SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH 2018
PASTOR CHRIS
But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do: for they
think that they shall be heard for their
much speaking (Matthew 6:7).
Sometimes, you find Christians who say, “I need
powerful prayers; so please, pray a powerful
prayer for me.” But what’s a powerful prayer anyway?
What makes a prayer powerful? Is it the loudness of
the voice of the one praying, or is it because they’re
speaking religious words? Well, what you need isn’t a
“powerful” prayer, but a simple prayer to a powerful
God.
The Lord Jesus, in our opening verse, said that
when you pray, you shouldn’t act like the heathen
who use vain, repetitive words. They erroneously think
they’ll be heard for their much speaking; Jesus said we
shouldn’t pray like that. Read His words: “Be not ye
therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him”
(Matthew 6:8).
Learn to pray like Jesus; He prayed and acted
simply. Imagine the simple way He prayed at the tomb
of Lazarus. The Bible says, “…And Jesus lifted up his
eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast
heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always:
but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And
when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:41-43).
What makes prayer work is faith, and not the
multitude or multiplicity of words. Jesus made this very
clear in Mark 11:24: “Therefore I say unto you, What
things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Therefore,
make your prayers simple; pray with faith, and avoid
vain repetitions.
When you pray in other tongues, your spirit, by the
Holy Spirit, prays according to the will of God. That’s
primarily the way you ought to pray as a Christian: pray
with the spirit first; that is, in tongues, before you pray
with your understanding, your natural earthly language.
“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will
pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the
spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also” (1
Corinthians 14:15).
PRAYER
I declare that my faith is effectual. Therefore, I effect
necessary changes in my life and circumstances by
the power of the Holy Spirit and with the Word, in
the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Philippians 4:6; Luke 18:1; James 5:14-16
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Hebrews 9:11-28 & Lamentations 3-5
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Peter 1:13-21 & Ezekiel 41
PASTOR CHRIS
But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do: for they
think that they shall be heard for their
much speaking (Matthew 6:7).
Sometimes, you find Christians who say, “I need
powerful prayers; so please, pray a powerful
prayer for me.” But what’s a powerful prayer anyway?
What makes a prayer powerful? Is it the loudness of
the voice of the one praying, or is it because they’re
speaking religious words? Well, what you need isn’t a
“powerful” prayer, but a simple prayer to a powerful
God.
The Lord Jesus, in our opening verse, said that
when you pray, you shouldn’t act like the heathen
who use vain, repetitive words. They erroneously think
they’ll be heard for their much speaking; Jesus said we
shouldn’t pray like that. Read His words: “Be not ye
therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him”
(Matthew 6:8).
Learn to pray like Jesus; He prayed and acted
simply. Imagine the simple way He prayed at the tomb
of Lazarus. The Bible says, “…And Jesus lifted up his
eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast
heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always:
but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And
when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:41-43).
What makes prayer work is faith, and not the
multitude or multiplicity of words. Jesus made this very
clear in Mark 11:24: “Therefore I say unto you, What
things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Therefore,
make your prayers simple; pray with faith, and avoid
vain repetitions.
When you pray in other tongues, your spirit, by the
Holy Spirit, prays according to the will of God. That’s
primarily the way you ought to pray as a Christian: pray
with the spirit first; that is, in tongues, before you pray
with your understanding, your natural earthly language.
“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will
pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the
spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also” (1
Corinthians 14:15).
PRAYER
I declare that my faith is effectual. Therefore, I effect
necessary changes in my life and circumstances by
the power of the Holy Spirit and with the Word, in
the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Philippians 4:6; Luke 18:1; James 5:14-16
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Hebrews 9:11-28 & Lamentations 3-5
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Peter 1:13-21 & Ezekiel 41