JESUS AND PRAYER: #1

JESUS AND PRAYER: #1

GOD RESPONDS TO FAITH, NOT TO MUCH SPEAKING

Jesus said something else about prayer in (Matthew 6:5-7), He said, "...when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do...". 

Here is Jesus saying, "don't be like the hypocrites in your praying, and don't be like the heathen in your praying. Jesus said the heathen thought they would be heard because of their repetitions, or because of their "much speaking." That's the way the heathen or the unsaved in the world think.

"Vain repetition" means just repeating the same prayer- saying the same words or phrases over and over again . Some think they will be heard by God by doing that, but they won't. It is the prayer of Faith that pleases God, and is such that God hears not vain repetition. God responds to Faith, not speeches.

Certainly, praying loud is scriptural, but God is not going to hear your prayers because you pray loudly, nor will He hear you because you pray quietly. No, God hears you because you believe Him when you pray, and because you come to Him according to His Word. 

Jesus said that; "...for your Father knows what things you are in need of before you ask Him" (Matthew 6:8). God knows your need before you ask, but yet He wants you to ask for your needs to be met because He said in His Word we are to ask.

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