PRAYERS

Prayers appear in the Bible in both prose and poetry. What makes "prayer "a unique category of literature is that it expresses direct communication between people and their God.
 

Psalms contains many prayers that are written in poetic form. Some psalm prayers were written for group worship when all the people came together to ask for God's help (Ps 79; 80), to give thanks to God at the time of harvest (Ps 126), or to celebrate the crowning of a new king (Ps 21).

Other psalm prayers are more personal. They were used as individual prayers expressing sadness, asking for help, giving thanks, or asking for forgiveness, (see Ps 12; 51; 120; 138).

Prayers can be found throughout the Bible. (Some examples are Gen 18:27,28; Exd 17:4; Judg 5:2-31; 1 Sam 2:1-10; 1 King 3:6-9; John 2:2-9; Luke 11:2-4; 22:42;John 17:1-26; Rom 16:25-27; and Heb 13:21.

Perhaps the most famous prayer in the  Bible is the one Jesus taught his disciples (Matthew 6:9-13).

Acts 9:4-5

“He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. — 

When Paul teaches that the Church is the Body of Christ, he isn't being theoretical. The Church is Jesus' presence, his Body in this world. What is done to the Church as a collective group of people is done to Jesus. 

What is done to individual Christians is done to their Savior. Jesus is present in the world through us! The saying is true: the only Jesus many will see today is the Jesus they see through you and me.

Faith Quotes

Smith Wigglesworth - “There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Ghost, reigns supreme in our lives.”

Smith Wigglesworth - “I never get out of bed in the morning without having communion with God in the Spirit.”