What is Prayer?
What is Prayer
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
James 4:7-10Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Prayer: (Webster's Dictionary)- an address (such as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought
- a set order of words used in praying
- an earnest request or wish
- the act or practice of praying to God or a god
- a religious service consisting chiefly of prayers —often used in plural
- something prayed for
- a slight chance
In Hebrewpalal: To pray, to intercede, to judgeOriginal Word: פָּלַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: palal
Pronunciation: pah-LAHL
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-lal')
Definition: To pray, to intercede, to judge
Meaning: to judge, to intercede, pray
Prayer is communicating with God.
Communication: (Webster's Dictionary)
- a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior
- exchange of information
- information communicated : information transmitted or conveyed
- a verbal or written message
Prayer involves:- Speaking
- Psalm 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
- You must speak for God to be able to hear.
- Listening
- 1 Samuel 3:9-10 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
- John 10:4-5And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
- You must listen to hear God
- John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
- You must listen in order to learn.
- Seeing
- Habakkuk 2:1-3 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- Sometimes God speaks by showing you dreams or visions.
- Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- God says to watch and pray. Watching normally involves sight.
James 4:7-10
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Prayer: (Webster's Dictionary)
- an address (such as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought
- a set order of words used in praying
- an earnest request or wish
- the act or practice of praying to God or a god
- a religious service consisting chiefly of prayers —often used in plural
- something prayed for
- a slight chance
In Hebrew
palal: To pray, to intercede, to judge
Original Word: פָּלַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: palal
Pronunciation: pah-LAHL
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-lal')
Definition: To pray, to intercede, to judge
Meaning: to judge, to intercede, pray
Prayer is communicating with God.
Communication: (Webster's Dictionary)
- a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior
- exchange of information
- information communicated : information transmitted or conveyed
- a verbal or written message
Prayer involves:
- Psalm 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
- You must speak for God to be able to hear.
- 1 Samuel 3:9-10 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
- John 10:4-5And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
- You must listen to hear God
- John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
- You must listen in order to learn.
- Habakkuk 2:1-3 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- Sometimes God speaks by showing you dreams or visions.
- Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- God says to watch and pray. Watching normally involves sight.
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