1. It is focused on God's presence and kingdom (Acts 4, Exodus 33, Nehemiah 1).
- a request for grace to confess sins and humble ourselves
- a compassion and zeal for the flourishing of the church
- a yearning to know God, to see his face, to see his glory
2. It is bold and specific.
- pacesetters in prayer spend time in self-examination
- in the context of the gospel, it is purifying and strenthening
- pray that the world might see the glory of God through his people
3. It is prevailing, corporate.
- prayer should be constant, not sporadic and brief
- pray withouth ceasing, pray long and hard
- the process will have our hard hearts melted, to tear down barriers, to have the glory of God break through.
5 comments:
Those seem to be Biblical ideas.
Yes, I think so Matthew.
Great perspective. So much of prayer seems to be anthropocentric.
Jonathan, thanks for dropping by my blog. I agree with you that many of our prayers are anthropocentric. This is a good reminder for me personally, as I am guilty of praying like that at times too.
Yeah!
Our Lord is just a prayer away :)
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