Why Do We Pray?
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Overview
We all have questions about prayer—why pray to an all-knowing God who has ordained everything? Here is an overview of Scripture’s teaching that provides a grounded, balanced, and broad understanding of prayer.
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“Prayer is the divinely appointed means through which we commune with the living God and advance his kingdom.” (Page 7)
“Prayer is simply conversing with God, the privilege of a restored, reconciled relationship with the living God through Jesus Christ. It is the voice of a child to the Father, of a subject to the King. The golden scepter of access is extended to us through Christ, welcoming us into the very throne room of grace.” (Page 6)
“Why do we pray ‘in Jesus’ name’? Jesus himself gives us the idea. In his Upper Room discourse, he says, ‘Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son’ (John 14:13). Four other times Jesus speaks of prayer in his name (John 14:14; 16:23–24, 26).” (Page 8)
“The first part of our definition highlights prayer as the interaction of a restored, reconciled, redemptive relationship with the God we were created to glorify and enjoy. Here, the chief end of prayer is intimacy with our God.” (Page 7)
“Praying in the Spirit is a simple reminder to us of the ground and character of our prayer. Prayer is spiritual activity. We pray as ones indwelt and animated by the Spirit. We pray in communion and cooperation with the Spirit.” (Page 11)
- Title: Why Do We Pray?
- Author: Stanley D. Gale
- Series: Basics of the Faith
- Publisher: P&R
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Prayer › Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781596384149, 9781596385528, 9781596385511, 159638414X, 1596385529, 1596385510
- Resource ID: LLS:WHYDOWEPRAY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:49:09Z
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