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Introduction
Before we talk about the benefits of prayer, I think it is good to look into the meaning of prayer. What is prayer? According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 98, it is defined as: ‘Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies.’ Here in this definition of prayer, we can see praising and thanksgiving unto the Lord, also confession of sins, and the last thing is supplication - or asking for things - agreeable to His will.
In other words, prayer is simply believers communicating with God personally or collectively as a group of believers. Therefore, it has nothing to do with unbelievers. Unbelievers may pray unto the living and true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but it is sure that, since there is no relationship between God and themselves, their prayers will not be heard.
This means that we, the believers, are so privileged to have this special right to go before the throne of grace boldly, in the name of Jesus Christ. Therefore, prayer is a privilege given to every true believer because we have a son-and-father relationship with God. Therefore, we can call God ‘Abba, Father,’ and we can go before His throne of grace boldly in the name of the Son, Jesus Christ. Therefore, brothers and sisters in Christ, we have this special right to pray unto the Lord.
Before we talk about the benefits of prayer, I would like to talk about two important things concerning prayer that we the believer must notice and take note in our heart.
Firstly, we must understand that our prayer cannot change God's eternal purpose and plan. Then a question may arise: why should we pray, since the sovereign God orders everything, and since we cannot change anything predetermined by God and His eternal purpose and plan, then why should we pray?
But we should understand that, though our prayer cannot change God's eternal purpose and plan, it does change the one who prays—the one who goes for prayer and earnestly prays unto the Lord. If we sincerely pray and ask of things that we need, and we ask for wisdom from Him, then God will reveal, and also God will change our motives and even our perspective concerning the things that are happening around us—especially things that happen in our lives, whether good or bad. We will understand what the will of God is in that situation.Therefore, we must understand that, though prayer cannot change God's eternal purpose and plan, we know that it changes the believer who prays according to the Bible unto the Lord.
Secondly, we must notice that prayer is not a spiritual gift. As mentioned above, it is a privilege given to every believer. When we carefully look into the spiritual gifts recorded in the Bible, we will see that prayer is not in the list. This means that every believer has this special gift or right to pray unto the Lord. We believers must pray, as our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and even the Bible commands us to pray.
If we look into Ephesians 6:10–18, there we will see the whole armour of God, which the believer must put on as we are living in this sin-cursed world, so that we may be able to stand against the temptations and even the fleshly desires. But one thing we should notice here, in verse 18, we are encouraged and exhorted to pray with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. This means that it is not enough to put on all the whole armour of God; we must also pray unto the Lord.
Prayer is not a spiritual gift given to certain believers, but is given to all and every believer. Therefore, we must pray unto the Lord. Without prayer, though we may put on all the armour of God, we will not be able to stand against worldly desires and the temptations of Satan. Only by prayer we can stand against all these things. This does not mean that we do not need to put on the whole armour of God—of course, it is compulsory—but only putting on the whole armour of God without prayer is powerless.
Only by prayer, then all the whole armour that we put on, will be effective, and we will be able to stand in the days of temptation. Therefore, we must keep in mind that prayer is like breathing. Some people say, ‘Yes, as a man without breathing cannot live, without prayer a believer will not survive spiritually.’
Therefore, we must take note that prayer is extremely important in a believer's life. Not only that, we must also know the benefits of prayer. Prayer is important, and in the Bible we can see several benefits of prayer. But out of those benefits, tonight I would like to draw attention to the important three benefits of prayer—only three will we look at.
I. Prayer Draws Us Closer To God (1 John 1:8-10; Psalm 66:18)
The first benefit of prayer is that it cleanses us from our sins and makes us to have a closer and intimate relationship with our God. Let me read 1 John 1:8–10. Let us turn our Bibles to the First Epistle General of John, Chapter 1, verses 8 to 10: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
In this Word of God, we see that even believers—those who have been washed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ—as we are living in this world, we still sin against God. We are sinning in our thoughts, by our actions, and even by not doing the things commanded by God to do. It means that we have sins, and we have to confess our sins. If we say that, ‘I have no sin,’ then we make God a liar. We must acknowledge that we are sinners, only saved by grace, and in our Christian daily walk, we still commit sins knowingly and unknowingly.
Therefore, we are exhorted to confess our sins. As we see in the definition of prayer, there must be confession in prayer. Not only do we praise the Lord for who He is and we give thanks for what He has done for us, but we must also confess our sins unto the Lord so that we might be forgiven. This confession brings us closer to God. Even the sins we commit knowingly, unknowingly, or unconfessed sins may bring some friction between God and us. The relationship may be in jeopardy, but if we confess our sins sincerely before the Lord with humility, then God is ready to forgive our sins, and He is righteous also to forgive all our sins and unrighteousness.
Therefore, brethren, we must confess our sins sincerely before the Lord as we come before Him, as we make our supplications unto Him, so that our relationship may be restored, and we will have a very sweet fellowship with Him. Unconfessed sin God cannot forgive. Of course, God can forgive every sin, even the most heinous sin in this world, but He cannot forgive unconfessed sin.
Therefore, brethren, as we believers come before Him and pray unto Him, we must confess our sins. This confession in prayer will cleanse us from our sins, and our fellowship with God will be restored, and there will be a sweet fellowship with our God.
If we look into Luke 18:9–14, there we will see the parable of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ concerning the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the temple. Here, the Pharisee prayed without humility, thinking he was righteous before the Lord. But on the other hand, the tax collector dared not to look up to heaven but prayed unto the Lord, ‘Lord, be merciful unto a sinner.’ He confessed his sin, he acknowledged his sinfulness, and he asked for God's mercy. God forgave his sins, and he went home with joy and happiness.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, how important is the confession of sins! We need to confess our sins. The psalmist writes in Psalm 32:1–5, let me read for all of us: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah." - verse 5, let us take note - "I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin."
Here, the psalmist acknowledges his sin, and asks for God's forgiveness. He confesses, and we see God forgave his iniquity. Also, in Psalm 66:18, the psalmist declares: "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord" - my Lord - "will not hear me." This simply and clearly tells us that if we keep our sins within us and do not confess them before the Lord, then our prayers will not be heard, and our prayer will not be answered. Therefore, we must confess our sins. This confession in prayer not only receives forgiveness from the Lord but also it restores our sweet fellowship, our sweet relationship with the Lord. Therefore, brothers and sisters, for our prayer to be heard so that our sweet fellowship with God may be restored, let us confess sincerely before the Lord our sins.
II. Prayer Overcomes Fear (Philippians 4:6-7)
Secondly, prayer gives us comfort and peace of mind. In other words, prayer overcomes fear. As we are living in this sin-cursed world, full of troubles, sorrow, suffering, and even future uncertainty, if we pray honestly unto the Lord, we will have peace of mind because the Bible, the Word of God, promises us so.
Let us turn to Philippians 4:6-7. Let me read for all of us. Here the Apostle Paul exhorts, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
The Bible clearly promises—the Word of God promises us—that if we pray earnestly unto the Lord with thanksgiving, trusting in Him, and if we ask for things agreeable to His will in the name of Jesus Christ, then here is the answer. The promise is here: ‘The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep our hearts and minds through our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus.
In this world, if we look around at what is happening, and if we turn on our televisions, there we can see no peace—only war, fighting, hatred, and so on. There is no peace in this world. As we know, because of sin, all the people in this world are suffering, many kinds of trouble and difficulties, and there is no peace at all.
But we are promised here that as we come before the Lord in prayer - the peace of God - God will grant us peace in our hearts and our minds as we commit ourselves and our cares and pray unto Him. This peace is none other than internal calmness and security.
Of course, when we think of the future of our children, especially in Myanmar as we are in this political chaos, when we think about tomorrow, when we think of next month—of course, no one knows what will happen. The future is not bright at all, humanly speaking. But when we pray and commit ourselves unto the Lord, when we commit our children and even our situations to Him and trust in Him, then we can have this peace of mind—the peace that God has promised us even in this kind of situation.
Of course, in this world, we will have tribulation; we will face many troubles. But if we go before the Lord in prayer, then we will have this peace of mind—the peace of God, which passeth all understanding.
Even the unbelievers and the worldly people may wonder when we enjoy happiness in the Lord, when we rejoice in the Lord, even in these kinds of situations, difficulties, and troubles. Yes, the worldly people will not understand what we have in Christ by Jesus—the peace of God.
Yes, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ promised His disciples before His ascension - Peace I leave with you, and my peace is not as the world giveth. But the peace of Christ that we have is supernatural peace, which passeth all understanding. Even sometimes the believer, we ourselves cannot understand it. It is beyond our knowledge and imagination.
Though we are faced with difficulties and troubles, when we pray and have fellowship with the Lord, confessing our sins before the Lord, then we are filled with joy and happiness, and we have peace of mind. Because Jesus said in John 16:33: "I have overcome the world." Yes, nothing can destroy—nothing can put away—the peace that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ if we pray earnestly and have sweet fellowship with the Lord. Yes, in this world, we will face temptations, sins, and fleshly desires as we are still in this body. But if we pray, then prayer will keep us from falling into temptation and sins.
III. Prayer Keeps Us From Yielding To Temptation (Matthew 26:41; 1 Peter 5:8)
If we look at Matthew 26:41, and also in other Gospels—Mark 14:38 and Luke 22:40—there we see our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on the night He was betrayed. He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane with His disciples, but the disciples could not wait for Him.
While our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was praying, submitting His will unto the will of the Father, the disciples were sleeping. When Jesus came and saw them sleeping, Jesus said: ’Watch and pray, lest you fall into temptations.’ (Matthew 26:41).
Therefore, the third benefit of prayer, which we are going to meditate on tonight, is that it keeps us from yielding to temptations and sins, and even our sinful desires.
Of course, the believers are Satan's target. He tries to tempt us; he tries to lead us into sin. He tries to mar and even tries to destroy our Christian testimony and witness in this world. As we see in 1 Peter 5:7, we see that we are exhorted to: ‘Cast all our cares unto the Lord in prayer because God cares for us’.
And in verse 8, we are once again reminded of Satan's active working in this world, especially upon the believers: ‘Our adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, is walking here and there, trying to find whom he may devour." (1 Peter 5:8)
Therefore, we must be very careful. How can we resist all these temptations and our fleshly desires and sinful desires? Only by praying always in the Lord. We must pray earnestly so that we might not fall into temptations.
Men are prone to sin. How can we resist this temptation? Yes, we need to put on the whole armour of God. On top of that, we must pray earnestly unto the Lord. Only by prayer and in fellowship with the Lord then will we be able to overcome our sinful desires and even the temptations of Satan.
Satan is so cunning. He will try his best to lure us and make us fall into temptation and sin. Therefore, brothers and sisters, don't put your confidence in your wisdom, knowledge, past experience, or past achievements in your spiritual walk. Rather, daily—every day—we must trust in the Lord. Put our confidence in Him, put our cares in His hand, so that we will be able to overcome the temptations and sins through Christ, who strengthens us, we can do everything.
But how can we get the strengthening power of Christ? Only by praying—only by going unto the throne of grace. Confess your sins. Confess our sins and also put our trust and confidence in Him and trust in Him—not putting our trust and confidence in ourselves, because we are so weak. We are nothing without Christ. Therefore, we must go to Christ; we must go tom God the Father in prayer for help. By so doing, we will be able to overcome the temptation and sin.
Conclusion
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, tonight, we meditate on the three important benefits of prayer.
Prayer cleanses our sins at the confession of our sins. Of course, if we confess our sins, God is faithful and righteous to forgive our sins, and our relationship and the sweet fellowship will be restored.
The second benefit is that when we pray, trusting in our God with humility and sincerity, then the peace of God will keep us, especially our hearts and minds. This peace of God that we have is a supernatural one. Unbelievers will not understand it. Even in times of troubles and difficulties, and even in times of prosperity, we can have this peace of God in this sin-cursed world.
The third benefit is this: If we pray, confessing our sins and praying earnestly unto the Lord, trusting in His power, then we can overcome temptations and sins. Even our adversary, the devil, Satan, may try his best to put us down in our spiritual walk with the Lord, but he will not be able to overcome us. He will be defeated by prayer.
So, brothers and sisters, knowing all these important benefits of prayer, acknowledging the benefits of prayer, let us continue to pray earnestly, fervently, and consistently, so that our fellowship with God will be restored, our sins will be forgiven, and we will have peace even in this sin-cursed world, in the most difficult times, we will also be able to overcome the temptation of Satan.
May the Lord help us. Let us pray.
Closing Prayer
Our Father we thank Thee for Thy words. We thank Thee for the privilege to pray unto Thee. Lord, as we come before Thee in prayer, forgive us of all our sins. We acknowledge that we are sinners, just saved by grace. Forgive all our sins committed knowingly, unknowingly, in words, in thoughts, and in our actions.
Lord, once again, we pray that Thou would also continue to bless us with spiritual discernment, as we are living in this sin-cursed world full of confusions. Even in the midst of the temptations of Satan, Lord, give us wisdom from above, so that we may know how to approach Thy throne of grace and always have fellowship with Thee.
Lord, help us and bless each one of us here as we pray unto Thee. All these things we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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before we talk about the benefits of
prayer I think it is good to look into the meaning of
prayer what is prayer according to the Westminster soda
catechism question number 98 it is Def
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father and we can go before his throne of grace boldly in the name of the son
Jesus Christ therefore Brothers and Sisters in Christ
we have this special right to pray unto
the Lord before we talk about the benefits of
prayer I would like to talks about the two important things
concerning prayer which the believer must notice and take note in
our heart firstly we must understand that our
prayer cannot change God's Eternal purpose and
plan then a question may arise why should we pray since the
Sovereign God or than everything and since we cannot change
anything predetermined by God and his eternal purpose and plan then why should
we pray but we should understand that
though our prayer cannot change God's Eternal purpose and
plan it does change the one who prays the one who go for prayer and
honestly pray unto the Lord if we sincerely
pray and ask of things that we need and we ask of wisdom
from him then God will reveal and also God will change
our motives and even our perspective concerning things that are happening
around us especially things happen in our life
whether good or bad we will
understand what the will of God is in that
situation therefore we must understand that though prayer cannot change God's
Eternal purpose and plan we know that it
change the believer who pray according to the Bible unto the
Lord secondly we must notice that prayer
is not a spiritual gift as mentioned above it is a
privilege given to every believer so when we carefully carefully
look into the spiritual gifts recorded in the
Bible we will see that prayer is not in the
least it means that every believer has this
special gift or right to pray unto the
Lord we Believers must pray as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and even the
Bible command us to pray if we look into Ephesians chapter 6
vers 10 to8 there we will see the whole armor of
God which the believer must put on as we are living in this sin heart work so
that we may be able to stand against The Temptations and even the fleshly
desires but one thing we should notice here in verse
18 we are encouraged and exalted to
pray with all prayer and supplication in the spirit it means
that it is not enough to put on all the whole armor of
God we must pray unto the
Lord it is not a spiritual gift given
to a certain believer but is given to all all
and every believer therefore we must pray unto the
Lord without prayer though we may put on all armors of God the full armors of
God we will not be able to stand against this worldly desire and the
Temptation Of Satan only by prayer we can can stand
against all these things it doesn't mean
that we need not to put on the whole armor of God of course it is compulsory
but only putting on the whole armor of God without prayer is
powerless only by prayer then all the full armor that we put on will be
effective and we will be able to stand in the days of
Temptations therefore we must keep in mind
that prayer is like breathing some people
say yes as a man without breathing cannot live without prayer a Believer
will not survive spiritually therefore we must take note that prayer
is extremely important in a believer's
life not only that we must know
also the benefits of prayer it is
important and in the Bible we can see several
benefits of prayer but but out of those benefits tonight I would like to
draw the important three benefits of prayer only
three
I. Prayer Draws Us Closer To God (1 John 1:8-10; Psalm 66:18)
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we will look into the first benefit of prayer is that it cleanse us from our
sins and make us to have a closer and intimate relationship with our
God let me read first John chap 1: 8 to 10 let us
turn our Bible to the first epistle general of John 1:
8 to 10 if we say that we have no sin we
deceive ourself and the truth is not in us if we confess our sins he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness if we say that we have not sinned we make him a liar and this
word is not in Us in this
word of God we see that even the
believer those who have been washed by the precious blood of Jesus
Christ as we are living in this world still we have sinned against
God we are sinning in our
thoughts by our actions and even by not doing things commanded
by God to do it means that we have
sins and we have to confess our sins if we say
that I have no sin then we make God
alive we must acknowledge that we are sinners
only saved by grace and in our Christian daily walk also we still commit sins
knowingly un knowingly therefore we are here exalted to confess our
sins as we see in the definitions of
prayer they must be confession in prayer not only we praise the
Lord for who he is and we give thanks for what he has done for us but we must
also confess our sin unto the Lord so that we might be
forgiven so this confession bring us more closers to God and even
the sins that we committed knowingly or unknowing unknowingly or unconfessed
sins may bring some frictions between God and
us the relationship may be in
jupy but if we confess our sins sincerely before the
Lord with humility then then God is ready to
forgive our sins and he is righteous also to forgive all our sins and
unrighteousness therefore brethren we must confess our sin sincerely before
the Lord as we come before him as we make our supplications unto him so that
our relationship must be restored and we will have a very sweet fellowship with
him and confess sin God cannot
forgive of course God can forgive every sin even the most pous sin in this world
but he cannot forgive and confess sin therefore Brethren as we believer come
before him and pray unto him we must confess our
sin this confession in prayer will cleanse us
from our sins and our fellowship with God will be
restored and there will be a sweet fellowship with our
God if we look into Luke
18: 9 to 14 there we will see the parable of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ concerning the Pharisee and the text
collector praying in the temple here the Pharisee prayed without
humility thought that [Music] he is righteous before the
Lord but but on the one hand a tax
collector he dare not to look up even to
heaven and pray unto the Lord Lord be merciful unto a
sinner he confess his sin he
acknowledge his sinfulness and he ask of God's mercy and
God forgive his sins and he went
home with joy and happiness dear Brothers and Sisters in
Christ how important confession of sins we need to confess our sin and also
the psalmist writes in Psalms number
32: 1 to5 let me read for all of
us blessed is he whose transgression is Forgiven whose sin is covered blessed is
the man unto whom the Lord imputed not iniquity and in whose Spirit there is no
girl when I kept silence my bones w p
through my RO all the day long for they and night thy hand was Heavy upon me my
moistures is turned into the drought of s sah verse five let us take
note I acknowledge my sin unto thee and my iniquity have I not hid I said I will
confess my transgression unto the Lord and thou forgive the inequity of my
sin here the psalmist acknowledge his
sin and ask of God's forgiveness he confess his sin and we
see God forgave his iniquity and also in Psalm 66 Verse 18
the psalmist declared
if I regard inequity in my heart the Lord my
Lord will not hear me this simply and clearly tells us that
if we keep our sins with us and do not
confess before the Lord that that our prayer would not be
heard and our prayer would not be
answered therefore we must confess our sin and this confession in
prayer not only receive forgiveness from the Lord but also it restore our sweet
Fellowship our sweet Rel relationship with the Lord
therefore brother and sister our prayer might be hard so that
our sweet fellowship with God might be restored let us confess
sincerely before the Lord our sins
II. Prayer Overcomes Fear (Philippians 4:6-7)
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secondly prayer give us comfort and peace of
mind in other words prayer overcomes
fear as we are living in this sin C world full of troubles and sorrow and
suffering and even future
uncertainty if we pray honestly unto the Lord we will have peace of mind because
the Bible the word of God promise us so let us turn to Philippians chapter 4
vers 6- 7 Philippians
4 vers 6- 7 let me read for all of
us here the Apostle Paul the Apostle
Paul exort us be careful for nothing but in everything
by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your request be made
known unto God and the peace of God which passes all understanding shall
keep your hearts and Minds through Christ
Jesus the Bible clearly
promises the word of God promise US that if
we pray honestly unto the Lord with Thanksgiving and trusting in
Him and if we ask things agreeable to his will in the name of Jesus Christ
then here is the answer the promise is here the peace of
God which passes all understanding shall keep our hearts and Mind through our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in this
world if we look around what's
happening and if we turn on our
televisions there we can can see no peace only War
fighting hatred and so on there is no peace in this
world as we know that because of
sin we all the people in this world are
suffering many kinds of trouble
difficulties and there is no peace at all but we are promised here as we come
before the Lord in prayer the peace of God the peace of God God will grant us
peace in our heart and our mind as we commit ourself and our care
and pray unto him and this peace is none other than internal
calmness and security of course when we think of the
future of our children even especially in Myanmar as
we are in this political chaos when we think about about
tomorrow when we think of next
month of course no one knows what will
happen the future is not bright at all humanly
speaking but when we pray and commit
ourself unto the Lord if our children
and even the situations if we commit unto the Lord
and trust in him then we can have this peace of
mind the peace that God has promised
us even in this kind of situation of course in this world we
will have even tribulation we will
face many troubles but if
we go before the Lord in prayer
then we will have this peace of mind the
peace of God which passes all understanding even the unbeliever and
the worldly people May wonder when
we enjoy happiness in the Lord when we rejoice in the Lord even in
this kind of situations difficulties and
trouble yes the wly people will not understand what we have
in Christ by Jesus the peace of
God yes our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ promise his disciple before his Ascension peace I live with thee peace I
live with you and my peace is not as the world give you
but the Peace of Christ that we have is Supernatural
peace which passes all understanding even sometimes the
believer we ourself cannot understand it is beyond
our knowledge and imaginations though we face with
difficulties and troubles but when we
pray and have fellowship with the Lord confessing our sins before the Lord then
we are filled with joy and happiness and we have peace of M because Jesus said in
Matthew 16:33 I have overcome the world yes
nothing can destroy nothing can put away
way the peace that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ if
we pray honestly and have sweet fellowship with the
Lord yes in this world we will face with
Temptations and sins and fleshly desires as we are still
in this body but if we pray
then prayer will keep us from falling into temptation and sins
III. Prayer Keeps Us From Yielding To Temptation (Matthew 26:41; 1 Peter 5:8)
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if we look at Matthew CH 26 verse
41 and also in other gospel mark 14:38
Luke 2240 there we
see our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the night he was betrayed he
was praying in the garden of Gman with his
disciple but the disciple could not wait for
him well our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was
praying submitting his will unto the will of the
Father the disciple were
sleeping when Jesus came and saw them
sleeping Jesus said Watch and Pray
lest you fall into temptation therefore the third
benefit of prayer what we are going to meditate
tonight is that it keep us from yielding into
Temptations and sins and even our sinful
desire of course the Believers are Satan
Target he tried to T us he tried to lead us into
sin he tried to Mar and even try to destroy our
Christian testimony and witness in this
world as we we see in 1 Peter 5:
7 we see that we are exalted to cast all our
cares unto the Lord in prayer because God care for
us and in verse 8 we are once again reminded of Satan's
active walking in this world especially upon the
Believers our adversary the devil as a rowing
lion is walking here and there trying to find whom he may
devot therefore we must be very
careful how can we resist all this Temptations and our
fleshly desire and sinful desire only
by praying always in the Lord we must pray
honestly so that we might not fall into Temptations
men are prone to
sin how can we resist this temptation yes we need to put on the whole armor of
God top of that we must pray
earnestly unto the Lord only by prayer and and in fellowship with the
Lord then we will be able to overcome our sinful desires and even the
Temptation Of Satan Satan is so
conning he will try his best to lure
us and make us fall into temptation and sin therefore brothers and sisters
don't put your confidence in your wisdom and
knowledge and your past experience and your past achievement in
your spiritual work but rather daily every day we must
trust in the Lord put our confidence in him put our
cares in his hand so that we will be able to overcome The Temptations and
sins through Christ who strengthen us we
can do everything but how can we get the strengthening power of Christ
only only by praying only by
going unto the throne of grace confess your
sins confess our sins and
also put our trust and confidence in him
and trust in him not put
not putting our trust and confidence in ourself because we are so
weak we are nothing without Christ therefore we must go to Christ we must
go to God the father in prayer for Help by so doing we will be able to
overcome the temptation and sin.
Conclusion
dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ tonight we meditate on the three important benefits of
prayer prayer cleanses our
sins at confessions of our sins of course if we confess our sins
God is faithful and righteous to forgive our sins and our
relationship and the sweet Fellowship will be
restored and the second benefit is that when we
pray trusting in our
god with humility and sincerely
then the peace of God will keep
us especially our hearts and mind this peace of God that we
have is Supernatural one unbeliever will not understand even in
terms of troubles and difficulties and even in times of prosperity
we can have this peace of God in this sin world and the third one
is this if we pray confessing our
sins and pray earnestly unto the
Lord trusting in his power then we can can overcome
Temptations and sins even our adversary the devil Satan
may try his best to put us down in our spiritual walk with the Lord
he will not be able to overcome
us he will be defeated
rather by by prayer so brother and sister knowing all
these important benefits of prayer acknowledging the benefits of
prayer let us continue to pray honestly fervently and
consistently so that our fellowship with God will be
restored our sins will be forgiven and we will have peace even in
this sin Car World in the most difficult
time and also we will be able to overcome the Temptation Of Satan may the
Lord help us let us pray Our Father we thank thee for thy
Closing Prayer
words with we thank thee for the privilege to pray unto
thee Lord as we come before thee in prayer Lord forgive us of all
our sins we acknowledge that we are sinners just saved by
grace forgive all our sins committed knowingly
annoyingly in words in thoughts in our action Lord once again we pray that thou
would also continue to bless us with spiritual discernment as we are living in this
sinur world full of confusions even in the midst of the Temptation Of Satan Lord give us wisdom
from above so that we may know how to approach thy throne of
grace and always have fellowship with thee Lord help us and bless each one of
us here as we pray unto you all these things we pray in Jesus name amen