At the end of each chapter, there are 10 reflection questions. You will be required to respond to 1 reflection question of your choice for each chapter. Post your answer in the comments section below the prompt in the Spaces App. Answers must be at least 2 paragraphs, grammatically correct, and spell-checked. Read the post of one class peer and comment one paragraph on what they said. Due each Friday. Class discussion may be based upon these reflections.
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#4 Why does God use prayer as His primary means of running His government and partnering with human beings?
Prayer is the primary means of communication between God and man. This is the way God draws us closer in relationship with Him. It is the way we get to know Jesus and the plans that God has for us and the Nations. Prayer prepares our hearts to be in one with God's heart. Through prayer we learn to be grateful in ALL things. We learn to trust, rely on and value Jesus's leadership in our lives. Prayer teaches us to be spiritually minded and able to identify and enjoy the things of the Lord which are "excellent things". Prayer teaches us discernment, to be able to start the process of meditating and joining Christ in one mindness. It gives us the peace of God that is uncompareable to things of this world. Praying for others allows us to join with them for their needs and desires. Jesus uses intercessory for believers to ask the Father for His grace.
"He always lives to make intercession for them" Hebrews 7:25
By praying the Word to God, we unleash power that God ordains through intercessory prayer. We pray and Jesus intercedes to establish and govern the world under God's aurthority. Prayer sets a fire in us, deeply, where transformation and great agreement with God can take root. The excellent things that transform our minds are prayed back to God in our cries. They power us and wipe out the fear, disbelief and untruths that are trying to cripple us. This great work, that is created within us and throught grace for our saslvation, is acted out through obedience to the Father. His great work established His will in us and produces fruits of righteousness for God's good pleasure. When we first read the Word we may be confused, frustrated or even baffled. We must begin and continue to pray unceasingly in our daily walks so that our hearts can be set to that burning desire, with passion, hearts with vision, purpose and direction. Then the guarding of our minds and hearts are unified with Christ and this allows for a lifestyle that Jesus wants to work in.
When we as the church come to unity and fullness as the perfect Bride for Christ, we will be ready to be united with God as His government in the end plan. We have to come to fullness before God allows this. Praying and fasting and interceeding for others are the disceplines that prepare us to be fully used for God's purposes. We must be ready to be unified, firey and mature to stand against the trials of the Antichrist. We will be saut out to be destroyed and we will have to stand firm in communication, prayer, and with discernment from God.
WE MUST BE UNSHAKEABLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE HIS KINGDOM, A KINGDOM THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN. HEBREWS 12:29
THE SAINTS WILL BE REFINED AND MADE, SPOTLESS IN HIS SIGHT, AND FIT TO RULE WITH HIM. EPHESIANS 5:26-27