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369 names, titles and epithets of our LORD |
Pater nosterPater noster, qui es in caelis:
sanctificetur nomen tuum; adveniat regnum tuum |
Possessor of heaven and earthBlessed be Abraham of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth.
GENESIS 14:19 NKJV |
fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, et interra.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da noblis hodie; et dimitte noblis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris; et ne nos inductas in tentationem; sed libra nos a malo. Amen. |
I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High,
the Possessor of heaven and earth. GENESIS 14:22 NKJV |
Personified prayer( May each of us be the embodiment of prayer ) |
PotentateHe who is the blessed and only Potentate,
the King of kings and Lord of lords. 1 Timothy 6:15 NKJV |
Posture and movement of the body can express pleading, submission, love , celebration, worship and even unity .
The action of " going up a mountain " "lifting holy hands" "shouting" "singing" "dancing", "raising eyes heavenward" , can express spontaneous,heart felt feeling in prayer. |
PotterYou are our Father
We are the clay, and you are our potter; and all of us are the work of Your hand. ISAIAH 64:8 |
Scripture demands that prayer be much more than a cerebral matter and should involve body , soul, and spirit and heart and mind.
Prayer incorporating all our strength, includes our love, our courage, our integrity, our resolution and understanding , our devotion and purpose, our tenderness and our compassion. |
Power of God JesusTo those God has called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1st Corinthians Ch 1 v 24 NIV |
The Godward movement within us as we kneel,, bow, cry out, or weep
demonstrates the unity in prayer of so much of the person each one of us is..... made in the image of God, alive and active and in unity and harmony, as divinely intended, |
Power of the Highest" The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
LUKE 1:35 N.I.V. |
Personal prayerGradually we come to realize that God is calling us into something very personal, something that demands a personal response.That personal response is made in prayer.
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PreacherFrom that time Jesus began to preach and to say " Repent for the kingdom of God
is at hand. " MATTHEW 4:17 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God MARK 1:14 |
PENITENTIAL PrayerIn Prayer of Penitence we ask for pardon for our faults, and resolve to serve Him afresh in newness of life .
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But He said to them "Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also,
because for this purpose I have come forth " MARK 1: 38 NKJV And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee.... MARK 1:39 |
Psalm 51 Jerusalem(1) Have mercy on me ,O God, in your goodness
in your great tenderness wipe away my faults; (3) For I am well aware of my faults I have my sin constantly on my mind. |
Precious CornerstoneTherefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation
A tried stone a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. ISAIAH 28:16 NKJV |
(10) God create a new heart in me
put in me a new and constant spirit (17) My sacrifice is a broken spirit you will not scorn a crushed and broken heart. |
chosen and precious.....you have tasted that the Lord is gracious
Coming to Him as a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen by God and precious. 1 PETER 2:4 |
Petition1st Timothy ch2 v 1 & 2 NAB
First of all , I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered for all men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . |
Priest HiereusJesus because He continues forever has an unchangeable priesthood.
Therefore He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him |
The Lord's Prayer is not a hymn but a sevenfold petition.
The Lord's Prayer is a prayer of petition which speaks to God and is not a mere exorcism of one's own heart, but boldly and explicitly ventures to ask Him for bread, peace. restraint of enemies, health and the spread of His kingdom on Earth, |
Since He always lives to make intercession for them
For such a High Priest was fitting for us. . . HEBREWS 7:24+ We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens. HEBREWS 8:1 NKJV |
When the Countess of Huntingdon was asked by Lord Bolingbroke how she could pray such earnest prayer and yet remain submitted to the divine will, the Countess quietly answered, " My Lord, that is a matter of no difficulty. If I were a courtier of some generous king and he gave me permission to ask any favour I pleased of him, I should be sure to put it thus.
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PrinceThe God of our fathers raised up Jesus
whom you murdered by hanging on a tree Him God has exalted to His right hand |
Will your majesty be graciously pleased to grant me such and such a favour, but at the same time, though I very much desire it, if it would in any way detract from your majesty's honour, or if in your majesty's judgment it should seem better that I did not recieve this thing, I shall be quite as content to go without as to receive it.
So you see, I might earnestly offer a petition, and yet I might submissively leave |
to be Prince and Saviour, to give
repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins ACTS 5 : 31 |
it in the king's hands.
So the kind of prayer that will not take "no" for an answer does not recognise the full sovereignty of the Lord our God. Did not Judas feel that he had the "best" idea ? |
Prince of Life the Prince of Life
whom God raised from the dead ACTS 3 :15 |
Our prayer of petition is not a plea for life and the things of this life, but a submission to the will of God even when that will points to deprivation and perhaps to death.
Not my will but thine be done LUKE 22:42 We are shown that complete sub - mission must animate all prayer. |
Prince of Peace Sar ShalomIn Isaiah 9:6 the Messiah Himself
is called Sar-Shalom " Prince of Peace " |
The Seven Petitions1st Hallowed be thy name
2nd Thy kingdom come 3rd Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven |
Prince of the kings of the EarthAnd from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood And has made us kings and priests
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4th Give us this day our daily bread
5th forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors 6th and lead us not into temptation 7th but deliver us from evil. |
unto God and his Father ;to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever .Amen
REVELATION 1:5&6 AV |