May.23.07: Light for the Day - "A Picture of Prayer" (Viet)  (<<) (>>)
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("Pray To Receive Christ")

-- Jude 1:20-21
20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.


Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of You.
O, Father, give to your child what he himself knows not how to ask.
Teach me to pray. Pray Yourself in me. ~ F.Fenelon

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My Prayer

Upon my heart I say a Prayer
I know that You are always there
Feel Your Spirit soft and warm
Carry me through all life's storms

Every sorrow will abate
While deep in thought I contemplate
Feel Your Presence always near
Enter now there is no fear

What glory in this heart of mine
That fills me with Your Love Divine
I know You love with special grace
My soul can somehow see Your Face

Softly looking down on me
Feel this Love so constantly
No matter where in life I go
This the constant I will know

The Love You give is so complete
It fills my heart with joy I seek
Bowing down with reverence
Seeking Holy Countenance

Feel Your Spirit standing by
Holding on with life's reply
Walk with me I ask and Pray
Give me purpose every day.

-- F.Pucillo



Every true prayer has its background and its foreground. The foreground of prayer is the intense, immediate desire for a certain blessing which seems to be absolutely necessary for the soul to have; the background of prayer is the quiet, earnest desire that the will of God, whatever it may be, should be done. What a picture is the perfect prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane! In front burns the strong desire to escape death and to live; but behind there stands, calm and strong, the craving of the whole life for the doing of the will of God... Leave out the foreground, let there be no expression of the will of him who prays, and there is left a pure submission which is almost fatalism. Leave out the background, let there be no acceptance of the will of God, and the prayer is only an expression of self-will, a petulant claiming of the uncorrected choice of him who prays. Only when the two are there together, the special desire resting on the universal submission, the universal submission opening into the special desire, is the picture perfect and the prayer complete. ~ Phillips Brooks



-- Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should Always Pray and Not Give Up.

-- Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

-- Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.

-- Matthew 6:9-13
9 This, then, is how you should pray: "’Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, 10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

-- Philippians 4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

-- Colossians 4:2-6
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

-- 1 Thessalonians 5:17-25
17 Pray continually 18 Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt. 21 Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22 Avoid every kind of evil. 23 May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it. 25 Beloved, pray for us.

-- 1 Timothy 2:1-4
1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 Who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

-- 2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.

-- Ephesians 1:16
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

-- Romans 8:26-28
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

-- Ephesians 6:18-20
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

-- Acts 6:2-4
2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. 3 Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word."

-- Acts 10:2
He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.

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-- Deuteronomy 4:7-9
7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to Him? 8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today? 9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

-- 2 Chronicles 7:14
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

-- Jeremiah 29:11-13; 33:3
11 "For I know the Plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "Plans to Prosper you and not to harm you, Plans to give you Hope and a Future. 12 Then you will Call upon Me and Come and Pray to Me, and I will Listen to you. 13 You will Seek Me and Find Me when you Seek Me with all your heart." ++ 33:3 Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

-- Psalm 34:4
I Sought the LORD, and He Heard me, And Delivered me from all my fears.

-- Psalms 116:1-2
1 I love the LORD because He Hears and Answers my Prayers. 2 Because He turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

-- Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a Refuge for us.