Pr. Lalinder Kumar
Certain Means of Prayer that DEFEAT DISCOURAGEMENTS
KINGDOM
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The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; not those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time and pray
are living in very uncertain times.
We Everywhere we turnin print, on the news, or
on social media we see and hear about the COVID-19 pandemic. Fears are rising all around the world. People, who have never felt anxious before, are suddenly weighed down with worry and are unsure of what to do next. Schools are closed, travel is banned, events canceled, people are stockpiling essentials, even churches had to close their doors. The Holy Bible says in Luke 17:30 that “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. The unknown can be scary. Jesus proclaimed the coming of God's kingdom, and the crowd envisioned hell fire, brimstone, and the wiping out of masses of people. But Jesus knew that God's kingdom was not just something unknown that will come in a terrifying blaze of fire. The kingdom Jesus proclaimed was, this kingdom perspective. It is reaching out to encourage
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one another in this discouraged and depressed world. As He was talking about the end times, he sensed that fear gripped the listeners. Hence, He went on to teach them through a parable. Always Pray and Do Not Be Discouraged He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged in Luke 18 (HCSB). Jesus spoke these words to His disciples emphasizing that there is a need to pray and not to be discouraged. Jesus was not only a teacher of prayer; He was a man of prayer. He prayed. His life modeled what He taught. The passion in His prayer life motivated and inspired the disciples. So they asked Him to teach them to pray as well. SD Gordon best described the importance of prayer from the life of Jesus through his classic book “Quiet Talks on Prayer:” When God would win back His
