Important points learnt from God's words during Mass Indoctrination session 3 in the Zoom meeting are:-
Christ is the only true teacher to teach the right doctrine of God. Many Teachers/Preachers are teaching lies and their own formulation. The word of God which is written in the bible is genuine.
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 Find out the truth before clinging to anything and flee from all evil.
Praying is the commandment of Christ.
Prayer is a means of communication between you and God.
John 9:31 God heard only the prayer of the righteous, if one keep sinning, God will not hear him.
John 9:31 The reason we pray to God is for God hear and listen to us, for him to carry out our wishes. People pray to God every day, but they continue to commit sin, this is what God despised. Because God is holy, he does not listen to sinners. He did not want anyone to perish, so we should be righteous as our God is. Those who are righteous are heard by God.
The right manner of prayer:
We should avoid repetition while praying, God know your needs even before you speak out. God is not deaf that will not hear you once.
Avoid standing always while praying, do not pray for people to see you. It is clear that prayer should not be done to show off. The Vertical posture of Praying is not what is instructed in the Bible. In the Bible, we are expected to pray with the horizontal posture with our face to the ground.
Even Jesus Christ fell on his knee to pray(Matthew 26:39), so we should knee down horizontally whenever we want to pray and pray standing if you are in a dirty environment that you can knee down.
Psalms 95:6 Kneeling down while praying is a sign of respect and humility before God. The most respectful prayer to God is done while kneeling down.
One of the ways for our prayers to answered by God is not by boasting or showing off like the Saducees and Pharisees. Prayer should be a private matter between you and your God.
Matthew 6:5 Do not pray like the hypocrites do, for men to see and praise them for by so doing you will have your reward, rather pray for God to see you.
Matthew 6:6-8 Pray to God secretly, for he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him, he will hear and answer your prayer because he knows everything even before asking.
We should not pray with the rosary since it is not scriptural and it also encourages people to pray repetitively. Do not pray to Mary or any creature but rather pray to God in heaven. Do not be rash and do not be in haste while praying.
Mark 11:25 Another commandment as regard praying is that, before going to the presence of God to pray, free your mind of any unforgiveness you may have towards anyone for God to forgive you also.
As a woman, we should cover our heads while praying, but men are not to cover their heads. A woman covering her head shows that she is under an authority. The man is seen in the image and glory of God while the woman is seen in the glory of the Man. It is expected for the women to cover their heads and for the men not to cover their heads.
My old beliefs or expectations that were improved by listening in the Zoom meeting:
I literally thought that there was no need to kneel/bow down before praying. But through the teaching I am able to understand that it is proper to do that.
In the book of 1Thessalonians 5:17', it says " Pray without ceasing", here I thought praying without ceasing means praying with repetition, now my belief has changed that 'God is not deaf not to hear me once I pray".
How does the study affect us that can make us a better person that we can use in our daily lives?
- I should make prayer a private matter between me and God.
- I will avoid praying while standing.
- I won't pray using vain repetitions like the Catholics do.
- I should keep a clean heart, forgive others to obtain forgiveness from God before praying.
- As a woman, I am expected to cover my head while praying.
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