Great Commands of the Bible, Pray
There are many words of Command in the Bible,
Commands from God,
Commands from Jesus,
Commands of the Disciples,
and the Commands of Paul.
The Command to Pray
Luke 22:40 NIV
On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."Matthew 26:42 NIV
42He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
In the commands found in the Bible, one thing is for sure, the commands are good for us.
There is ample evidence that God created one place in the universe for a biological human, the rock we call Earth. The probability we accidentally evolved from a single cell is so remote, so infinitely small, it can hardly be expressed (*1). Earth is a unique planet in a solar system that is unique in our galaxy. And our galaxy is unique to the universe. God created only one place for His companions to live and then sent His son for 'show an tell' us on how to live. In short, we are made in His image (*2), and just as good parents want communications with the children they create, so to does God want us to communicate with Him. Prayer is the answer.
The Bible, especially the New Testament would be just a nice story except for one event that turns it into the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ. In God raising Jesus from the dead, any doubt about the life of Jesus was erased. God raising Jesus from the dead made Holy everything Jesus ever thought, said, or did. He therefore is the leader of our lives and we must look to Him through the guidance of the Holy Spirit on how to live our lives. In everything Jesus did, He sat the example that we must follow. In His praying and in His words to the disciples He communicates that we should pray. And, that command is a command for good reasons- Prayer-It is good for us.
There is no doubt that prayer was very important to Jesus. Just as many mothers teach their children to pray, I think Mary was responsible for Jesus doing this in His childhood. In reading the Gospels we see Jesus praying many times, sometimes it tells us He prayed 'all night'. But, He clearly prayed in His good times, but especially at His most stressful times as well. In His final hours, when He knew His time to die was near, He prayed and he commanded His disciples to pray, for two most important reasons.
What Mark tells us in His verses concerning Jesus in the Garden is so important.
#1- Pray to avoid temptation
#2- By His example, Pray to Be in the Will of God.
We humans are created to pray to God, that is to communicate with God, our creator. In searching the Internet, very reputable information can be found on the blood flow activity in the brain during intense prayer. The blood flow and chemistry activation in the brain is very similar to having a discussion with a good friend! This brain activity does not occur when atheist have a meditation about God. Books are written on this subject of brain chemistry and prayer. But, for this author, Jesus' example lead me to knowing the need of a prayerful life. In following His example, my subjective experiences wholly confirm what Jesus taught, Pray, and Pray, and Pray! It is Good for us!
Jesus was right! Praying avoids temptations to do things that are not good for us. Just as Jesus in Matthew 26, Jesus prays for His 'cup', His death, to be taken from Him, but then immediately prays for God's will to be done. We may absolutely want something, but in our humble prayers, in our Righteous praying we will come to know through the guidance of the Holy Spirit is what is good and righteous for us to do. In our praying we will come to understand the goodness in Seeking the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Patient Prayer works or people would not keep doing it. It is the "acid test" of our lives. If something works, we keep doing it; if it does not work, we throw it away.
Prayer and Trust in God, Trust in Jesus and His Word is the Firewall to Temptation! It is good for us in that:
1- It keeps us out of trouble but the Glorious part
2- patient prayer leads us to being in the Will of God!
Patient humble submissive prayer with the
Acceptance and Seeking the Guidance of the Holy Sprit
leads us to where God wants us to be!-- In His Will.
PRAYER-
It worked for Jesus,
It worked for His disciples,
It works for us.
"To be filled with the Holy Spirit,
you must pray, and pray, and pray everyday."
Thanks Be to God
There is ample evidence that God created one place in the universe for a biological human, the rock we call Earth. The probability we accidentally evolved from a single cell is so remote, so infinitely small, it can hardly be expressed (*1). Earth is a unique planet in a solar system that is unique in our galaxy. And our galaxy is unique to the universe. God created only one place for His companions to live and then sent His son for 'show an tell' us on how to live. In short, we are made in His image (*2), and just as good parents want communications with the children they create, so to does God want us to communicate with Him. Prayer is the answer.
The Bible, especially the New Testament would be just a nice story except for one event that turns it into the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ. In God raising Jesus from the dead, any doubt about the life of Jesus was erased. God raising Jesus from the dead made Holy everything Jesus ever thought, said, or did. He therefore is the leader of our lives and we must look to Him through the guidance of the Holy Spirit on how to live our lives. In everything Jesus did, He sat the example that we must follow. In His praying and in His words to the disciples He communicates that we should pray. And, that command is a command for good reasons- Prayer-It is good for us.
There is no doubt that prayer was very important to Jesus. Just as many mothers teach their children to pray, I think Mary was responsible for Jesus doing this in His childhood. In reading the Gospels we see Jesus praying many times, sometimes it tells us He prayed 'all night'. But, He clearly prayed in His good times, but especially at His most stressful times as well. In His final hours, when He knew His time to die was near, He prayed and he commanded His disciples to pray, for two most important reasons.
What Mark tells us in His verses concerning Jesus in the Garden is so important.
#1- Pray to avoid temptation
#2- By His example, Pray to Be in the Will of God.
We humans are created to pray to God, that is to communicate with God, our creator. In searching the Internet, very reputable information can be found on the blood flow activity in the brain during intense prayer. The blood flow and chemistry activation in the brain is very similar to having a discussion with a good friend! This brain activity does not occur when atheist have a meditation about God. Books are written on this subject of brain chemistry and prayer. But, for this author, Jesus' example lead me to knowing the need of a prayerful life. In following His example, my subjective experiences wholly confirm what Jesus taught, Pray, and Pray, and Pray! It is Good for us!
Jesus was right! Praying avoids temptations to do things that are not good for us. Just as Jesus in Matthew 26, Jesus prays for His 'cup', His death, to be taken from Him, but then immediately prays for God's will to be done. We may absolutely want something, but in our humble prayers, in our Righteous praying we will come to know through the guidance of the Holy Spirit is what is good and righteous for us to do. In our praying we will come to understand the goodness in Seeking the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Patient Prayer works or people would not keep doing it. It is the "acid test" of our lives. If something works, we keep doing it; if it does not work, we throw it away.
Prayer and Trust in God, Trust in Jesus and His Word is the Firewall to Temptation! It is good for us in that:
1- It keeps us out of trouble but the Glorious part
2- patient prayer leads us to being in the Will of God!
Patient humble submissive prayer with the
Acceptance and Seeking the Guidance of the Holy Sprit
leads us to where God wants us to be!-- In His Will.
PRAYER-
It worked for Jesus,
It worked for His disciples,
It works for us.
"To be filled with the Holy Spirit,
you must pray, and pray, and pray everyday."
Thanks Be to God
© lonnie coggins
References:
*1 Probability of Accidental Biological life
Darwin's Theory of Evolution is myth. After 150 years there still is no scientific evidence that truly support 'macro' evolution. What you learned in school about human life evolving from a single cell (aka macro evolution) has absolutely no scientific foundation!
In his Book, "Signature in the Cell" Steven Meyer goes to great length to document the foundation and scientific proof of Intelligent Design, what we call God. Using the best mathematical minds of the current era, on page 213 it is shown the odds of a human cell evolving from some sort of biological soup is one chance in
In his Book, "Signature in the Cell" Steven Meyer goes to great length to document the foundation and scientific proof of Intelligent Design, what we call God. Using the best mathematical minds of the current era, on page 213 it is shown the odds of a human cell evolving from some sort of biological soup is one chance in
a trilliion, trillion, trillion,.....trillion, 34000 trillions, trillion trillion times. Put another way- 1 chance in 10 to the 41,000 power, or 1 chance in 10.000,000,000,000,,,, 41,000 zeroes after the one. This is a probability so near zero, even with all the planets in the universe and the possibilities of life, the probability of life outside our planet is zero. Therefore, the probability that we exist is zero! But, we do exist.
and Guess what, God did it. Genesis 1:1- God said it, and bang, it happened.
and Guess what, God did it. Genesis 1:1- God said it, and bang, it happened.
Meyer, Steven, Signature in the Cell, 2009, Harper One, p213.
*2 we are made in God's image
Genesis 1:26 NIV
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."Genesis 1:27 NIV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
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Matthew 5:44 NIV
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,Matthew 6:5 NIV
[Prayer] [6:9-13pp -- Lk 11:2-4] "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.Matthew 6:6 NIV
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.Matthew 6:7 NIV
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.Matthew 6:9 NIV
"This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,Matthew 14:23 NIV
After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,Matthew 19:13 NIV
[The Little Children and Jesus] [19:13-15pp -- Mk 10:13-16; Lk 18:15-17] Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.Matthew 24:20 NIV
Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.Matthew 26:36 NIV
[Gethsemane] [26:36-46pp -- Mk 14:32-42; Lk 22:40-46] Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."Matthew 26:41 NIV
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."Mark 6:46 NIV
After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.Mark 13:18 NIV
Pray that this will not take place in winter,Mark 14:32 NIV
[Gethsemane] [14:32-42pp -- Mt 26:36-46; Lk 22:40-46] They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."Mark 14:38 NIV
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."Luke 5:33 NIV
[Jesus Questioned About Fasting] [5:33-39pp -- Mt 9:14-17; Mk 2:18-22] They said to him, "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking."Luke 6:12 NIV
[The Twelve Apostles] [6:13-16pp -- Mt 10:2-4; Mk 3:16-19; Ac 1:13] One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.Luke 6:28 NIV
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.Luke 9:28 NIV
[The Transfiguration] [9:28-36pp -- Mt 17:1-8; Mk 9:2-8] About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.Luke 11:1 NIV
[Jesus' Teaching on Prayer] [11:2-4pp -- Mt 6:9-13 11:9-13pp -- Mt 7:7-11] One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us topray, just as John taught his disciples."Luke 11:2 NIV
He said to them, "When you pray, say: " 'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.Luke 18:1 NIV
[The Parable of the Persistent Widow] Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.Luke 18:10 NIV
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.Luke 21:36 NIV
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."Luke 22:40 NIV
On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."Luke 22:46 NIV
"Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."John 17:9 NIV
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.John 17:20 NIV
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,IntroMost people pray, just not enough. Students pray in the classroom, especially when there is a big test. But, the real test is to pray when you are not being tested. Truly, prayer is unqualified testimony to your trust in God, especially in the good times of your life. Pray daily, often daily, and watch your trust build in Him as the Holy Spirit fills your life. But, there are other important reasons to pray daily, click the link and read on.
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