'In his Epistle to the Romans, Paul indicates the nature of his soldier-life, giving us some views of the kind of praying needed for such a career. He writes:
"Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea."
Paul had foes in Judaea -- foes who beset and opposed him in the form of "unbelieving men" and this, added to other weighty reasons, led him to urge the Roman Christians to
"strive with him in prayer." That word "strive" indicated wrestling, the putting forth of
great effort. This is the kind of effort, and this the sort of spirit, which must possess the
Christian soldier.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 66)
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Are we to pray for one another? YES, a thousand times, YES! How are we to pray? STRIVING! How do you strive? Have you ever strived for anything? When you strive for something you want it desperately. You want it so much you are working hard for it. When we strive in prayer we are praying hard! We are praying desperately! Striving with someone in prayer is both of you praying for the same thing, both of you seeking the LORD.
Beseeching someone, really wanting someone to do something for you. And Paul did this why? For the LORD JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE and for the LOVE OF THE SPIRIT. We must LOVE the SPIRIT, we must LOVE the LORD JESUS CHRIST! And when we LOVE the SPIRIT and LOVE the LORD we will strive with others in prayer.
Do we need to pray to be delivered from unbelievers? Yes. Maybe not as Paul had to, or others in countries where even having a Bible is illegal, but we do need to pray for the same deliverance from unbelievers, they surround us all the time.
Praying for each other, striving together, working together… we MUST. Prayer is so incredibly important so much more important than we may have been taught. PLEASE HEAVNELY FATHER, please help us to learn to pray as we need to PRAY.
We desperately pray for the LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST to RETURN, to DELIVER US from the evil that exists in this world and bring us to live with HIM in HEAVEN!
Please LORD, bless us! Keep us! Save us! By YOUR righteousness, YOUR love!
"Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea."
Paul had foes in Judaea -- foes who beset and opposed him in the form of "unbelieving men" and this, added to other weighty reasons, led him to urge the Roman Christians to
"strive with him in prayer." That word "strive" indicated wrestling, the putting forth of
great effort. This is the kind of effort, and this the sort of spirit, which must possess the
Christian soldier.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 66)
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Are we to pray for one another? YES, a thousand times, YES! How are we to pray? STRIVING! How do you strive? Have you ever strived for anything? When you strive for something you want it desperately. You want it so much you are working hard for it. When we strive in prayer we are praying hard! We are praying desperately! Striving with someone in prayer is both of you praying for the same thing, both of you seeking the LORD.
Beseeching someone, really wanting someone to do something for you. And Paul did this why? For the LORD JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE and for the LOVE OF THE SPIRIT. We must LOVE the SPIRIT, we must LOVE the LORD JESUS CHRIST! And when we LOVE the SPIRIT and LOVE the LORD we will strive with others in prayer.
Do we need to pray to be delivered from unbelievers? Yes. Maybe not as Paul had to, or others in countries where even having a Bible is illegal, but we do need to pray for the same deliverance from unbelievers, they surround us all the time.
Praying for each other, striving together, working together… we MUST. Prayer is so incredibly important so much more important than we may have been taught. PLEASE HEAVNELY FATHER, please help us to learn to pray as we need to PRAY.
We desperately pray for the LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST to RETURN, to DELIVER US from the evil that exists in this world and bring us to live with HIM in HEAVEN!
Please LORD, bless us! Keep us! Save us! By YOUR righteousness, YOUR love!
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