Tag: prayers

Jesus Christ’s kinds of prayers

“And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words,” Matthew 6:7 (NIV)

Commentary: If we sweep through the Scriptures, we will discover that Jesus Christ actually had some prayer patterns that he followed and expect us to imitate:

  1. Jesus Christ’s prayers are always first addressed to God, not to other entities in the Bible or any popular religious personalities in his day (Matthew 6:9);
  2. His words are few, because he acknowledged that “for your Father knows what you need before you ask him,” Matthew 6:8 (NIV);
  3. His prayers are direct–He told God straightaway about the things he was praying for;
  4. He never doubted whether God had heard him or not. In John 11:42, he said, “I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
  5. Jesus Christ prayed fervently. “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground,” Luke 22:44 (NIV)

Prayers: Teach us how to pray the kinds of prayers that are swiftly answered by You, O Lord!

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Jesus Christ has disarmed evil powers for you

““And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross,” Colossians 2:15.

Commentary: Jesus Christ told Peter, one of his disciples that “And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” ” (Luke 22:31-32, NKJV).

Two things are clear in the quoted Scriptures above: (1) The Devil always asks for the permission to get to you–the believer. This is because Satan can’t just get into your business if your life is truly committed into God’s hands. You are the apple of God’s eye (Psalm 17:8), and to reach you, the Devil must first of all meet God; (2) God doesn’t all the time grant the Devil’s requests. But when He does, God allows that to happen for a particular period and has already prepared a way of escape from the circumstance because He won’t allow you to be tempted beyond your ability to handle the situation (1 Corinthians 10:13).

Prayers: May the victory Jesus Christ has won for us remain permanent in our lives.

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Watch and pray to avoid temptations

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“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The Spirit is indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak,” Matthew 26:41 (NKJV)

Prayers: May Your Holy Spirit guide us in all our ways so that we will not enter into any temptations.

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Your faith in God can move mountains

“He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you,” Matthew 17:20 (NIV)

Prayers: Give us, O Lord, a mountain-moving faith!

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God knows what you are thinking!

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“Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few,” Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NIV).

Prayers: We understand that You see every person’s heart and knows our silent wishes. Answer all our prayers, O Lord.

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Your faith in God can move mountains

“He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you,” Matthew 17:20 (NIV)

Prayers: Give us, O Lord, a mountain-moving faith!

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