8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
I have touched on verse 8; but often verse 9 isn't considered. How often do we pray for others so that they will not fall for temptation? Most often I would guess that would be a mother praying for their children; but all of us should pray for our fellowservants in Christ in that regard. It is easy (at least for me) to assume I am the only one going through stuff and isolation is a tool of the enemy. We need a healthy balance of "alone time" as well as healthy fellowship. It is too often I fear that people are either stuck in one mode or another.
Prayer is an action which we make a conscious choice to routinely practice. It also should involve an openness to the Spirit for spontaneous prayer. Again there should be both or a person either tends to be restricted to the people and place he or she is gathered and a particular agenda. Answered prayers need to be remembered even if they are months or years later.
Today more than ever proper praise of the Lord is imperative if we are to have close fellowship with Him and with His church.
I am not even sure if many who call themselves non cessationists shall I say open to the Spirit's giftings are still this way today that much but instead are drawn to emotions instead. A proper frame of mind will indeed cause our emotions to properly express the Spirit's work. Hard prayers such as I brought up in my first post to convict hearts for many will never be approached because our human compassion overrides God's plans and purposes.
1 Peter 5:8-10
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
I have touched on verse 8; but often verse 9 isn't considered. How often do we pray for others so that they will not fall for temptation? Most often I would guess that would be a mother praying for their children; but all of us should pray for our fellowservants in Christ in that regard. It is easy (at least for me) to assume I am the only one going through stuff and isolation is a tool of the enemy. We need a healthy balance of "alone time" as well as healthy fellowship. It is too often I fear that people are either stuck in one mode or another.
Prayer is an action which we make a conscious choice to routinely practice. It also should involve an openness to the Spirit for spontaneous prayer. Again there should be both or a person either tends to be restricted to the people and place he or she is gathered and a particular agenda. Answered prayers need to be remembered even if they are months or years later.
Today more than ever proper praise of the Lord is imperative if we are to have close fellowship with Him and with His church.
I am not even sure if many who call themselves non cessationists shall I say open to the Spirit's giftings are still this way today that much but instead are drawn to emotions instead. A proper frame of mind will indeed cause our emotions to properly express the Spirit's work. Hard prayers such as I brought up in my first post to convict hearts for many will never be approached because our human compassion overrides God's plans and purposes.
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