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1 | How do I pray for myself? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 71706 | ||
Aren't we instructed to "pray without ceasing"? (I Thess. 5:17) What does Acts 6:4 mean or Eph. 6:18? Wouldn't you agree that God knows the very thoughts of our hearts? (don't know the references for that one but remember reading it somewhere - will look them up for you if you need them) Sorry I did not supply these references before. I'll remember to substantiate my responses with the Bible in the future. | ||||||
2 | How do I pray for myself? | Bible general Archive 1 | John Reformed | 71720 | ||
Dear David, 1 Thess 5:17 "pray without ceasing" does not mean to pray constantly every moment of every hour of every day. What it does mean is to not abandon prayer altogether. Prayer is an essential part of our spiritual life and we must strive to enter into prayer each and every day without ceasing. Acts 6:4 "But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." Acts 6:4 in context does not support your statement. In fact it seves to refute it. The Apostles were being overwhelmed with their responsibilities and there devotion to prayer and ministry of the word was being hampered by these other needs of the church. Read verse 6 in context and you will see what I mean. Eph 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, Here again, I do not see that Paul is telling the Ephesians to pray constantly, but that when they pray they should "With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints," It is very important to read verses in context or one may jump to wrong conclusions. God Bless, John |
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3 | How do I pray for myself? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 71725 | ||
Perhaps you are right John. Personally I disagree though. If God hears our thoughts then every thought we think should be to His glory. Isn't that an act of worship also? | ||||||
4 | How do I pray for myself? | Bible general Archive 1 | John Reformed | 71732 | ||
Dear David, I don't know about you, but because you are human I expect that you are much like I am. I have wicked thoughts as well as righteous thoughts. I would hate to believe that all my thoughts were recieved by God as prayer. Part of the burden we bear is our still sinful natures. We long to be free from sin and to be made perfect. We now have a right standing before God based on faith and not works. It is an imputed righteousness founded on Christ's perfect obediance to the Father. Our own righteousness is still nothing but filthy rags. Which is why we look to and trust Him rather than ourselves. When we are glorified, we will no longer be plagued by sinful thoughts and desires. But until then we must continue to wage war against the world, the flesh and the devil. Rom 7:19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. Rom 7:24,25 "Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin." John |
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