Day 43: A 32 Second Prayer

N.B. Hard

eman began a Gospel meeting preaching on the topic of prayer. He stated because of the essentiality of prayer it would be an appropriate way to begin a meeting. It would be just as possible "to live physical life without breathing as it is to live spiritual life without prayer," Hardeman observed. Then he quoted the model prayer of our Lord deliberately slower as if he were praying. This brief prayer lasted 32 seconds, and he quipped, "If I were asked to lead a prayer and prayed only 32 seconds you would say, 'Hardeman ran out of soup!'" The content of prayer is much more important than the length of a prayer.

Let us learn from this great preacher as he taught about our Master's prayer in Luke 11:2-4:

Reverence: "Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name."
Loyalty: "Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Dependency: "Give us day by day our daily bread."
Forgiveness: "And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us."
Trust: "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

Prayer is communing with God from our heart. Does your heart meditate on God's grandeur? Does your life prove loyal to God? Do you humbly recognize all good gifts are from God? Have you forgiven yourself and others? Do you follow Christ's will even when temptation allures you? If not, are you penitently seeking God's forgiveness? If we can answer "yes" to these we ought to be able to pray the model prayer. If we can't, maybe we need to repent and pray. It's impossible to live wrong and pray right! But it is essential to pray right to have spiritual life!

Written by David Shannon, preacher at Mt. Juliet

# posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Sunday, December 26, 2010

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Day 43: A 32 Second Prayer N.B. Hardeman began a Gospel meeting preaching on the topic of prayer. He stated because of the essentiality of prayer it would be an appropriate way to begin a meeting. It would be just as possible "to live physical life without breathing as it is to live spiritual life without prayer," Hardeman observed. Then he quoted the model prayer of our Lord deliberately slower as if he were praying. This brief prayer lasted 32 seconds, and he quipped, "If I were asked to lead a prayer and prayed only 32 seconds you would say, 'Hardeman ran out of soup!'" The content of prayer is much more important than the length of a prayer. Let us learn from this great preacher as he taught about our Master's prayer in Luke 11:2-4: Reverence: "Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name." Loyalty: "Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Dependency: "Give us day by day our daily bread." Forgiveness: "And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us." Trust: "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." Prayer is communing with God from our heart. Does your heart meditate on God's grandeur? Does your life prove loyal to God? Do you humbly recognize all good gifts are from God? Have you forgiven yourself and others? Do you follow Christ's will even when temptation allures you? If not, are you penitently seeking God's forgiveness? If we can answer "yes" to these we ought to be able to pray the model prayer. If we can't, maybe we need to repent and pray. It's impossible to live wrong and pray right! But it is essential to pray right to have spiritual life! Written by David Shannon, preacher at Mt. Juliet # posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Sunday, December 26, 2010 Comments: Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37122-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: November 2010 December 2010

Day 43: A 32 Second Prayer

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