Thanks be to God.
As we continue to study the word of God from the mass Indoctrination service, we are enlightened on the things that we weren't aware of as Christians but now we know.
So I want to use this opportunity to share what I learnt from today's Indoctrination service.
Brethren, I learnt that Prayer has a content.
As Christians we don't just pray any how but there is a content that our prayer must have. Prayer is not story telling as some religions do. Prayer is not also asking any one to pray for u. examples, when u ask holy Mary or the saints to pray for you. This is not prayer as God wants us to do.
There is the right way to pray to God.
1, Your prayer must be a request to God.
We should request something from God when we pray. The come to the father with our request, that is what the Bible says about prayer.
When we want God to do something for us, we go ahead and tell him what we want and not telling stories. Prayer time is not story telling time.
Our prayer must be coupled with thanks giving.
During prayers we need to give thanks to the Lord. God is the one who answers prayers and he answers the prayers of the righteous. So we believe that our prayers will be answered that is why we have to thank him for what he has done.
Thanks giving is very necessary in our prayer.
Our prayer must not be vain repeattition of words.
We should not be repeating what we say during prayers. God knows our hearts and minds, before we speak he already knows what we are about to say. It is not necessary to be repeating words during prayer. That is not what God wants us to do.
We need to speak what we want to say and not repeating it because God knows everything.
when are we suppose to pray.
Prayer according to the Bible must be done always. That is what the early Apostles did. We have to pray morning, afternoon and evening. Everyday is necessary for prayers to be done.
There is no limitations on the days to pray. Prayers must be done always. The scripture says that we should pray without ceasing.
God's doctrine is for us to pray always.
how are we sure that our prayers will be answered by God.
God is a prayer answering God but he answers the prayers of those with a pure heart. If you pray without a clean heart, your prayer will be head by God.
For example, when u ask someone to do something and the person disobeys you, later he comes to you to tell you something will you listen?
Likewise When we disobey God he will not listen to us.
When a married man commit offends against his wife, his heart is not pure so God will not answer his prayer. The same goes to the married woman.
We should not do evil against others if not our prayers will not be answered by God.
God wants us to have a clean heart because when our hearts is clean that is when our mouth will be clean. When our heart is pure our mouth will also be pure.
If we want our hearts to pure pure, then we need to study the true doctrines of Christ. It is the word of God that can make our hearts clean. When study and obey the word of God, we will be good persons then we will have a good heart and when ever we pray, God will listen to it prayers.
Thanks be to God.
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