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*WHY PRAY*
1. Prayer is an essential practice of the Christian life.
2. Prayer is the language spoken in the Kingdom of God.
3. Prayer was practiced by believers of both the Old Testament and New Testament eras.
4. Prayer was taught and modeled by Jesus.
5. Prayer is irreplaceably important.
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Why pray?
Here are 21 reasons...
1. /Because God commands us to pray/.
Seek the Lord while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.
Isaiah 55:6.
When God delivered His people from Babylon and took them safely back to their own land, it was a witness to the other nations.
It also gave Israel another opportunity to be a light to the Gentiles (49:6) and bring them to faith in the true and living God.
While it was important for Israel to seek the Lord and be wholly devoted to Him, it was also important that they share this invitation with the nations.
What is involved in “seeking the Lord”?
For one thing, it means admitting that we are sinners and that we have offended the holy God.
It means repenting (55:7), changing one’s mind about sin, and turning away from sin and to the Lord.
We must turn to God in faith and believe His promise that in mercy He will abundantly pardon.
Repentance and faith go together: “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21).
But no one should delay in doing this!
The phrase “while He may be found” suggests that, if we do not take His invitation seriously, /the invitation may cease while we are delaying./
In the Parable of the Great Supper, God closed the door on those who spurned His invitation (Luke 14:16–24; see Prov.
1:20–33).
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor.
6:2).[1]
Isaiah tells us to call on the Lord while he is near.
God is not planning to move away from us, but we often move far from him or erect barriers of sin between us.
Don’t wait until you have drifted far away from God to seek him.
Turning to him may be far more difficult later in life.
Or God may come to judge the earth before you decide to turn to him.
Seek God now, while you can, before it is too late.
“Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for.
Keep on looking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:7 You and I are human and fallible; we make mistakes.
Only God can judge perfectly.
Therefore, we must pray and seek His wisdom and direction.
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God” (James 1:5).
Young King Solomon knew that he lacked the needed wisdom to judge Israel, so he prayed to God; and the Lord graciously answered (1 Kings 3:3ff).
If we are to have spiritual discernment, we must keep on asking God, keep on seeking His will, keep on knocking at the door that leads to greater ministry.
God meets the needs of His children.[2]
knowing God takes faith, focus, and follow-through; Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6 Imagine never worrying about anything!
It seems like an impossibility; we all have worries on the job, in our homes, at school.
But Paul’s advice is to turn our worries into prayers.
Do you want to worry less?
Then pray more!
Whenever you start to worry, stop and pray.
God’s peace is different from the world’s peace.
True peace is not found in positive thinking, in absence of conflict, or in good feelings.
It comes from knowing that God is in control.
Our citizenship in Christ’s Kingdom is sure, our destiny is set, and we can have victory over sin.
Let God’s peace guard your heart against anxiety.
2. /Because God hears us when we pray/.
Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will listen to their cries and comfort them.
Psalm 10:17 He hears the prayers of the persecuted, He sees their plight, He strengthens their hearts for whatever trials He permits and He eventually judges those who abuse them.
People of faith can depend on the God of heaven, but the self-confident and arrogant “people of the earth” have no future with the Lord.[3]
God will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can no longer terrify them.
We will fulfill our vows to you, for you answer our prayers, Psalm 65:2 In Old Testament times, vows were taken seriously and fulfilled completely.
No one had to make a vow, but once made, it was binding (Deuteronomy 23:21-23).
The vow that is being fulfilled here is the promise to praise God for his answers to prayer.
When I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me the strength I need.
Psalm 138:3 Thanksgiving should be an integral part of our praise to God.
This theme is woven throughout the Psalms.
As we praise and thank God for material and spiritual blessings, we should also thank him for answered prayer.
Remember when you asked God for protection, strength, comfort, patience, love, or other special needs, and he supplied them, did you remember to thank him?
Beware of taking God’s provision and answered prayer for granted.
3. /Because God answers when we pray/.
Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also called on his name.
They cried to the Lord for help, and he answered them.
Psalm 99:6 You could not approach the throne of the king of Persia unless he held out his scepter and gave you permission but access to God’s throne is available to His children through Jesus Christ (Heb.
10:19–25).
Under the old covenant, God provided priests who ministered at the altar and were mediators between His needy people and their Lord, but today Jesus Christ is the Mediator (1 Tim.
2:5) who constantly intercedes for us (Rom.
8:34; Heb.
7:25).
To the lost sinner, God’s throne is a throne of judgment, but to the believer, it is a throne of grace (Heb.
4:14–16), and we can come to Him with our worship and praise as well as our burdens and needs.
Often Moses, Aaron, and Samuel had to intercede for the disobedient people of Israel, and the Lord heard them and answered (Ex.
17:1; 32–33; Num.
14:11–38; 16:48; 1 Sam.
7, 12).
God named Moses and Samuel as great men of prayer (Jer.
15:1).
God’s gracious ministry to His old covenant people is still available to His new covenant family: He speaks to us from His Word (Ex.
33:9; Num.
12:5–6; 1 Sam.
3:3), hears our prayers and answers, disciplines us when we sin, and forgives us when we confess (1 John 1:9).[4] ;
Then when you call, the Lord will answer.
‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.
Isaiah 58:9 We cannot be saved without faith in Christ, but our faith lacks sincerity if it doesn’t reach out to others.
God says he wants our lives to go beyond our own personal growth to acts of kindness, charity, justice, and generosity.
As we reach out to others then he will answer us.
4. /Because the Holy Spirit helps us when we pray/.
So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves.
You should behave instead like God’s very own children, adopted into his family—calling him “Father, dear Father.”
Romans 8:15 Paul uses adoption to illustrate the believer’s new relationship with God.
In Roman culture, the adopted person lost all rights in his old family and gained all the rights of a legitimate child in his new family.
He became a full heir to his new father’s estate.
Likewise, when a person becomes a Christian, he or she gains all the privileges and responsibilities of a child in God’s family.
We are no longer like “cowering and fearful slaves”; instead, we are the Master’s children.
What a privilege!
Because we are God’s children, we share in great treasures as co-heirs.
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