{"id":5429,"date":"2024-12-15T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=5429"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:38:38","slug":"the-kingdom-and-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/the-kingdom-and-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kingdom And Prayer."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5429-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Kingdom-And-Prayer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Kingdom-And-Prayer.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Kingdom-And-Prayer.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Do Not Pray As The Heathens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And when you pray, <strong>do not be like the hypocrites<\/strong> are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that men may see them. Verily I say unto you; They have their reward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Need Of A Prayer Closet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when you pray, <strong>enter into your closet<\/strong>, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Father Know Your Need.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not you, therefore, like unto them: for your <strong>Father knows what things you have need<\/strong> of, even before you ask Him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Protocol Of Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After this manner, therefore, pray you <strong>Our Father who art in heaven<\/strong>, Hallowed be your name. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done in the earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Yours is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Essential Need Of Forgiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor if you<strong> forgive men their trespasses,<\/strong> your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. <strong>Matthew 6 : 1-15.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Parable Of The Friend At Midnight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And Jesus said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, <strong>yet because of his importunity<\/strong> he will rise and give him as many as he needs.<\/p>\n<p>And I say unto you<strong>, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,<\/strong> and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. <strong>For every one that asketh receives<\/strong>; and he that seeketh finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the <strong>Holy Spirit to those who ask\u00a0 ? Luke 11:5-13.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask, and it shall be given you;<\/strong> seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: <strong>For every one that asketh receives;<\/strong> and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to <strong>them that ask him?<\/strong> <strong>Matthew 7:7-11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parable of the Persistent Widow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And Jesus spake a parable<\/strong> unto them to this end,<strong> that men ought always to pray,<\/strong> and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:\u00a0And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.<\/p>\n<p>And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall not God avenge his own elect, <strong>which cry day and night unto him<\/strong>, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth? <strong>Luke 18:1-8.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Not Pray As The Heathens. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that men may see them. Verily I say unto you; They have their reward. The Need Of A Prayer Closet. 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