By Andrew Williams – December 2,2021
To Seth, also, a son was born, whom he named Enosh (mortal man, mankind). At that [same] time men began to call on the name of the Lord [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
Genesis 4:26 AMP
Good morning fellow disciples.
What is prayer? Simply put, prayer is conversing with God. Not just talking to the Lord but listening. The latter is easy (being quiet before God). The former is easy as well (saying what’s on your heart). Merriam-Webster defines prayer as “an address (such as a petition) to God in word or thought.
We know that Adam and Eve spent time conversing with God and listening to Him in the Garden of Eden. Even after the fall and God kicked them out of the garden they continued to speak with God and to have conversations with Him. We see Cain and Abel presenting offerings to God and God speaking to Cain after he killed his brother.
However, in this verse it says that for the first time people started seeking God by worshipping Him in prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. As believers of God in this day and age, we also come to God in prayer.
We spend time in prayer with God to be intimate with Him, to get to know Him, to get to understand Him, to hear from Him, to speak to Him, and to listen to Him. That’s what fellowship and relationship with God is all about. So today, let us spend some time in prayer.
Our Prayer today is the prayer that Jesus prayed for all believers found in John 17:20-26 TPT:
“And I ask not only for these disciples, but also for all those who will one day believe in me through their message. I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as you and I, Father, are joined together as one.
I pray for them to become one with us so that the world will recognize that you sent me. For the very glory you have given to me I have given them so that they will be joined together as one and experience the same unity that we enjoy.
You live fully in me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that you have sent me, for they will see that you love each one of them with the same passionate love that you have for me.
“Father, I ask that you allow everyone that you have given to me to be with me where I am! Then they will see my full glory— the very splendor you have placed upon me because you have loved me even before the beginning of time.
“You are my righteous Father, but the unbelieving world has never known you in the perfect way that I know you! And all those who believe in me also know that you have sent me! I have revealed to them who you are and I will continue to make you even more real to them, so that they may experience the same endless love that you have for me, for your love will now live in them, even as I live in them!”
Amen.
Amen.