Bible Study

Prayer and Intercession

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Generalities

What is the difference between the unbeliever and the believer? The unbeliever wishes and the believer prays. For many skeptics, prayers are only superstitions and traditions that cannot influence the course of their lives. For them, they are nothing more than a psychological experience that relieves the mind and helps man to face the challenges […]

Why pray?

Prayer, for the Christian, is not a duty but his spiritual breathing. Just as «natural man» must breathe to stay alive, so the Christian should pray to stay spiritually alive.God created man to be in communion with him. And even today, He patiently and continually searches for the man whose heart sighs after Him. Prayer […]

The main obstacles to the fulfillment of our prayers

The obstacles to our prayers are many and the following list is not exhaustive : The ignorance of the only Mediator between God and men, the Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently of prayer in His Name (John 15:7). John 15 : 7 « 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what […]

Intercession

Intercession is to place oneself between God and man; it is prayer for others. The first reference to this term is found in the Old Testament, where Abraham, because of his nephew Lot, asks God to reverse His decision to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. In Genesis 18:16-33, Abraham gives an excellent example of intercessory prayer. […]

A model of prayer: the “Our Father”

In Luke 11:1, one of the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray; this means that they did not think they could do it without this instruction. Luke 11:1 « 1And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, […]

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