How should we pray? (Part 1)
When people are undergoing some tribulation, their lean is to do everything doable so that they can have, in a jiffy, what they wish. Many believers make the same mistake with the Creator. They use certain practices that don’t delight Him. One of them is described below:
• Mat 6:7 -> “But when you pray, do not babble vain words, as the nations. For they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard.”.
They think that the prayer is to convince the Creator to do what they desire. And many go to the point of behaving like David, who prayed and fasted for his child insistently in order to change the mind of the Creator (2Sam 12:16-23):
• 2Sa 12:22-23 -> “And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell if God will be gracious to me so that the child may live? But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me”.
Nevertheless, Jesus was clear:
• Mat 6:8 -> “Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.”.
As you can see, the Creator doesn’t need that we say to Him what we need; He knows much better than ourselves. It’s truth that we can and ought to expose our problems and defies before the Creator:
• Php 4:6 -> “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”.
Nonetheless, there are certain rules that we must observe when in prayer:
1 – Thanksgiving: first of all, we need to be grateful for what He granted us (His blessings, His Holy Spirit, His salvation, etc.).
2 – He isn’t only our Father, but Father of everybody who believes in Him and He desire to be Father of everyone (see Mat 5:44,45; Ezek 18:32):
• Mat 6:9 -> “Therefore pray in this way: *Our Father*, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.”.
Tomorrow we will keep on. Have a good day in Christ Jesus.
When people are undergoing some tribulation, their lean is to do everything doable so that they can have, in a jiffy, what they wish. Many believers make the same mistake with the Creator. They use certain practices that don’t delight Him. One of them is described below:
• Mat 6:7 -> “But when you pray, do not babble vain words, as the nations. For they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard.”.
They think that the prayer is to convince the Creator to do what they desire. And many go to the point of behaving like David, who prayed and fasted for his child insistently in order to change the mind of the Creator (2Sam 12:16-23):
• 2Sa 12:22-23 -> “And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell if God will be gracious to me so that the child may live? But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me”.
Nevertheless, Jesus was clear:
• Mat 6:8 -> “Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.”.
As you can see, the Creator doesn’t need that we say to Him what we need; He knows much better than ourselves. It’s truth that we can and ought to expose our problems and defies before the Creator:
• Php 4:6 -> “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”.
Nonetheless, there are certain rules that we must observe when in prayer:
1 – Thanksgiving: first of all, we need to be grateful for what He granted us (His blessings, His Holy Spirit, His salvation, etc.).
2 – He isn’t only our Father, but Father of everybody who believes in Him and He desire to be Father of everyone (see Mat 5:44,45; Ezek 18:32):
• Mat 6:9 -> “Therefore pray in this way: *Our Father*, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.”.
Tomorrow we will keep on. Have a good day in Christ Jesus.
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