Attitude to prayer

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Andycross

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Ok I have been looking for the right forum to post this, but ended up coming back here.
There are different kinds of prayer such as making known the needs in the form of requests and supplication, or thanksgiving and praise and praise or worship to God & scriptures teach that we the born again believer in the church can pray with the understanding as well as pray with the spirit.
Jesus urges you and me to give with pure motives that please God. Jesus says "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your father who is in heaven"
He warns people of seeking to impress people. We are commanded to be "salt" and "light" (5:13-16) Jesus's primary concern is our motives. God looks at our hearts (motive) before the hand (action).
In Mathew 6:9-13 Jesus tells us to whom we are addressing our prayers. All our prayers are to directed to God the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. We should not be concerned foremost about our things but rather about the things of God before the prayer ever mentions concerning "us" the prayer is directed to things that concern God- "thy name … thy kingdom … thy will"!.
Jesus tells us to pray in a reverent/ respectful manor to our Lord. I think that private prayer is a must in a Christians life but corporate prayer is vital to the Kingdom of God.
 
resurrection33

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Andycross said:
Ok I have been looking for the right forum to post this, but ended up coming back here.
There are different kinds of prayer such as making known the needs in the form of requests and supplication, or thanksgiving and praise and praise or worship to God & scriptures teach that we the born again believer in the church can pray with the understanding as well as pray with the spirit.
Jesus urges you and me to give with pure motives that please God. Jesus says "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your father who is in heaven"
He warns people of seeking to impress people. We are commanded to be "salt" and "light" (5:13-16) Jesus's primary concern is our motives. God looks at our hearts (motive) before the hand (action).
In Mathew 6:9-13 Jesus tells us to whom we are addressing our prayers. All our prayers are to directed to God the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. We should not be concerned foremost about our things but rather about the things of God before the prayer ever mentions concerning "us" the prayer is directed to things that concern God- "thy name … thy kingdom … thy will"!.
Jesus tells us to pray in a reverent/ respectful manor to our Lord. I think that private prayer is a must in a Christians life but corporate prayer is vital to the Kingdom of God.
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Shouldn't prayer be carrying on a conversation with the Lord all day, every day? Paul teaches us to pray constantly (1 Thess 5:17).
 
Andycross

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resurrection33 said:
Shouldn't prayer be carrying on a conversation with the Lord all day, every day? Paul teaches us to pray constantly (1 Thess 5:17).
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I would like to share some notes with you.
[FONT=&quot]In Revelations 1:10 John says I was in the Spirit on the Lords day [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]We learn one he wasn't in the spirit all time. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]it's hard for some to take in because we're supposed to walk in spirit all the time, true according to Galatians 5 but he's actually going into a visionary Encounter in a place called the spirit realm, he's entering inside, and although there's a lot of teaching that makes it seem like 24 hours a day John knew it wasn't true. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]he went into the spirit and other times he wash dishes for instance, He went into the spirit but other times he may have been feeding the poor, theres times when you go into the visionary encounters but this whole idea of someday I will live entirely in the clouds in my mind because I've become so pathetic that I'm always in the third heaven never in the first at all it's not how He built you or he would never have given us planet Earth to put us on. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]physical acts of obedience done in faith replaces spiritual realities.[/FONT]
 
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Andycross said:
Ok I have been looking for the right forum to post this, but ended up coming back here.
There are different kinds of prayer such as making known the needs in the form of requests and supplication, or thanksgiving and praise and praise or worship to God & scriptures teach that we the born again believer in the church can pray with the understanding as well as pray with the spirit.
Jesus urges you and me to give with pure motives that please God. Jesus says "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your father who is in heaven"
He warns people of seeking to impress people. We are commanded to be "salt" and "light" (5:13-16) Jesus's primary concern is our motives. God looks at our hearts (motive) before the hand (action).
In Mathew 6:9-13 Jesus tells us to whom we are addressing our prayers. All our prayers are to directed to God the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. We should not be concerned foremost about our things but rather about the things of God before the prayer ever mentions concerning "us" the prayer is directed to things that concern God- "thy name … thy kingdom … thy will"!.
Jesus tells us to pray in a reverent/ respectful manor to our Lord. I think that private prayer is a must in a Christians life but corporate prayer is vital to the Kingdom of God.
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You put into words what i never could.

Practicing riteousness before people to be noticed by them seems to me the primary focus of most religions.

I know that i sound very negative about religion and catholics specifically but i dont think that focus of most religions is entirelly the fault of the individuals that follow those religions.

Just like Islam i dont think that most catholics are inherently bad individuals.

Sorry to go off topic but you really articulated how i feel about riteousness and organized religion.

Thanks for the advice on prayer,thats how i feel about it,i pray but sometimes ill go days without doing it and i dont think that God minds.

More people that choose to advise on Gods advice should be more realistic about it because they turn people away from God by not being realistic.

A lot of people looking to learn Gods advice wont even make the effort if in order to be a "good Christian" they have to literally be praying constantly.
 
Andycross

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imfinallyfree said:
You put into words what i never could.

Practicing riteousness before people to be noticed by them seems to me the primary focus of most religions.

I know that i sound very negative about religion and catholics specifically but i dont think that focus of most religions is entirelly the fault of the individuals that follow those religions.

Just like Islam i dont think that most catholics are inherently bad individuals.

Sorry to go off topic but you really articulated how i feel about riteousness and organized religion.

Thanks for the advice on prayer,thats how i feel about it,i pray but sometimes ill go days without doing it and i dont think that God minds.

More people that choose to advise on Gods advice should be more realistic about it because they turn people away from God by not being realistic.

A lot of people looking to learn Gods advice wont even make the effort if in order to be a "good Christian" they have to literally be praying constantly.
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Yea, you do not have to be noticed by others, I was in the prayer room Trying to pray, Im thinking at least if anyone wants me I can at least say I'm in quiet prayer, no that had to question that laugh and all the rest, I just Had to ignore it, I was in serious prayer. No one knows the connection we have with Christ, only the individual. Its no one else's concern.
You can pray when you like, and as someone else commented where you like, but if its serious personal and meaningful I think then closing the door so things are between you and God.
Most turn to the bible Imfinallyfree and say "Right lets look what the bible says" yes it goes hand in hand as its Gods word but they dont go through the father, instead of walking and living today in the Spirit.
 
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Prayer has changed a lot for me over the years. When I was first saved if I felt like cussing I just would, I use to think G-d know what I am thinking and feeling anyway so it didn’t matter. Didn’t matter the cuss word either. One day driving down the street I had just said the f -word in a prayer and G-d spoke to me and asked me “Do you speak to your earthly father that way, I said not, then I heard I Am YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER”, I said OH!!!!! I got it!!!!! And I repented!!!!


I’m glad I didn’t pray in front of others my first 5 years, I would have been going to hell!!!!lol
 
1True

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Pray ,Pray then pray again
Amen
 
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