Essence of Prayer
Postures
Jeremiah 17:10 (NIV)
Prayer - Part and parcel – relationship with God - Psalms 3, 4, 5 and etc... - Common factor – “Heartfelt”
James 5:16b (AMPC) The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
1. Heartfelt Prayer - Hezekiah, King of Judah - 2 Kings 20:1-3 (AMP)
What did God hear? - Audible words of the King - Prayer of the heart - Isaiah 29:13… but their hearts are far from me - Psalms 119:2… Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. - Bodily positions a) Sitting (2 Sam 7:18) b) Standing (Mk 11:25) c) Kneeling (Chr 6:13, Dan 6:10, Lk 22:41) d) Face to the ground (Mat 26:39, Mk 14:35) e) Hands lifted up (1 Tim 2:8)
Romans 8:26b-27 (NIV) Hebrews 10:22 (AMP) 22 let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
2. Unceasing Prayer
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (AMPC) 16 Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually (always); 17 Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];
- continue unceasingly praying out loud in words? - Exodus 14:15
Exodus 14:15 (NIV) “Never abandon or give up on prayer…”
Luke 18:1-5 (NIV)
Essence of Prayer - Heartfelt Prayer - Unceasing Prayer |
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