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Prayer is heaven’s language, one of the core subjects in the Savior’s schooling.
The Divine Handbook is filled with petitions already in that Spiri...
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Author: J B Jnr Nicholson
Publisher: Gospel Folio Press
Prayer is heaven’s language, one of the core subjects in the Savior’s schooling.
The Divine Handbook is filled with petitions already in that Spirit-inspired language, exactly matching God’s will. But there’s something more.
We not only need the words in the Book; we need them in our hearts. Crises arise suddenly. Recall the night Jesus was on the mountain praying. His disciples were caught in the grip of a storm and were losing hope. It’s always false to assume that, if we can’t see the Lord, He doesn’t see us. Nothing is further from the truth.
“For He commands and raises the stormy wind” (Ps 107:25). When “at their wits’ end,” God’s people “cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm” (vv 27-29).
Note: He first commands, then calms, the storm. In between we learn to cry to Him. Prayer meetings on stormy seas put us on a PETITION MISSION in a hurry.
Introduction
Prayer is a vital resource provided to believers by God so we may approach Him in a real and significant way. It is the means by which we communicate with God. The pattern of access is to the Father (He is the giver of all), in the Spirit (He helps our infirmity in prayer), and presented through the Son (because we are “accepted in the beloved” — e.g., Jn 14:14; Eph 3:14).
Our Master Teacher
When the disciples asked the Lord Jesus to teach them to pray, He was not finished teaching when He gave them the famous model prayer recorded in Matthew 6. He would teach them by example, praying all night under the stars He made, on transfiguration mountain in the antechamber of heaven, and even on the Cross in an agony so horrific that it put the sun in sackcloth and caused earth’s bosom to heave in a paroxysm of sympathizing grief.
But He would teach them also through other mortals who had learned lessons in the penultimate communication skill — one-to-one with God. The apostle Paul left on record a series of breathtaking prayers from his own life and ministry, God-sized prayers that would split the roof over our assemblies and pour down heaven’s bounty on us — if we would embrace these truths and pray them up to God (see chart of Paul’s prayers).
Kinds of Prayer
Intercession: requests made for others, especially those who do not or cannot pray for themselves
Supplication: requests made for our own needs
Imprecation: never found in the New Testament; a request calling for judgment on enemies; in some psalms Meditation: a prayerful attitude of expectancy as I consider the Word of God
Confession: an expression of contrition concerning a known sin
Thanksgiving: expressions of gratitude for the Lord’s blessings
Adoration: ascriptions of praise for who God is in Himself
Publisher: Gospel Folio Press
Prayer is heaven’s language, one of the core subjects in the Savior’s schooling.
The Divine Handbook is filled with petitions already in that Spirit-inspired language, exactly matching God’s will. But there’s something more.
We not only need the words in the Book; we need them in our hearts. Crises arise suddenly. Recall the night Jesus was on the mountain praying. His disciples were caught in the grip of a storm and were losing hope. It’s always false to assume that, if we can’t see the Lord, He doesn’t see us. Nothing is further from the truth.
“For He commands and raises the stormy wind” (Ps 107:25). When “at their wits’ end,” God’s people “cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm” (vv 27-29).
Note: He first commands, then calms, the storm. In between we learn to cry to Him. Prayer meetings on stormy seas put us on a PETITION MISSION in a hurry.
Introduction
Prayer is a vital resource provided to believers by God so we may approach Him in a real and significant way. It is the means by which we communicate with God. The pattern of access is to the Father (He is the giver of all), in the Spirit (He helps our infirmity in prayer), and presented through the Son (because we are “accepted in the beloved” — e.g., Jn 14:14; Eph 3:14).
Our Master Teacher
When the disciples asked the Lord Jesus to teach them to pray, He was not finished teaching when He gave them the famous model prayer recorded in Matthew 6. He would teach them by example, praying all night under the stars He made, on transfiguration mountain in the antechamber of heaven, and even on the Cross in an agony so horrific that it put the sun in sackcloth and caused earth’s bosom to heave in a paroxysm of sympathizing grief.
But He would teach them also through other mortals who had learned lessons in the penultimate communication skill — one-to-one with God. The apostle Paul left on record a series of breathtaking prayers from his own life and ministry, God-sized prayers that would split the roof over our assemblies and pour down heaven’s bounty on us — if we would embrace these truths and pray them up to God (see chart of Paul’s prayers).
Kinds of Prayer
Intercession: requests made for others, especially those who do not or cannot pray for themselves
Supplication: requests made for our own needs
Imprecation: never found in the New Testament; a request calling for judgment on enemies; in some psalms Meditation: a prayerful attitude of expectancy as I consider the Word of God
Confession: an expression of contrition concerning a known sin
Thanksgiving: expressions of gratitude for the Lord’s blessings
Adoration: ascriptions of praise for who God is in Himself
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| Publisher | Gospel Folio Press |
| Author | J B Jnr Nicholson |
| Binding | Paperback |
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