Name: 真実は...祈り (The Truth About... Prayer)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:51:32.000Z
Duration: 35 min 24 s
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This is a production of World Video Bible School.

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When the very first Christians began assembling together right at the start of

Luke tells us about their habit, or manner, of behaving:

"And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the

breaking of bread, and in prayers," Acts 2:42.

From the very beginning of not only their Christian lives,

but the life of Christianity, prayer was a central part.

To study prayer is to look at something that is a part of the public worship

it's to be a vital part of our daily private lives.

meaning "petition," "entreaty," "request."

It's "the sincere desire of the heart expressed in words to God,"

It's not simply an attitude or desire, but an audible expression.

Jesus said in Matthew 7 and verse 7: "Ask  and it shall be given unto you..."

Prayer is "pouring out the soul in words expressed to God,"

like Hannah did in 1 Samuel 1 and verse 15.

Long ago, someone beautifully, simply, expressed it this way.

and prayer is our way of talking to God."

In the days of the Bible, God sometimes spoke to man directly.

You might recall that He spoke to Moses through a burning bush.

He spoke to the prophet Balaam through a donkey.

He spoke to men through visions and angels, and even directly.

We read in Hebrews 1 and verse 1, that: "God, who at various times and in various ways

spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has

in these last days spoken to us by His Son..."

In ancient times, man, at times, was able to speak to God directly.

who spoke to him were speaking to God in the flesh.

we are engaging in the highest honor that a person could ever hope to achieve.

What if you could speak to the person that you thought was the most powerful

In prayer you approach One endlessly, more wise, more powerful,

It would be a thrill to be able to go back through time

and to visit a worship service of the early church.

To hear the matters of concern that filled those prayers;

to hear the ways that they praised  their Heavenly Father; to hear their

the establishment of the church, Acts 1:23 to 26?

It immediately followed the establishment of the church, Acts 2 and verse 42.

Luke records in Acts, chapter 4, verse 23:

And being let go, they went to their own companions

and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

So when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord

Which has made heaven and earth and the sea,

who by the mouth of Thy servant David has said:

kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered

together against the Lord and against His Christ.

For of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus,

and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered

for to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determine before to be done.

and grant unto Thy servants that with all boldness they may speak Thy word,

and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of Thy holy child Jesus."

the place was shaken where they were assembled together,

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit,

and they spake the word of God with boldness.

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of the one

that all of the things which he possessed with his own, but they had all

Notice that Peter and John had been threatened.

They recognize God for Who He is: the Lord of heaven and earth. Verse 24.

They recognized the eternal purpose of God on the earth. Verse 27

They asked for God's help with their  enemies, with their own courage,

and in showing that they were preaching the truth. Verse 29 and 30.