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PRAYER
For Whom and When to Pray
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Topic 30: For
Whom to Pray
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POINT 10: We should
pray for ourselves.
1
Chronicles 4:10 Jabez cried
out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory!
Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from
pain." And God granted his request.
Psalms
106:4-5 [4] Remember me,
O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
[5] that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in
the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.
2
Corinthians 12:7-8 [7]
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations,
there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
[8] Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Hebrews
5:7 During the days of
Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and
tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of
his reverent submission.
John
17:1 After Jesus said this,
he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify
your Son, that your Son may glorify you."
A prayer for self is not by any means necessarily
a selfish prayer. We may pray for something for ourselves in order that God
may be glorified by our receiving it. (John 17:1)
Psalms
50:14-15 [14] Sacrifice
thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, [15] and call upon
me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.
If we would pray more for ourselves, God
would be more glorified in us, and we would be a greater blessing to others.
It was well for the world that Jesus spent so much time in prayer for Himself.
If we wish to be fit to pray for others we must spend much time in prayer for
ourselves. It is a bad sign when one is always praying for others and never
for himself. He is not like his Master.
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POINT 20: We should
pray for one another -- i.e., believers should pray for fellow- believers.
James
5:16 Therefore confess
your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The
prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Romans
1:9-10 [9] God, whom I
serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness
how constantly I remember you [10] in my prayers at all times; and I pray that
now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
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POINT 30: We should
pray for Ministers of the Word.
Ephesians
6:19-20 [19] Pray also
for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will
fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, [20] for which I am an ambassador
in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Colossians
4:3 And pray for us, too,
that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery
of Christ, for which I am in chains.
2
Thessalonians 3:1-2 [1]
Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly
and be honored, just as it was with you. [2] And pray that we may be delivered
from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.
Acts
13:2-3 [2] While they were
worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." [3] So after
they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
Matthew
9:38 Ask the Lord of the
harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Those whom God has called
to devote their lives to the ministry of the Word should be the especial objects
of the prayers of God's people. The neglect of prayer on the part of God's people
accounts very largely for the absence of power on the part of God's ministers.
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POINT 40: We should
pray for those who have been converted through our ministry.
1
Thessalonians 3:9-13 [9]
How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the
presence of our God because of you? [10] Night and day we pray most earnestly
that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. [11] Now
may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come
to you. [12] May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other
and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. [13] May he strengthen your
hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and
Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
It is remarkable how often Paul writes to
his converts about his praying for them. We find Jesus also praying for His
converts:
John
17:9-26 [9] I pray for
them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they
are yours. [10] All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has
come to me through them. [11] I will remain in the world no longer, but they
are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by
the power of your name -- the name you gave me -- so that they may be one as
we are one. [12] While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe
by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction
so that Scripture would be fulfilled. [13] "I am coming to you now, but
I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the
full measure of my joy within them. [14] I have given them your word and the
world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the
world. [15] My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one. [16] They are not of the world, even as I am
not of it. [17] Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. [18] As you
sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. [19] For them I sanctify
myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. [20] "My prayer is not for
them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
[21] that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in
you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent
me. [22] I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one
as we are one: [23] I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete
unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you
have loved me. [24] "Father, I want those you have given me to be with
me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you
loved me before the creation of the world. [25] "Righteous Father, though
the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.
[26] I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order
that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."
It is to be feared that few modern ministers
pray for their converts with the frequency and intensity that Paul did for his.
"Night and day praying exceedingly" he writes in one place.
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POINT 50: We should
pray for sick brethren.
James
5:14, 16 [14] Is any one
of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint
him with oil in the name of the Lord. [16] Therefore confess your sins to each
other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous
man is powerful and effective.
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POINT 60: We should
pray for any brother we see committing a sin that will not lead to the sinner's
death.
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John 5:16-17 [16] If anyone
sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and
God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There
is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.
[17] All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
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POINT 70: We should
pray for all the saints.
Ephesians
6:18 And pray in the Spirit
on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind,
be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Christ's prayer took in all believers in
all ages.
John
17:9, 20 [9] I pray for
them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they
are yours. [20] "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those
who will believe in me through their message, [21] that all of them may be one,
Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that
the world may believe that you have sent me.
Our sympathies, and consequently our prayers,
should take in the whole Church of Christ. It is astounding how narrow is the
circle taken in by the prayers of the average Christian. Every child of God
is my brother, and should be remembered in my prayers. Let us give our prayers
a wider sweep.
Psalms
36:10 Continue your love
to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
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POINT 80: We should
pray for our children.
1
Chronicles 29:19 And give
my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, requirements
and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I
have provided.
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POINT 90: We should
pray for our rulers.
1
Timothy 2:2-3 [1] I urge,
then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be
made for everyone -- [2] for kings and all those in authority, that we may live
peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. [3] This is good, and
pleases God our Savior, [4] who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge
of the truth.
It is to be feared that most Christians today
are grievously disobedient to God at this point. The present fashion is to rail
at our rulers. This is in direct disobedience to God's Word:
Jude
1:8-9 [8] In the very same
way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial
beings. [9] But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil
about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against
him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
2
Peter 2:10-11 [10] This
is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature
and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander
celestial beings; [11] yet even angels, although they are stronger and more
powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence
of the Lord.
1
Peter 2:17 Show proper
respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the
king.
Christians can accomplish far more for "good
government" by praying for than by railing at the powers that be.
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POINT 100: We should
pray for the city where we live.
Jeremiah
29:7 Also, seek the peace
and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the
LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.
A Christian should be interested in all lands
and in all places. But we have an especial responsibility and duty in prayer,
as well as service, toward the place where God puts us.
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POINT 110: We should
pray for Israel.
Romans
10:1 Brothers, my heart's
desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
Joel
2:17 Let the priests, who
minister before the LORD, weep between the temple porch and the altar. Let them
say, "Spare your people, O LORD. Do not make your inheritance an object
of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples,
`Where is their God?'"
Isaiah
62:6-7 [6] I have posted
watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, [7] and give him no rest
till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
It is a sin not to pray for Israel.
1
Samuel 12:22-23 [22] For
the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the
LORD was pleased to make you his own. [23] As for me, far be it from me that
I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you
the way that is good and right.
A special blessing is pronounced upon those
who pray for Jerusalem.
Psalms
122:6-7 [6] Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. [7] May there be
peace within your walls and security within your citadels."
Jerusalem is very dear to God.
1
Kings 11:13 Yet I will
not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake
of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.
Zechariah
2:7-8, 10-12 [7] "Come,
O Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!" [8] For this
is what the LORD Almighty says: "After he has honored me and has sent me
against the nations that have plundered you -- for whoever touches you touches
the apple of his eye -- [10] "Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For
I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD. [11] "Many
nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people.
I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to
you. [12] The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will
again choose Jerusalem.
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POINT 120: We should
pray for those who use us spitefully and persecute us.
Luke
6:28 bless those who curse
you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Matthew
5:44 [44] But I tell you:
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Luke
23:34 Jesus said, "Father,
forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided
up his clothes by casting lots.
Acts
7:60 Then he fell on his
knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When
he had said this, he fell asleep.
We have a special obligation to pray toward
those who do us wrong.
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POINT 130: We should
pray for all men.
1
Timothy 2:1 I urge, then,
first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made
for everyone
We should pray for all men.
The love of God takes in the world.
John
3:16 For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life.
So should our prayers; but there are certain
classes, as seen above, toward whom we have a special obligation of prayer.
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Topic 40: When
to Pray
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POINT 10: The holy
men of the Bible prayed three times a day, evening, morning, and at noon.
Daniel
6:10 Now when Daniel learned
that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where
the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees
and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Psalms
55:16-17 [16] But I call
to God, and the LORD saves me. [17] Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress,
and he hears my voice.
Acts
10:9 About noon the following
day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on
the roof to pray.
Acts
10:30 Cornelius answered:
"Four days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the
afternoon. ...
Acts
2:1, 15 [1] When the day
of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place [to pray. After they
received the Spirit they began speaking in tongues]. [15] These men are not
drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!
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POINT 20: We should
pray very early in the morning, before dawn.
Psalms
119:146-147 [146] I call
out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes. [147] I rise before dawn
and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
Mark
1:35 Very early in the
morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off
to a solitary place, where he prayed.
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POINT 30: Our Master
and Example "continued all night in prayer to God."
Luke
6:12 One of those days
Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
This was on the eve of a decisive step in
His life, the choice of the twelve. A similar thing occurred at a great crisis
in His life, when the multitude wished to take Him and make Him king.
John
6:15 Jesus, knowing that
they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain
by himself.
Compare Mark 6:46-48 [46]
After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. [47] When evening
came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. [48]
He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.
About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake.
...
First-century Jerusalem did not measure time
in hours; nights were divided into four 'watches'.
It is a good example to follow. There are
some who strangely object to whole nights spent in prayer. They say that faith
takes at once what it asks. Did the Saviour not have faith?
Compare also Isaiah 40:31 but
those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings
like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Nights of prayer to God are followed by days
of power with men. It is recorded of John Livingston that he spent a night in
prayer and religious intercourse with a company like-minded, and that the next
day he preached with such power in the kirk of Shotts that 500 people dated
their conversion or come definite advance is their spiritual life from that
sermon. Of course, one can keep a night of prayer in a false and legal way.
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POINT 40: We should
pray day and night.
Psalms
88:1 O LORD, the God who
saves me, day and night I cry out before you.
At all times our heart should be looking
up to God, and this upward look of the heart will be frequently uttering itself
in a cry to Him.
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POINT 50: We should
pray at every meal.
Matthew
14:19 And he directed the
people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and
looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them
to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Acts
27:35 After he said this,
he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke
it and began to eat.
1
Timothy 4:4-5 [4] For everything
God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
[5] because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
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POINT 60: We should
pray to God in the day of trouble.
Psalms
50:15 and call upon me
in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Psalms
81:7 In your distress you
called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you
at the waters of Meribah.
Psalms
77:1-2 [1] I cried out
to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. [2] When I was in distress,
I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands and my soul refused
to be comforted.
Psalms
86:7 In the day of my trouble
I will call to you, for you will answer me.
Compare the following; here two different
Hebrew words are used, but both are from the same root as the words used in
passages given above.
Psalms
18:6 In my distress I called
to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
Psalms
120:1 I call on the LORD
in my distress, and he answers me.
Psalms
118:5 In my anguish I cried
to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.
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POINT 70: We should
pray to God when the number of our enemies increases and many rise up against
us.
Psalms
3:1-2 [1] O LORD, how many
are my foes! How many rise up against me! [2] Many are saying of me, "God
will not deliver him."
When enemies increase we should not despair
but cry to God. Then we can lie down without fear to sleep. We need not fear
though ten thousands of people set themselves against us round about.
Compare Psalms 3:5-6 [5]
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. [6] I will
not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.
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POINT 80: We should
pray to God in the day of battle.
1
Chronicles 5:20 They were
helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over
to them, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their
prayers, because they trusted in him.
Victory is of the Lord, therefore, in every
battle we should cry to Him.
Proverbs
21:31 The horse is made
ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.
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POINT 90: We should
pray to God when out-numbered by enemies and when we have no defense against
them, and do not know what to do.
2
Chronicles 14:8-9, 11 [8]
Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large
shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin,
armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men. [9]
Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with a vast army and three hundred
chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. [11] Then Asa called to the LORD his
God and said, "LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against
the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we
have come against this vast army. O LORD, you are our God; do not let man prevail
against you."
2
Chronicles 20:1-4, 12 [1]
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to make
war on Jehoshaphat. [2] Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army
is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. It is already
in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi). [3] Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved
to inquire of the LORD, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. [4] The people
of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD; indeed, they came from every
town in Judah to seek him. [12] O our God, will you not judge them? For we have
no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to
do, but our eyes are upon you.
When there is nothing else left to do, there
is one thing that always remains -- pray to God.
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POINT 100: We should
pray to God when in great extremities.
2
Chronicles 13:13-16 [13]
Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front
of Judah the ambush was behind them. [14] Judah turned and saw that they were
being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out to the LORD. The
priests blew their trumpets [15] and the men of Judah raised the battle cry.
At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before
Abijah and Judah. [16] The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them
into their hands.
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POINT 110: We should
pray to God when all human help fails.
Psalms
60:11 Give us aid against
the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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POINT 120: We should
pray to God when our soul fails within us.
Jonah
2:7 When my life was ebbing
away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
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POINT 130: We should
pray to God when our heart is overwhelmed.
Psalms
61:2 From the ends of the
earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that
is higher than I.
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POINT 140: We should
pray to God when in the depths.
Psalms
130:1 Out of the depths
I cry to you, O LORD;
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POINT 150: We should
pray to God in the day when we are being chastened for sin, when we are in a
far country and desiring to come back to God.
Deuteronomy
4:25-29 [25] After you
have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time --
if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes
of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, [26] I call heaven and earth
as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land
that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but
will certainly be destroyed. [27] The LORD will scatter you among the peoples,
and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will
drive you. [28] There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which
cannot see or hear or eat or smell. [29] But if from there you seek the LORD
your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with
all your soul.
The chastisements of God are a call to prayer.
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POINT 160: We should
call upon God while He is near and may be found.
Isaiah
55:6 Seek the LORD while
he may be found; call on him while he is near.
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POINT 170: We should
pray to God as long as we live.
Psalms
116:1-2 [1] I love the
LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. [2] Because he turned
his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
The last utterances of Christ were prayers.
The last words of the Bible are prayers.
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POINT 180: We should
pray always and not faint; at all seasons, without ceasing.
Luke
18:1 Then Jesus told his
disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Ephesians
6:18 And pray in the Spirit
on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind,
be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
1
Thessalonians 5:17 pray
continually;
A Christian should breathe an atmosphere
of prayer. Faith in God always has an upward look. True trust in God is constantly
crystallizing into definite prayer to God.
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Topic 50: Where
to Pray
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POINT 10: We should
pray in secret, in a private place.
Matthew
6:6 But when you pray,
go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then
your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Shut in alone with God, the world shut out.
There is a temptation when prayer is offered in presence of others to think
of what observers are thinking of us. True prayer is taken up with God, not
with men. The especial form of this danger which Christ is guarding against
in this passage is that of ostentatious piety, hypocrisy, praying to be seen
by men. The Heavenly Father is "your Father who is in secret,"
"Your Father who sees in secret." Every one should have a secret place
to meet God, a place in which he is absolutely alone with God.
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POINT 20: Jesus
often went into the mountains to be alone to pray.
Matthew
14:23 After he had dismissed
them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he
was there alone,
Luke
6:12 One of those days
Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
Luke
9:28 About eight days after
Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain
to pray.
The primary purpose of His seeking this place
to pray seems to have been that He might be alone with God. The mountains were
His "secret" place. Further than this the mountains, in their majesty,
seem to bring God wonderfully near to us and us wonderfully near to God.
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POINT 30: Jesus
went into a solitary place to pray.
Mark
1:35 Very early in the
morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off
to a solitary place, where he prayed.
The purpose of this is essentially the same
as in Points 10 and 20.
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POINT 40: The prisoner
should pray in prison.
Acts
16:25 About midnight Paul
and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were
listening to them.
Doubtless some of the most acceptable and
effective prayers that God has ever heard have ascended to Him from prison cells.
Prayer transforms a prison cell into a portal of heaven.
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POINT 50: We may
pray to God in the very jaws of death.
Jonah
2:2 He said: "In my
distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave
I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
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POINT 60: We should
pray to God in the assembly of believers.
John
17:1 After Jesus said this,
he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify
your Son, that your Son may glorify you."
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POINT 70: We should
pray to God in the presence of the unsaved.
Acts
27:35 After he said this,
he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke
it and began to eat.
In doing so we must ever be on guard against
praying to be seen and heard of men. By far the greater part of our praying
should be in secret. But there should be public acknowledgement of our sense
of dependence upon God.
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POINT 80: We should
pray in every place.
1
Timothy 2:8 I want men
everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
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