What is Prayer?

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Posted: at 16-03-2011 01:19 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming

PRAYER IS THE ACT OF COMMUNICATING TO GOD.

Posted: at 27-04-2011 01:33 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming

Prayer is the medium by which we communicate to GOD

Posted: at 19-05-2011 07:38 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

More than communication

Posted: at 28-05-2011 09:54 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

More than medium

Posted: at 28-05-2011 09:55 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Prayer is conversation with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in
direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a “beseeching the Lord” (Ex. 32:11); “pouring out the soul before the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:15); “praying and crying to heaven” (2 Chr. 32:20); “seeking unto God and making supplication” (Job 8:5); “drawing near to God” (Ps. 73:28); “bowing the knees” (Eph. 3:14).

Prayer presupposes a belief in the personality of God, his ability and willingness to communicate with us, his personal control of all things, and of all his creatures and all their actions.

Acceptable prayer must be sincere (Hebrews 10:22), offered with reverence and godly fear, with a humble sense of our own insignificance as creatures and of our own unworthiness as sinners, with earnest importunity, and with unhesitating submission to the divine will.

Prayer must also be offered in the faith that God is, and is the hearer and answerer of prayer, and that he will fulfil his word, “Ask, and ye shall receive” (Matt. 7:7,8; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13,14), and in the name of Jesus Christ ( 16:23,24; 15:16; Eph. 2:18; 5:20; Col. 3:17; 1 Pet. 2:5).

No rules are anywhere in Scripture laid down for the manner of prayer or the attitude to be assumed by the suppliant. There is mention made of…
kneeling in prayer (1 Kings 8:54; 2 Chr. 6:13; Ps. 95:6; Isa. 45:23; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; 9:40; Eph. 3:14, etc.)
bowing and falling prostrate (Gen. 24:26, 52; Ex. 4:31; 12:27; Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:35, etc.)
spreading out the hands (1 Kings 8:22, 38, 54; Ps. 28:2; 63:4; 88:9; 1 Tim. 2:8, etc.)
standing (1 Sam. 1:26; 1 Kings 8:14, 55; 2 Chr. 20:9; Mark 11:25; Luke 18:11, 13).

If we except the “Lord’s Prayer” (Matt. 6:9-13), which is, however, rather a model or pattern of prayer than a set prayer to be offered up, we have no special form of prayer for general use given us in Scripture.

Prayer is frequently commanded in Scripture (Ex. 22:23, 27; 1 Kings 3:5; 2 Chr. 7:14; Ps. 37:4; Isa. 55:6; Joel 2:32; Ezek. 36:37, etc.).

Types of prayer

There are different kinds of prayer: secret (Matt. 6:6); social, as family prayers, and in social worship; and public, in the service of the sanctuary.

Intercessory prayer is commanded (Num. 6:23; Job 42:8; Isa. 62:6; Ps. 122:6; 1 Tim. 2:1; James 5:14).

Answers to prayer

We have very many testimonies that it has been answered (Ps. 3:4; 4:1; 6:8; 18:6; 28:6; 30:2; 34:4; 118:5; James 5:16-18, etc.). Other examples:
Abraham (Gen. 17:18, 20; 18:23-32; 20:7, 17,18)
Moses for…
Pharaoh ( Ex. 8:12,13, 30,31; Ex. 9:33)
the Israelites ( Ex. 17:11,13; 32:11-14, 31-34; Num. 21:7,8; Deut. 9:18,19, 25)
Miriam (Num. 12:13)
Aaron (Deut. 9:20)

Samuel (1 Sam. 7:5-12)
Solomon (1 Kings 8; 2 Chr. 6)
Elijah (1 Kings 17:20-23)
Elisha (2 Kings 4:33-36)
Isaiah (2 Kings 19)
Jeremiah (Jeremiah 42:2-10)
Peter (Acts 9:40)
the church (12:5-12)
Paul (28:8

Examples of prayer in the Bible

Abraham's servant prayed to God, and God directed him to the person who should be wife to his master’s son and heir (Gen. 24:10-20).


Jacob prayed to God, and God inclined the heart of his irritated brother, so that they met in peace and friendship (Gen. 32:24-30; 33:1-4).


Samson prayed to God, and God showed him a well where he quenched his burning thirst, and so lived to judge Israel (Judg. 15:18-20).


David prayed, and God defeated the counsel of Ahithophel (2 Sam. 15:31; 16:20-23; 17:14-23).


Daniel prayed, and God enabled him both to tell Nebuchadnezzar his dream and to give the interpretation of it (Dan. 2:16-23).


Nehemiah prayed, and God inclined the heart of the king of Persia to grant him leave of absence to visit and rebuild Jerusalem (Neh. 1:11; 2:1-6).


Esther and Mordecai prayed, and God defeated the purpose of Haman, and saved the Jews from destruction (Esther 4:15-17; 6:7,8).


The believers in Jerusalem prayed, and God opened the prison doors and set Peter at liberty, when Herod had resolved upon his death (Acts 12:1-12).


Paul prayed that the thorn in the flesh might be removed, and his prayer brought a large increase of spiritual strength, while the thorn perhaps remained (2 Cor. 12:7-10).

Posted: at 28-05-2011 10:08 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

As  it has been said, prayer is communicating with God. He is our father, we can talk to him anytime. the good news is-he is always there for us. But- we must also give him chance to talk to us.
If we are in a relationship we need to talk to each other, the same is if we are in a relationship with God, we need to talk to him  and he needs to talk to us.

Posted: at 22-06-2011 11:40 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

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