'In Psalm 19, David
magnifies the Word of God in six statements concerning it. It converts the
soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, endures
eternally, and is true and righteous altogether. The Word of God is perfect,
sure, right, pure. It is heart-searching, and at the same time purifying, in
its effect. It is no surprise therefore that after considering the deep
spirituality of the Word of God, its power to search the inner nature of man,
and its deep purity, the Psalmist should close his dissertation with this
passage:
"Who can
understand his errors?" And then praying after this fashion: "Cleanse
Thou me from secret faults. Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins.
Let them not have dominion over me. Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my
redeemer."
James recognizes the
deep spirituality of the Word, and its inherent saving power, in the following
exhortation:
"Wherefore, lay
apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness
the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." Jas_1:21
And Peter talks
along the same line, when describing the saving power of the Word of
God:
"Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth forever." 1Pe_1:23
Not only does Peter
speak of being born again, by the incorruptible Word of God, but he informs us
that to grow in grace we must be like new-born babes, desiring or feeding upon
the "sincere milk of the Word." 1Pe_2:2
That is not to say,
however, that the mere form of words as they occur in the Bible have in them
any saving efficacy. But the Word of God, be it remembered, is impregnated with
the Holy Spirit. And just as there is a Divine element in the words of Scripture,
so also is the same Divine element to be found in all true preaching of the
Word, which is able to save and convert the soul.
Prayer invariably
begets a love for the Word of God, and sets people to the reading of it. Prayer
leads people to obey the Word of God, and puts into the heart which obeys a joy
unspeakable. Praying people and Bible-reading people are the same sort of folk.
The
God of the Bible and
the God of prayer are one. God speaks to man in the Bible; man speaks to God in
prayer. One reads the Bible to discover God's will; he prays in order that he
may receive power to do that will. Bible-reading and praying are the distinguishing
traits of those who strive to know and please God.'
Quoted from- 'THE
NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS'
(Excerpt 68)
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Why did Jesus pray?
This is why…
Luk_10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father:
and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but
the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Joh_1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
Joh_1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Joh_3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all
things into his hand.
Joh_4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the
true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh_5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he
seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
likewise.
Joh_5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth
him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than
these, that ye may marvel.
Joh_5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Joh_5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son:
Joh_5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as
they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father
which hath sent him.
Joh_5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so
hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
Joh_5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear,
I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the
will of the Father which hath sent me.
Joh_5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John:
for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I
do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Joh_5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me,
hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen
his shape.
Joh_6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but
for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall
give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Joh_6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to
me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Joh_6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent
me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise
it up again at the last day.
Joh_6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father
which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Joh_6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall
be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of
the Father, cometh unto me.
Joh_6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save
he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Joh_6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live
by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Joh_8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for
I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
Joh_8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the
Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
Joh_8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father
hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
Joh_10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the
Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Joh_10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the
Son of God?
Joh_10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me,
believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and
I in him.
Joh_12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the
Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I
should speak.
Joh_12:50 And I know that his commandment is life
everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so
I speak.
Joh_13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto
the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto
the end.
Joh_13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all
things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
Joh_14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh_14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the
Father, and it sufficeth us.
Joh_14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me
hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Joh_14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Joh_14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Joh_14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh_14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh_14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:
and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
Joh_14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Joh_14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away,
and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go
unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
Joh_14:31 But that the world may know that I love the
Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go
hence.
Joh_15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved
you: continue ye in my love.
Joh_15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,
and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you.
Joh_15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from
the Father, he shall testify of me
Joh_16:3 And these things will they do unto you,
because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Joh_16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine:
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Joh_16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and
again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Joh_16:17 Then said some of his disciples among
themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall
not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go
to the Father?
Joh_16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name,
he will give it you.
Joh_16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs,
but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Joh_16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I
say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
Joh_16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Joh_16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come
into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Joh_16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come,
that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and
yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me
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Why did Jesus pray?
He prayed because He
loved the FATHER.
Jesus said…
Mat 6:5 And when thou prayest,
thou shalt not be as
the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the
corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward.
Mat 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy
closet, and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father
which is in secret;
and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Mat 6:7 But when ye pray,
use not vain
repetitions,
as the heathen do: for they think that they
shall be heard for their much speaking.
Mat 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your
Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art
in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in
earth, as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
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Jesus prayed.
Jesus taught us the
manner in which we too should pray WITH Him. He said OUR Father.
Truly when we are
praying for our 'daily bread' we are praying for the bread of life- our
sustenance physically AND spiritually! Jesus said this…
Joh_6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst.
We need to PRAY for
our DAILY BREAD. And truly to comprehend
the WORD of God we need to pray for understanding.
We need to ASK.
Jesus said this more
than once- 'ye shall ask the Father in
my name', and asking is PRAYER!
Father in heaven, we
ask in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord, that we might be YOURS,
please make this possible. Let the Holy Spirit fill us and keep us in YOU
always! Please!
Thank you!
All glory, honor,
and praise unto You Lord!
Amen.
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