Saturday, September 28, 2013

Who am I? My relationship with God through prayer (part 20)

Prayer is so wonderful. It is our direct line to God, our private room where we can speak to God. And it avails much because in prayer we see He provides much. For instance, Moses and God had an intimate relationship in which God revealed His intentions to wipe out the Israelites because of their sin, although Moses from time to time implored God not to do this. (Numbers 11:11-35). It worked the other way as well, God approaching Moses much as He does us. Because He knew the suffering of His people, as shown in Exodus 3:7,11. No more evident is this then in Exodus 14:10-11 when Moses is before the Pharoah and the LORD promised to fight for the people. And prayer was useful for confession of sins and not forgetting God but admitting that they did sin against the LORD, as shown in 1 Samuel 12:9-11. Prayer is also useful not only for seeking the wisdom of God, but also in helping me to actually follow that wisdom. (2 Samuel 5:19-25). God through prayer reveals Himself and His promises, as seen in 11 Chronicles 15:1-15 as well as for His people to make a covenant with Him to follow Him and abide by His will. This was true during the rule of Asa, and also many years prior to the Kings, under the leadership of Gideon. (Judges 6:36-40) and the woman that ask Jesus to help her in her unbelief. (Mark 9:24)

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