Beyond Our Prayers; what we should do? (Part 01)

Prayers play an important role in our daily walk of Christian lives.
It’s essential for Christians to pray, so as to allow God to works things in us and through us.
I’m starting a series of sermons based on
“Beyond Our Prayers; what we should do?”
Praise the Lord!
Let us get started …

Philippians 4:6-7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

I was stirred up by PS Kong over at CHC last Saturday, when he called out a few names to pray for their church activities etc; he said a phrase which I fully agreed to it.
He told those Pastors/Bible Graduates, “Pray specifically.”
So what does phrase means?
It actually told us, as Christians, we ought to pray more than just normal prayers.
So what’s a specific prayer?
The definition of “Specific” is shown below.

American Heritage Dictionary
Intended for, applying to, or acting on a particular thing: a specific remedy for warts.

So, in this way, when we pray, it’s intended for a purpose.
For eg, when a person is sick and down with fever, we should not just pray with only mere words prayers.

1. Eg, “Lord, I pray that this bro/sis who is sick right now, you will watch over him and may blessings be upon him, at the same time, removing the sickness he’s having right now, in the name of Jesus, Amen.”

Now let me showed you another example.

2. Eg, “Lord, I prayed that this bro/sis who is sick right now. I know that he/she is having a fever. In the name of Jesus, I prayed that you will remove the pain/sufferings he/she is going through right now. We know that you are our Jehovah Rophe, the Lord who heals, and so Father, as I prayed for this bro/sis right now, may you also showered them with your loving care, protection and provision. Therefore, Father, I prayed that you will provide him/her with strength and let their faith entrust to you, the Living God, so shall your works be glorified through all these healings. In your most mighty name I prayed, Amen!”

So, do you spot the differences between these two prayers?
I’m sure you must have take noticed of some sentences which differs from both.

We must always pray not just with words, but with words of substances.
So that God can have a clearer view of what we lacked in lives, thus, knowing how to attend to our needs individually.

It will be better for us if we could always give praise and thanksgivings to him with a closing prayers, be it whether we are praying under circumstances during a good or bad period of times.

In the next session, I will discuss more about the purposes behind our prayers.

GBU

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