Pray is important throughout Scripture | Rapp Report Daily 0173 | Striving for Eternity
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- Welcome to The Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. When you think about prayer, it is a vital aspect of the
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- Christian life. It is something we not only see Christ doing. We know that John the Baptist taught his disciples, just like Christ taught his disciples, how to pray.
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- But we also can look in the Old Testament and see that in great times of distress, you see people praying for long periods of time.
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- Think about Nehemiah. Now, when you look at Nehemiah 1 and 2, you see Nehemiah, and at the beginning he hears about what's happening in Israel.
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- He is concerned about it. You then see him next going before the king and asking about being allowed to go back to Israel.
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- Now, one of the things is that there's four months in between those chapters.
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- I believe that Nehemiah was praying much longer than just that moment when the king asks him why he's distressed, and he says a quick prayer.
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- I think that was a quick prayer followed by months of prayer. We see Daniel. Daniel was praying fervently in Daniel 9, before he gets that 70 weeks prophecy.
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- But before that, he was praying. We see throughout the Old and New Testament, people spent much time in prayer.
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- The fact that Christ spent so much time praying, and he's God, should tell us that prayer is important.
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- If it's important enough for Christ, it should be important enough for us. And it is important because it forces us to be dependent upon God.
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- If Christ could be dependent on the Father, then so should we. This podcast is part of the
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- Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.