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- Praying to God Helps Us To Grow Closer To God. If I can sum up the importance of prayer into one big reason, it would be this: prayers help us grow closer to God.
- Prayer Helps Us To Align Ourselves with God’s Will. When we pray, we are also aligning ourselves with God’s will. We are asking Him to lead us and help us in our journey through life.
- Prayer Shows You That Your Life is Not About You. Not only will praying help us to align to God’s will, but it also helps us come to terms with reality – life is indeed not about us after all.
- Prayer Gives Us Strength and Hope. It can be easy to feel like we are alone when things are tough, but God is always with us. When we pray, we are reminded that He is in control and will help us through whatever situation we are facing.
- What Does It Mean to “Be Constant in Prayer”?Link
- How Does The Call to Constant Prayer Relate to The Rest of Verse 12?Link
- Paul’s Hope-Awakening, Hope-Sustaining Prayerlink
- Closing Questionslink
First, let’s first talk about the meaning of “Be constant.” Then let’s put this call to be constant in prayer in connection with what we saw last week in the rest of verse 12. Then let’s see it illustrated in Ephesians 1. The word “constant” here doesn’t mean that every minute you are praying. It means persist in prayer. Persevere in it. Stay at it...
Now how does this persistent prayer relate to the rest of verse 12 and what we saw last time? Romans 12:12says, “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” We also saw that the whole paragraph makes love the visible overflow of rejoicing in hope. So when we put it all together it looked like this: First, tribulation is the ...
Ephesians 1:15ffis a prayer: “For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your lovetoward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.” So he is praying for Christians. “I have heard of your faith . . . therefore I am praying for you.” We should sit up and take notice. Here i...
So here are my closing questions: How are you going to love people in this coming year? How are you going to let your light shine that men may see your good deeds and give glory to your Father in heaven? Answer: by patient endurance through tribulation. And how are you going to have strength to endure when the going gets really rough this year and ...
Jan 10, 2020 · We pray in Jesus’s name because in him “we have a great high priest” (Hebrews 4:14; also 10:21). Just as the high priest alone could enter the very presence of God in the earthly tabernacle (and only once a year), so Jesus is greater, entering God’s own presence in heaven.
In essence, when we pray, we lay down a part of our lives to serve God. We give up moments of our lives to prioritize and connect with Him. This is one way we become living sacrifices (Romans 12:1).
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- Prayer Brings Us Closer to God. Prayer time is our private meeting with God. We can spend time in church, we can read our Bibles and even have a pile of devotionals next to our bed, but there is no substitute for one-on-one time with the Lord.
- Prayer Brings Divine Help. Yes, God is everywhere and all-knowing, but sometimes he wants us to ask for help. Prayer can bring divine help into our lives when we need it most.
- Prayer Keeps Our Selfishness in Check. By nature we humans are selfish. Prayer helps keep our self-absorption in check, especially when we pray for others.
- We Gain Forgiveness Through Prayer. When we pray, we open ourselves up to forgiveness. It's obvious that there are no perfect people in this world. You may strive to be the best Christian you can be, but you will still slip up from time to time.
Mar 7, 2008 · Christian hope is a confidence that something will come to pass because God has promised it will come to pass. How do we build our hope in God? Hope is a portion or part of faith. Faith and hope, in my mind, are overlapping realities: hope is faith in the future tense. So most of faith is hope.
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Jun 13, 2021 · In this book, she reflects on the how Faith and Trust are important components to prayer and thirsting for Christ. Faith is very important during prayer because it opens up the door for the Lord to come into our souls.
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