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In prayer, the child of God brings himself consciously into the presence of God. When we pray, we close our eyes and fold our hands, as a symbol of shutting ourselves out from all distractions, so that we may come with understanding and a focused awareness before God. Certainly, we are always in the
In 1 Corinthians 14:15, the apostle says, "I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding." It may be that the child of God prays aloud as the Lord Jesus did when he prayed in the Upper Room with his disciples the prayer that we know as the high priestly prayer (John 17). I
God does not only require that we pray, but how we pray. It is true of prayer. What is true of the worship of God generally, God demands that we worship Him. That's the first commandment of the law. But immediately after that first commandment comes the second commandment, which tells us how we
The requisite of true prayer is one which befits the chief part of thankfulness to God. For that is what constitutes the essence of true prayer which is acceptable to God and which is heard by Him. The very heart-throb of our asking, seeking and knocking must be a thankful heart, the Christian grati
Scripture speaks of prayer as coming in Gods presence, standing before His face, bowing in the beauty of His holiness, pouring out our souls, calling upon God in the day of trouble, worshipping, praising, seeking, longing, crying, clinging to God. How do these various aspects of prayer reveal a real
What are the requisites of prayer, which is acceptable to God and which he will hear? A. 117 First, that we from the heart pray to the one true God only . . . secondly, that we rightly . . . know our need and misery . . . thirdly, that we be fully persuaded that we are unworthy. There is no place f
Prayer is the spiritual activity of the regenerated child of God, according to which we draw near to God for fellowship, for praise, and for supplication in order to make known to God the needs that we have physically and spiritually. When we pray, we are to pray to God with understanding. It ma
These things are necessary for true and sincere prayer or communion with God (Heidelberg Catechism, Question and Answer 117): That our prayer is from the heart and to the one true God; that in our prayer we know our need and misery so that we experience a knowledge of God’s divine majesty and our ow
This is why we pray as a church. Because we are the people of God who have a personal relationship with Him. And I say this as a word of caution to you and to me. Don't ever lose sight of that when it comes to your own personal prayer life. My prayer life reflects the kind of personal relations