January 17th, 2016 (Sunday)
[Topic] - HEARTY PRAYERS
[Scripture] - 1 Samuel 1:9 (KJV)."Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken."
[Message] - Good morning ☺. Happy Sunday.
Many wonder why they pray and they do not get answers. One reason could be that they may not have prayed from their hearts.
Prayer is a heart-to-heart communication with God. One heart speaking to the other and the other responding. Prayer is man connecting with Divinity through the heart. Prayer should not be vain repetitions which is, sadly, what many do.
When we pray, we should pour our hearts to God and not speak through feelings of emotions. If we channel our prayers through anger, bitterness, sadness, dejection etc, we would pray the wrong prayer points and say the wrong things. This was the case with Elijah and Samson (I kings 19:1-4, Judges 16:27-30). Rather, prayer should be done through the heart, forgetting emotions and truly speaking hearty matters to God.
In our text, Hannah was in bitterness of soul, yet when she prayed, it was from her heart to God. Jabez, in I Chro. 4:9-10, prayed a prayer directly from the heart. And such prayers, God cannot overlook (Psalm 51:17).
God knows exactly how we feel, He knows our needs, even before we ask for them. As long as all conditions for what you're asking for have been met (faith, soul winning, sacrifice), as soon as we ask, and we ask according to His will, we receive.
Praying from emotions of fear, sadness, dejection, loss, bitterness and anger will make us raise our voices at God, talk with disrespect and complain.
#SELAH
Further Bible Study :- 1 Samuel 1:9-19, Luke18 : 1-9
Bible in one year plan :- Deuteronomy 16:18. - Deuteronomy 19:14, Job 5:17 - Job 6:7
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