I heard recently that every revelation we have...from a sermon; in a Bible study; in our Sunday school classes; in conversation with a godly friend...EVERYTHING we are learning is meant by God to impact our prayer life. It is meant to impact how we pray.
Do you agree? Why or why not?
Have you ever intentionally asked God to use what you are learning on Sunday mornings, no matter how personally relevant the sermon may or may not be, to transform your prayer life?
In what ways, recently, have you personally noticed God directly using what you have been learning about Him to impact and mold your prayer life?
Monday
Study of Hebrew 4:16
"Let us, therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help, in time of need."
Let us...who is us?
We, being the ones praying – the ones in need, the intercessors praying for others. The ones bringing things, issues, requests, desires, and wills to the foot of the throne of God.
How...how should we come? boldly!
The greek word for boldly is: parrhesia, which means: freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speaking. 1) openly, frankly. without concealment. without ambiguity or circumlocution (the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive). without the use of figures & comparisons. 2)free and fearless. with confidence, cheerfulness. with courage and assurance.
Boldly is a derivative of rheo which means: a pouring forth. to pour forth, to utter, speak, say, speak of, command, make.
{Does this, perhaps, have to do with how we speak to God as praying people, as intercessors?}
Come unto where? the throne of grace. Grace meaning: charis – God's merciful kindness.
What happens at the throne of His merciful kindness when we boldly pray?...
We obtain = grk: lambano – to take up a thing to be carried. to take in order to carry away. to claim. to take possession of..to collect, gather, receive, to gain.
We obtain what?... mercy.
God's Mercy: grk: eleos – kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with the desire to help them.
{If God offers His mercy to us for us to take hold of – take on – take possession of is it then for us to have within ourselves for others as God's active partners in prayer with a desire to help them? – Could it be that this mercy we obtain isn't necessarily always for us, but for us to take up and use as intercessors?}
What else happens at the foot of God's throne?...
We find grace.
Find: grk: heurisko – 1)to come upon, hit upon, meet with. after searching, find a thing sought. 2)to discover, understand, see, learn. to come to know. to discover. to recognize by inquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, practice and experience.
Grace: grk: charis – good will, lovingkindness, favour by which God, exerting His holy influence upon souls: 1) turns them to Christ; 2)keeps them; 3) strengthens them; 4) increases their faith; 5) increases their knowledge; 6)increases their affection; and 7) kindles them to exercise the virtues of Christ.
What are we to do with the mercy and grace we obtain and find at the throne of God?...
We are to use them to help.
{"help" usually means in as it pertains to others – us, me, you helping others. How can we actively and daily use the mercy and grace obtained and found to pray for God to exert His holy influence upon souls to trust and accept Jesus as their Savior, to hold them close to Him, to strengthen and encourage them, to increase their faith, to pray for them to gain more knowledge of and love for God and to be able to live life God's way through the example of Jesus Christ?}
When?... in time of need: grk: eukairos – season, timely, opportune.
{It was Ginny T. who recently said that we, as intercessors, can do everything we can to make ourselves available, but it is GOD who creates the opportunity. He will show us the time of need, yes?}
{Now, i don't know, but as someone who wants to make prayer more of a priority, not only in my own life but also in the lives of others and our church, this one verse us HUGE in coming to understand and be encouraged by the what, where, when, why and how to pray to our loving and merciful God. Do you agree? What insights do you have in regards to Hebrews 4:16?}
Let us...who is us?
We, being the ones praying – the ones in need, the intercessors praying for others. The ones bringing things, issues, requests, desires, and wills to the foot of the throne of God.
How...how should we come? boldly!
The greek word for boldly is: parrhesia, which means: freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speaking. 1) openly, frankly. without concealment. without ambiguity or circumlocution (the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive). without the use of figures & comparisons. 2)free and fearless. with confidence, cheerfulness. with courage and assurance.
Boldly is a derivative of rheo which means: a pouring forth. to pour forth, to utter, speak, say, speak of, command, make.
{Does this, perhaps, have to do with how we speak to God as praying people, as intercessors?}
Come unto where? the throne of grace. Grace meaning: charis – God's merciful kindness.
What happens at the throne of His merciful kindness when we boldly pray?...
We obtain = grk: lambano – to take up a thing to be carried. to take in order to carry away. to claim. to take possession of..to collect, gather, receive, to gain.
We obtain what?... mercy.
God's Mercy: grk: eleos – kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with the desire to help them.
{If God offers His mercy to us for us to take hold of – take on – take possession of is it then for us to have within ourselves for others as God's active partners in prayer with a desire to help them? – Could it be that this mercy we obtain isn't necessarily always for us, but for us to take up and use as intercessors?}
What else happens at the foot of God's throne?...
We find grace.
Find: grk: heurisko – 1)to come upon, hit upon, meet with. after searching, find a thing sought. 2)to discover, understand, see, learn. to come to know. to discover. to recognize by inquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, practice and experience.
Grace: grk: charis – good will, lovingkindness, favour by which God, exerting His holy influence upon souls: 1) turns them to Christ; 2)keeps them; 3) strengthens them; 4) increases their faith; 5) increases their knowledge; 6)increases their affection; and 7) kindles them to exercise the virtues of Christ.
What are we to do with the mercy and grace we obtain and find at the throne of God?...
We are to use them to help.
{"help" usually means in as it pertains to others – us, me, you helping others. How can we actively and daily use the mercy and grace obtained and found to pray for God to exert His holy influence upon souls to trust and accept Jesus as their Savior, to hold them close to Him, to strengthen and encourage them, to increase their faith, to pray for them to gain more knowledge of and love for God and to be able to live life God's way through the example of Jesus Christ?}
When?... in time of need: grk: eukairos – season, timely, opportune.
{It was Ginny T. who recently said that we, as intercessors, can do everything we can to make ourselves available, but it is GOD who creates the opportunity. He will show us the time of need, yes?}
{Now, i don't know, but as someone who wants to make prayer more of a priority, not only in my own life but also in the lives of others and our church, this one verse us HUGE in coming to understand and be encouraged by the what, where, when, why and how to pray to our loving and merciful God. Do you agree? What insights do you have in regards to Hebrews 4:16?}
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