The Privilege of Prayer

 

 

            The privilege of prayer is to speak personally to God.  It is spoken of in I Chronicles 29:10-15 when David gives praise to God.  "Blessed are You, Lord God of

                                                         Israel, our Father, forever and ever.

                                                          Yours Oh Lord, is the greatness,

                                                           The power and the glory,

                                                            The victory and the majesty;

                                                             For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;

                                                              Yours is the Kingdom, Oh Lord,

                                                            And You are exalted as head overall.

                                                           Now therefore, Our God,

                                                           We thank You 

                                                            And praise your glorious name

                                                            But who am I, and who are my people,

                                                            That we should be able to offer so willingly as this?

                                                             For all things come from You,

                                                              And of Your own we have given You.

                                                              For we are aliens and pilgrims before You,

                                                              As were all our Fathers;

                                                              Our days on earth are as a shadow,

                                                               And without hope."   

Then again the assembly joined in a mass prayer as we are told in verse 20 where it says they "bless the

Lord God of their fathers bowing their heads and prostrating themselves before the Lord and king."  

This tells us how we should pray as well as not just bowing our heads, but fully prostrating our bodies.

To prostrate oneself means to fully lay down with your face upon the ground.

                Part of the anointing process of King David's son was not just the prayer, but a sacrifice 

as well, which is found in verse 21.  We would not make a sacrifice today but simply pray for our 

leaders as we are told to do in I Timothy 2:1-2.  So, when a new leader is chosen (whether we are for 

or against them), regardless of what government, be it church or state, we should offer up prayers for

 them.  Even so, we should offer up prayers for one another as long as it is called today.

                In I Corinthians 7:5 we are told to "pray with fasting".  Furthermore, we are told to come 

together again, so that the Devil cannot tempt us.  So, prayer can and will keep us from Satan's snares.

But only if we pray for one another as well as ourselves.  From what I have learned fasting is 

something you have to learn to do, and even then it must be done for a reason.

Paul D. Eccles