Fwd: What Prayer Is and Not

[Sujit Aher]

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From: moshe alwalwar <mosh...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:21 PM
Subject: What Prayer Is and Not
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Hi,

Greetings to you in the name of Our Heavenly Father!

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will
be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows
what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:7, 8

Let us not pray in public to get publicity but to bring glory to our Heavenly Father!
Jesus said, "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 others.
Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 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.

Prayer is not a religious ritual but talking to God in faith and listening from
Him! There is nothing wrong in praying in public, but the attitude or intention
behind it is is the point. Both personal prayer and praying together as a family
 or as a body of believers is very important, church was earnestly praying together
for Peter as we see in Acts 12:5. Also, Jesus prayed many times in public which
includes when He raised Lazarus from dead, people around him saw Jesus praying,
He looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

 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." the intention of His prayer was for the
glory of the Father and according to the will of the Father and His prayers was
always heard when He lived on this earth as a man because of his reverent submission.

Let us submit to God in everything and have faith in Him to receive answer for our
prayers. He taught us how to pray and also set an example for us to follow.

God is our loving heavenly Father and He knows our need before we ask Him, so let
us not babble like pagans but let our prayers be meaningful, let it be a dialogue
where we make our requests known to God and also we listen from Him. Let us ask
according to His will for the Spirit of God leads us into all truths, if we abide
in His love and if His Words abides in us then surely we will ask according to His
will and every time we will be heard. Jesus said, ask anything in my name and I
will give you.

Your brother in Christ,
Albert Samuel Milton

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Moshe Alwalwar

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