“Prayer: Mankind’s Communication with God”

“Prayer: Mankind’s Communication with God”

 

If My People who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray and seek My Face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.   2 Chronicles 7:14 

 

This passage of Scripture is God’s CALL for His People to PRAY.  His PEOPLE is referring to His COVENANT PEOPLE.  We, the TRUE BELIEVERS of TODAY can approach God because of our NEW-COVENANT RELATIONSHIP, with His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  One thing that will MOVE God is the ATTITUDE of the HEART of those who are SEEKING HIM.

 

This ATTITUDE is one of HUMILITY.  A HUMBLE BELIEVER gets through to God, because they GIVE UP their ATTITUDE of PRIDE.  The word HUMILITY gives us the thought of being DEPENDENT on GOD, and not ourselves.  It brings to our mind the thought that without God we can do NOTHING.  As a matter of fact, PRAYER is admitting that WE are WEAK and in NEED.  Many Christians don’t PRAY because of their PRIDE.  And of course, there is the PRAYER of PRAISE and ADORATION, which really puts the PRIDEFUL ATTITUDE to SHAME.

 

Another thing that is EFFECTIVE in PRAYER is the CALL of GOD to SEEK His Face.  This means to SEEK His FORGIVENESS and FAVOR. PRAYER that will MOVE GOD is the RECOGNITION of our SINS.  The UNCONFESSED SINS TURNS GOD’S FACE AWAY from US. And they TURN US AWAY from Him.  In order to have EFFECTIVE PRAYER, you MUST BE WILLING to AGREE with GOD’S TERMS for RECONCILIATION.  The GOOD NEWS is that God CALLS us to SEEK His FACE.  He is OPEN to us.  

 

The FINAL thing that will give us EFFECTIVE PRAYER is that we ARE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM OUR SINS, those things that are NOT PLEASING to GOD.  And that we are WILLING to TURN TO HIM and HIS WAYS.  If we want an EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE, we NEED to COME TO HIM, through His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and TURN AWAY FROM OUR SINFUL LIFESTYLE.

 

If YOU have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to Him, then you really do not have a LINE of COMMUNICATION with Him UNLESS YOU DO THIS:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Then you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and HUMBLE yourself, PRAY and SEEK His FACE.  When you DO these things YOU will be ABLE to have an EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!