Monday 3/2/15 Talking to God (6)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for all You do for all of us. Please forgive me when I sin and mess up. Please help me repent and work even harder to lead the unsaved to You. Lord, please take care of that baby in the womb, as You knew that baby even before it was placed in the womb. Lord, please help me with my memory and to get better organized. Lord, be with Your people from our homeland, Lord, and watch over them. Be with them while they are here in America. Lord, please help me now with the message and to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, we need to cover Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with prayer and we need to pray for all citizens of Israel. Christians, this is indeed our homeland. This was the home ground of our Lord Jesus when He walked the earth. I want to get on to the message. I had asked this question, where is the best place to pray?

Monday: March 3, 2015: Talking to God (Day Six)

Matthew 6:5 - "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray; go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, when we read the scriptures we can see that the very best place to pray is in a place where you can be alone. The King James Bible uses the word closet, and the Greek word for room in the Bible means storeroom. It means we need to go to a place where we can close the door to pray. Does this mean that we should not pray other than in your room or closet or a storeroom? No. This is Jesus telling all of us that we should not be running at the mouth when we pray. If we really want to  have a good heart-to-heart with our Father in Heaven, we should pick a nice quiet place and pray. Jesus is pointing out here how some people just stand and pray and go over and over the same thing. "Babbling" is the term used by Jesus. I was told early on after I started preaching, "Do not pray a sermon." Is it okay to pray other than in private? Sure. Jesus set examples of that. He prayed for people and touched them and healed them. Myself, I have prayed for people right in the food store, in doctors offices, and other places. However, I was praying out loud, but quietly with people. I will be talking more about this tomorrow along with posting other scriptures covering the subject of praying. Speaking of praying, time for the sinners' prayer.

Is this your day to come to Jesus? I can't save you, but I sure can pray and lead you to Jesus. This is an "I" prayer, and again, I can only lead you.

Dear Father in Heaven, I love You and I ask You to forgive me of my sins. I confess with my mouth and I believe in my heart that Jesus died on the cross, was risen from the dead, and that Jesus is indeed the only way to heaven. Please place my name in the Book of Life today. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please share the love.

Pastor Dan