This week at our church has been set aside as a week of prayer. As part of that observance, we put together a "Daily Bread" style devotional on prayer. Each entry was contributed by one of our missionaries or pastors.
Day Six
Frank and Brenda Bale chose John 14:14 for their meditation today on prayer. In particular, they addressed what it means to pray in Jesus' name. Too many in our world treat that phrase as a magic formula as they make their demands of God in prayer. "Name it and claim it" has become a catch-phrase for huge segments of the Christian community.
However, prayer ought to be a profound act of submission on the part of God's people. Jesus taught us to prayer that the Father's will might be done on earth as in heaven. To append the phrase "in Jesus name" to a prayer is also a recognition of our deep dependence upon Christ. The only right we possess to enter into the throne room of God with our petitions lies in the sacrifice Jesus has made on our behalf.
and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
(Heb 10:19-22 ESV)
Day Six
Frank and Brenda Bale chose John 14:14 for their meditation today on prayer. In particular, they addressed what it means to pray in Jesus' name. Too many in our world treat that phrase as a magic formula as they make their demands of God in prayer. "Name it and claim it" has become a catch-phrase for huge segments of the Christian community.
However, prayer ought to be a profound act of submission on the part of God's people. Jesus taught us to prayer that the Father's will might be done on earth as in heaven. To append the phrase "in Jesus name" to a prayer is also a recognition of our deep dependence upon Christ. The only right we possess to enter into the throne room of God with our petitions lies in the sacrifice Jesus has made on our behalf.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
(Heb 10:19-22 ESV)
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