Prayer is one of the more intriguing and wonderful Bible subjects. Prayer is mans avenue of approaching God with worship. intimacies, praise, petitions and thanksgivings (Phili. 4: 6). Many are especially concerned about America. marriages, wars, diseases and are advocating revival. However, there are a number of truths taught in the Bible relative to prayer concerning which many are not familiar. For instance, acceptable prayer is conditional (I Jn. 3: 22; Prov. 28: 9). There are circumstances in which God will not hear the prayers of some. There are also certain instances in which man is instructed not to pray for others. Consider Gods instruction to Jeremiah: Therefore, pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee, and, Therefore thus saith the Lord, behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them (Jere. 7: 16, 11: 11, see also 14: 11, 12).
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:16:36 +0000
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