter 14, seeking spiritual things according to the gift of love He says he wished he had the gift of prophecy and tongues. Why? Even today, believers should value all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but some are good and some are not necessary, some are acknowledged and others are downplayed. Like, for example, the gift of tongues is for ignorant people and the gift of love is for noble people? We tend to be wrong. So Paul says. In 1 Corinthians 14:18, “I give thanks to God because I speak in tongues more than all of you.” The prayer in tongues that the Apostle Paul, who had such a good faith and learned a lot and was a social leader, prayed in the spirit, is prayer in the spirit. In 1 Corinthians 14:14, “Praying in a tongue speaks mysteries in the Spirit” and in 14:14, “When I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays.”
Dear brothers and sisters, the purer the spirit, the better the prayer in tongues. The more the Spirit praises you, the better you can pray in tongues. As the Spirit when private prayer tongues are good. For the spirit to live, prayer must be open, but prayer in tongues must be successful. While praying in tongues is not true faith anhaeseo properly. Grace is destroyed because we sinned, did not pray, became angry, or hated others. Then your spirituality will drop sharply. It is a spiritual problem. Therefore, we Christians must love one another for our own spirituality as well.
Some say, “God must have taken the gift of tongues.” But God did not give and take away, but it means that my spiritual state returned to what it was before I received grace, and that I lived according to the desires of the flesh. Therefore, if you attend the revival meeting, repent, pray, and long for grace, praying in tongues will become powerful. recovered It is a good thing to say that it has become thin.
Along with these prayers of the spirit, prayer of the heart is important. In verse 15, “the prayer of the heart” refers to the prayer we usually practice. The prayer of the heart is just as important as the prayer of the spirit. Just as the prayer of the spirit in tongues is important, prayer with the thoughts of the heart has the benefit of bearing fruit in the heart. Therefore, Apostle Paul said, “Pray without ceasing” in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Jesus also said in Matthew 26:41, “Watch and pray that you may not fall into temptation” and Teacher James also said in James 5:13 and below, “Those who are afflicted Pray, pray for the sick, pray for those who have sinned.”
Prayer has a lot of working power. When the early church members prayed, Peter was imprisoned, but an angel came down and saved Peter. Paul and Silas, who were imprisoned in Philippi, prayed, and the jailer repented and accepted Jesus.
Famous for the book of prayer, E.M. Bounce said ① Prayer is the breath of the soul. If you want the Spirit to live, be a person of prayer. ② Prayer is a conversation with God. Do you want to draw close to God? Be a person of prayer. ③ Prayer is said to be the channel through which we can receive power. If you want to resist the evil devil, cast out demons, and become a person of spiritual power, pray.
Dear saints, when prayer is opened, the spirit lives. When prayer is opened, the spirit is opened. Starting tomorrow, we will hold a special early morning prayer meeting for the first week of October with the theme of “The Spirit must be open.” We will gather at dawn to listen to the Word and pray.
Dear Suwon Shepherd Church members, let's be open. Let's gather together hoping for the opening of the door of prayer, the door of repentance, the door of blessing, and the gate of heaven. Obviously, if you pray, the history of opening, the history of living, and the history of prosperity will happen. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that this history may be with all of you dear saints.