Granting Plead With God In Phoenix
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Put Him in Remembrance It means that as a covenant believer, you can stand before the throne of God when you pray and remind Him of His promises. You can lay your case legally before Him and plead your case as a lawyer would plead his case before a judge.
Genesis -33 recounts the story, "Abraham Pleads for " (NIV). When conversing with God, Abraham asks God if He would destroy the city if there were 50 righteous people in it. God replies No, so Abraham gradually reduces the number, until he reaches 10.
We, too, can plead with God in prayer as Hezekiah did and for the sake of Christ He will hear us and He will listen.
Be respectful, of course, acknowledging his position and authority, but plead with him as a son pleads with a father. Make your case, be clear with what you think you and those children need, and trust that God's purposes are even better and even more loving than your own.
Pleading with God is that part of prayer (a subset of supplication) in which we argue our case with God, as Isaac Watts wonderfully says, “in a fervent yet humble manner.” It is not just petition, but petition well-reasoned. It is not just requesting, but passionately appealing.
What We Learn from the Psalmist Come before God. ( Address) Tell God what distresses you. ( Cry or Complaint) ... Tell God you want him to do something about it. ( ... Tell God in detail what your situation is. ( ... Remember how God has been faithful in the past and confess your trust in him. ( ... Then, praise him for who he is. (
What We Learn from the Psalmist Come before God. ( Address) Tell God what distresses you. ( Cry or Complaint) ... Tell God you want him to do something about it. ( ... Tell God in detail what your situation is. ( ... Remember how God has been faithful in the past and confess your trust in him. ( ... Then, praise him for who he is. (
Job says, “O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!” We are never truly out of options. We plead with a man on God's behalf. Then we plead with God on that man's behalf, that God's Holy Spirit would soften his heart and reveal to him his great need of a Saviour.
It means that as a covenant believer, you can stand before the throne of God when you pray and remind Him of His promises. You can lay your case legally before Him and plead your case as a lawyer would plead his case before a judge. A lawyer is continually bringing up law and legal precedent.