And I title this thread "Conversations WITH God" because that is what our prayers are suppose to be. Not talking TO God, but WITH God. A one sided conversation is not worth much in my opinion. If we bring our petitions/concerns/desires to God in prayer, of what value is it when we do not LISTEN TO Him?
I can not remember the name of the Pastor/Author who said "Prayer binds the hands of the devil and releases the power of God," but it is a great statement about prayer. Prayer involves many things:
1) Belief in God/Jesus Christ
2) Faith in God/Jesus Christ
3) Love for God/Jesus Christ
4) Trust in God/Jesus Christ
5) Thanksgivings
6) Sorrows
7) Needs and/or desires
........are but a few. Prayer is a critical part of a believers life. I believe that prayer is the believers avenue to the Throne of God, and the avenue through which God can communicate with His children. There are numerous Scriptures concerning prayer in the Bible, and I would like to share a few here today.
1 Chronicles 16:10) Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11) Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
Psalms 4:1) Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 145:18) The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19) He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Matthew 7:11) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Luke 6:12) And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke 18:1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Philippians 4:6) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Colossians 4:2) Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving
1 Thessalonians 5:17) Pray without ceasing.
1 Timothy 2:8) I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
James 4:3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 5:13) Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14) Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Prayer is such a powerful thing!
I can not remember the name of the Pastor/Author who said "Prayer binds the hands of the devil and releases the power of God," but it is a great statement about prayer. Prayer involves many things:
1) Belief in God/Jesus Christ
2) Faith in God/Jesus Christ
3) Love for God/Jesus Christ
4) Trust in God/Jesus Christ
5) Thanksgivings
6) Sorrows
7) Needs and/or desires
........are but a few. Prayer is a critical part of a believers life. I believe that prayer is the believers avenue to the Throne of God, and the avenue through which God can communicate with His children. There are numerous Scriptures concerning prayer in the Bible, and I would like to share a few here today.
1 Chronicles 16:10) Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11) Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
Psalms 4:1) Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 145:18) The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19) He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Matthew 7:11) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Luke 6:12) And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke 18:1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Philippians 4:6) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Colossians 4:2) Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving
1 Thessalonians 5:17) Pray without ceasing.
1 Timothy 2:8) I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
James 4:3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 5:13) Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14) Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Prayer is such a powerful thing!
