Being Genuine in Prayer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 11:5 ...Who among you will have a friend and will go to
him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
(7) And that one, from inside, will answer and say, Do not
trouble me; the door is already shut and my children are with
me in bed; I cannot rise up and give you anything? (8) I say to
you, Even though he will not rise up and give him anything
because he is his friend, surely because of his shameless
persistence he will rise and give him what he needs. (10) For
everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it shall be opened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Prayer is not a sermon; it is not a speech. To pray is to ask
the Lord for something. We do not need to speak many words
before God in the prayer meeting, as if God knows nothing and
needs to be informed of all the details. We do not need to make
a report or preach a message to Him. We pray because we have a
need and because we are weak. We want to receive spiritual
supply and power through prayer. The amount of genuine prayer
we have depends on the amount of need that we feel. If we do
not feel any need, our prayers will be vain prayers.
The more urgent our need is, the more genuine our prayer will
be. The Lord Jesus once gave an illustration. A man had a
visitor to his house, but he ran out of bread. So he went to
his friend for bread. The need was urgent; he had no bread.
After asking persistently, the other friend gave in to his
need. The Lord Jesus then said, "For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it
shall be opened." If the need is urgent and we ask properly, it
shall be given to us.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Watchman Nee, Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp.
206-207. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim,
CA. (Repeat 2/21/02)
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