Prayer

Last week i had attended Bethel's family camp. The title of the camp is ' Teach us how to pray'.
This camp has struck me. Let me share something that I have learned in this camp.

( Driven to pray)
Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. Mark 1:12
This verse show that Jesus was drive to pray. So, are we driven to pray? Driven is what we would do every single day and constantly, not fitfully. Many people do not drive to pray. If we not driven to pray, slowly we will stop praying after some times. Therefore, we need to make prayer as the most natural thing in our life. When we encounter something in our life, the first thing come to us is prayer. If we want to make ourselves driven to pray, we need to touch our feeling. We are unable to pray for somebody or something without any feeling. Beside that, we also need the Spirit of God to help us because we won't be driven on our own, we have to work with Spirit of God and Spirit of God will helps us.

There are many things will block us to pray, demon will try what ever he can to stop us pray.
So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. Luke 5:16
This show that Jesus prayed oftenly. So we also need to pray oftenly.
Luke 11.1
Jesus didn't teach his disciples to pray until they asked him how to pray. We need to have the desire to pray. We would not pray if we dont have that desire. Have you ever asked God how to pray? we have to really learn desire to pray.

Hypocrisy is a severe problem of prayer as well.
Matthew 6:7 said that when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. God would not interested in these prayer that have been repeated again and again. Moreover, prayer is about the whole relationship with God. We can build a good relationship between us and our father. As God is our father, we need to be polite when we pray to God and learn how to respect our father. We also need to practise our prayer everyday.

(Determination)
Prayer must be followed by action. So, say less and pray more. A feeling has to be aroused to be pray. Driven lead to determination. Do we have the determination to pray? Do we concentrate in our prayer? If we have the determination, our concentration will be increase by second to a second.

(Discernment)
Discernment will bring us wisdom. Daniel 2:21 - he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. We have to seek God in prayer.

We have to work hard in our prayer life. Do not say we cannot make it. We have to believe that power of God is working in ME. Are you believe this in all your heart?

These is part of the thing that i have learned. Will share the other in the next post. Hope you all understand what i am trying to convey.