FIFTH PRINCIPLE OF PRAYER
GOD IS THE GIVER
(Matthew
6: 11; Luke 11:3)
Luke 11:13 - King James
Version (KJV)
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?
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rule of prayer contains a probing obscurity, owing to one word, the meaning of
which is uncertain. The Greek word epiousion
occurs only in the two Lord’s Prayer passages and nowhere else in the New
Testament. However, in the light of other teachings of Jesus, epiousion seems
to stress our Father’s constant (“daily,”
“day-to-day”) attention and attendance to our need.
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in a unique way, Jesus has emphasized that the things we need for the
maintenance of life (and all that may be included inour epiousion or “daily
bred”) are gifts of God; and we ought, therefore, to have no anxiety.
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promise of the providence of God must,
like all of His gifts, be received by
faith’s action and partaking in prayer.
And, dear friends, please know that it does not work automatically.
God’s protecting and providing
care are ours to enjoy fully as we accept
them by faith. Where faith
partakes and our Lord’s teaching on prayer is applied, the laws of God’s
universe operate to supply all our needs.
One Thing Is Clear And Must Be
Constantly Affirmed: GOD IS THE GIVER. He gives
us, or as Luke has it. He keeps on
giving us day by day the things we need.
Prayer rightly understood is the act or process of receiving by faith
what god has promised to give. His gifts
are to be desired and asked for to be obtained.
No reluctance visits on god’s part:
he gives! It is his nature to
give; it is his will to give. And when
he gives, he gives abundantly. Our part
is to receive what he is offering.
Playwright Janet Irene Thomas
Founder/Chairman/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of
Fine & Performing Arts
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