A series of meditations on prayer
Rev 19 v 9 & 10
Then he said to me, “Write: Those invited to the
marriage feast of the Lamb are fortunate!” He also said to me, “These words of
God are true.” Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me,
“Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your brothers who have the
testimony about Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony about Jesus is the
spirit of prophecy.”
We must pray, but
what are the requirements of a sincere prayer?
There are basically
three requirements:
1. Sincerity:
You cannot just
invoke any god in prayer. You must pray to the only true God as He revealed
Himself in His Word in Christ and of whom the Holy Spirit testifies in the
Word. Prayer is only valid if it is addressed to God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit.
You must further pray
in sincerity with an undivided heart to God and ask for everything He has
commanded us in His Word to pray for. If your prayer is for selfish reasons,
then you are praying wrong.
2. Humility:
This means that you
must know your need and misery correctly and thoroughly so that you can humble
yourself before His majesty. Humility means acknowledging that you are doomed
before God because of your sin and that you are dependent on His grace alone.
3. Trust:
You must trust that
God will answer your prayer because of the merits of the atonement of Christ as
He promised us in His Word.
Pray sincerely to the
only true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen
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