Should prayer be instant?

[Quenton]

This question just keeps coming up in my mind. Because all throughout the bible prayer is instant..yet today we always wait

 

[ForumAddict]

We are to pray without ceasing.

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

Yes,pray without ceasing
Also:
2 Cor. 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

 

[Brother Mike]

Prayer...

This question just keeps coming up in my mind. Because all throughout the bible prayer is instant..yet today we always wait

Umm.. No.. Elijah waited 3 years... stopped the sun...
I can give many more examples... Like Danial, and the answer was sent, but held up by Evil Spirits... or the Prince of Persia..

Isa 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

God hears pray of request the first time... No need to keep bugging God about it again.... The answer is on the way.....

Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Rom 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Violation of Principles will stop prayer.. We are to be obedient to God's Word, and What God said concerning prayer. If we want to do it our way, then we can not to get the results we would like...

Jesus said.. "Believe that your receive" This certainly means that Jesus did not expect everyone of our prayers to just show up on our door step the next morning...

How can we do that??

Someone that believes it's already taken care of speaks as if it is on they way.. They call those things that be not, as though they were.. Someone that does not believe they have received will keep asking for it...

You can tell what you believe by what comes out of your mouth.. It's out of the abundance of your heart, where words come from.

for example: I am getting paid this Friday..........The money is on the way...

V.S
I sure hope I get paid this Friday, if they forget, I don't know what I am going to do.

Pray in Faith

Faith never takes two sides....... It's done, or not done...

Example: You Pray...... Lord I ask that you heal me... Your word says by his stripes I am healed, and I receive what you said about me...

10 days latter after a bad doctor report...............

Your talking with a neighbor.... "Ya, I just got the report today from the doctor, it sure don't look good...I don't know what my family will do if I don't make it.."

That is taking two sides...... Ping ponging back and fourth with your mouth and actions is a sure way not to get your prayer answered...

Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Jas 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Jas 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.


Pray according to the Will of God


We are told that if we pray according to God's Will that he will hear us, and that our petition is on the way..... That is awesome!!!!
This is one thing that can help us know that we believe that we receive... If it's God's Will, then that is something we can believe in.


1Jn 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1Jn 5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.


Praying "If it by thy will" prayers is a good indication that your clueless about the will of God.... People try to copy the prayer of Jesus in the Garden........ "Father, I know all things are possible to you, if it by thy will, remove this cup from me.. nevertheless, not my will be done, but yours.."

Jesus was not confused on the will of God here, and praying this way really takes the scripture out of context if you don't know the will of God on something.... If you need wisdom for direction, then ask... and the Lord will show you what to do.... (James 1:5)

Praying Lord if it by thy will, please heal me..... is normally going to end up in results you don't want. You better get settled on what his will concerning Healing is...

If it is concerning something expensive and time consuming (Like a big fishing boat) then a prayer..... seeking the Lord on this would be appropriate.. God is not hung up on giving us things, but He is hung up on Things removing us from what he would have us do...

Cease Not prayers


We have many examples of Cease not prayers..... These prayers always encompassed praying for others and the Children of God.... It is a ongoing prayer as people's situations constantly change....

There is much more to learn on this subject.... Like your love walk, walking in obedience, Keeping The Word...

Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

The original question is rather vague so perhaps instant does not mean the same thing to everyone.

Edited due to misunderstanding question.

 

[Quenton]

So he didn't pray for three years?
Wow If I go a minute without his words flowing through me and mine back to him I get a panic attack.
Then again I'm not trying to stop the sun.

2 Cor. 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

The original question is rather vague so perhaps instant does not mean the same thing to everyone.

To me it means communication with the Holy Spirit through the noise of my brain.

than that strikes the question of can brain prayers be answered?


My instant means they open in a matter of our moments

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

than that strikes the question of can brain prayers be answered?

My instant means they open in a matter of our moments

By brain prayers do you mean silent or thought prayers?The kingdom of God is within us.


There are so many types of prayer that some of them may not have an open or a close.
Are you referring specifically to requests?

 

[SpiritLedEd]

This question just keeps coming up in my mind. Because all throughout the bible prayer is instant..yet today we always wait

Quenton, where do you see the Bible saying that answered prayer is always instant? The parable of the Unjust Judge (Lk 18:1-8) tells us to pray persistently and when God acts, He will act quickly, but that doesn't mean He will answer our prayers right away.

SLE

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

Quentin,Did you mean answers to prayers?
I thought you meant the act of praying.

This question just keeps coming up in my mind. Because all throughout the bible prayer is instant..yet today we always wait

Apparently I haven't learned to read between the lines yet.
In that context Brother Mike's comment on Elijah makes sense.

 

[Quenton]

By brain prayers do you mean silent or thought prayers?The kingdom of God is within us.


There are so many types of prayer that some of them may not have an open or a close.
Are you referring specifically to requests?

what are brain prayers?.....that answer is in itself

 

[Quenton]

Quenton, where do you see the Bible saying that answered prayer is always instant? The parable of the Unjust Judge (Lk 18:1-8) tells us to pray persistently and when God acts, He will act quickly, but that doesn't mean He will answer our prayers right away.

SLE

Give me a verse where Christ asked persistently

 

[Brother Mike]

Prayers......

Quenton

Give me a verse where Christ asked persistently

When Looking at this scripture, for some odd and unknown reason My wonderful brothers and sisters forget to start at the beginning of the passage..

Luk 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Instead of fainting...(Always) Pray instead....

Paraphrase: Men should pray about the situation, instead of being in despair and fainting. Always pray, not faint.

Support Scripture:

Php 4:6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition ([2] definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
Gal 6:9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.

Mar 11:24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

The scripture does not tell us to keep praying over and over about something. NEVER!!! Not when it comes to a petition to God....Praying over and over is doubt and unbelief... Doubt Your relationship with your father is strong enough to where he Heard you the first time... Doubt, God may want to help you, Doubt in what his will is about the situation... Doubt and unbelief, and you are siding with the one that wants to kill you.... Satan..

Isa 65:24 .....While they are yet speaking.... I will answer them!!!!!!!!

The answer is on the way.... put on your armor and having done all to stand.. you stand..... fixed firmly on the Word of God...

(back to the unjust judge)


Luk 18:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

This Women came in bold... Angry.... Not going to take NO for a answer.

Luk 18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Luk 18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

My brothers and sisters have a issue with understanding, and consistent interpenetration of the Word.... We can help them... All scripture must be in Harmony..... ALL.......

The word is (LEST)........... how was that word used??
Did the women keep Bothering the judge day after day?
Are we suppose to bother God day after day over the same thing??

LEST is always used as another possible outcome, it does not denote the same thing happening over and over.....

Example:
Move that glass of water, lest it get knocked over............
You better pay the power, lest it gets shut off.......
Pay off that bill collector, Lest he keeps coming back..
That women was troublesome, and I better grant her what she wants, Lest she keeps coming back to trouble me.

Scripture Examples of Lest:

Mat 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine,lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Mat 15:32 ........ and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Act 27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

These are just a few of many!! Check it out yourself... Don't take my word for it.

The whole key to this is not fainting, be bold, and pray instead.... This does not denote constant begging to God.... It is a strong and bold position, it is a position of faith....

Jesus clarifies the whole thing....

Luk 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Luk 18:7 Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

Does crying day and night please God?? Does asking over and over please God???

Do you want God to just bare with all your crying and asking for the same thing over and over???

What did Jesus say in the next verse??? What would be pleasing to him??

Luk 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

What did Jesus consider faith??? Crying and praying over and over about the same thing?? Is that faith??

Mat 8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
Mat 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

Speak the Word only!!!! Settle it!!! Just speak the Word....... and it will come to pass................

Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Will faith be found in you??? or will God have to just bare long with you while you cry, beg, and don't believe God heard you the first time.... How do you want the Lord to view you??? Full of faith, speaking the Word only, or a whinny baby...

The choice is yours..

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

what are brain prayers?.....that answer is in itself

I think it can mean:
#1 praying out loud from logic and ritual.
#2 silent praying from logic and ritual.
#3 praying in your head in the Spirit of love.
#4 something I have not considered.

This question just keeps coming up in my mind. Because all throughout the bible prayer is instant..yet today we always wait

I am still awaiting your clarification on this.

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.

 

[Quenton]

I think it can mean:
#1 praying out loud from logic and ritual.
#2 silent praying from logic and ritual.
#3 praying in your head in the Spirit of love.
#4 something I have not considered.



I am still awaiting your clarification on this.

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.

When you speak of the brain do you think your praying out loud? my brain doesn't speak out loud tell i open my mouth

careful instruction is bolded so...what does it have to do with the instant prayer?

 

[AudreyNicole]

Give me a verse where Christ asked persistently

Christ's prayer in the garden of Gethsemane is a perfect example of persistent prayer. It can be found in Matthew 26:36-45, and in Luke 22:39.

I love this passage because I believe it really shows a level of "human-ness" to Jesus that isn't seen anywhere else. He prays fervently, persistently, and continually.

He asks that God would take the cup away from Him, He doesn't want to endure the suffering to come, and we know that this prayer isn't answered "yes", it also isn't answered instantly as we know He endured many hours of pain. But the thing I like most about this passage is that we see, through Christ's 3 different prayers, His will being conformed to God's. First Christ prays to have the cup taken from Him, but by the end He's accepted that it won't pass from Him and is willing to follow God. He doesn't "get what He wants", but He does get what God wants in time, with prayer.

There are countless times in the Bible that show persistence in prayer, years and years and years of prayer, so its no different than today's world... God is still the same. (One of my favorite prayers in the Bible is the prayer of Hannah... she prayed many many years before the Lord blessed her with Samuel). There are prayers today that He answers instantly, and then some that He holds off.

And yes, any and every type of prayer is answered... "brain" prayers, silent prayers, kneeling prayers, etc.

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

careful instruction is bolded so...what does it have to do with the instant prayer?

You still have not explained what "instant prayer" means.

Careful instruction means to take some care in trying to communicate your question or instruction.It means being willing to explain what you mean.
Can you explain what you mean by "instant prayer"?

When you speak of the brain do you think your praying out loud? my brain doesn't speak out loud tell i open my mouth

We can listen to the Spirit and pray in the Spirit out loud or silently.
We can listen to our brain and pray with logic out loud or silently.

 

[Quenton]

Christ's prayer in the garden of Gethsemane is a perfect example of persistent prayer. It can be found in Matthew 26:36-45, and in Luke 22:39.

I love this passage because I believe it really shows a level of "human-ness" to Jesus that isn't seen anywhere else. He prays fervently, persistently, and continually.

He asks that God would take the cup away from Him, He doesn't want to endure the suffering to come, and we know that this prayer isn't answered "yes", it also isn't answered instantly as we know He endured many hours of pain. But the thing I like most about this passage is that we see, through Christ's 3 different prayers, His will being conformed to God's. First Christ prays to have the cup taken from Him, but by the end He's accepted that it won't pass from Him and is willing to follow God. He doesn't "get what He wants", but He does get what God wants in time, with prayer.

There are countless times in the Bible that show persistence in prayer, years and years and years of prayer, so its no different than today's world... God is still the same. (One of my favorite prayers in the Bible is the prayer of Hannah... she prayed many many years before the Lord blessed her with Samuel). There are prayers today that He answers instantly, and then some that He holds off.

And yes, any and every type of prayer is answered... "brain" prayers, silent prayers, kneeling prayers, etc.

I like this scripture as well...however I cant decide if I do think it is a time passage or not. Because really moments after he prayed this he was arrested so to me that is instant

 

[Quenton]

You still have not explained what "instant prayer" means.

Careful instruction means to take some care in trying to communicate your question or instruction.It means being willing to explain what you mean.
Can you explain what you mean by "instant prayer"?

We can listen to the Spirit and pray in the Spirit out loud or silently.
We can listen to our brain and pray with logic out loud or silently.

instant prayer is a prayer that happens as soon as your faith is released no waiting days or months or years it's by the next few moments

the first person to show my brain prayer(silent prayer) scripture as i can't think of any and i would really like to see one is doing a good job

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

instant prayer is a prayer that happens as soon as your faith is released no waiting days or months or years it's by the next few moments.

Now I understand,thanks for clearing that up.
Jesus walked in the fullness of the Holy Spirit,he fully knew God's will and everything he commanded and prayed was in the Father's perfect will.

John 17:20 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message.

This prayer was heard and I have to assume was answered. but the results of the prayer are ongoing.

John 17:8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

As far as I can see Jesus spoke this in faith because they really didn't believe him yet.That's why the apostles were upset when his grave was found empty and they logically thought someone had stolen his body.

 

[CrazyIrishPoet]

All i know is that prayer rocks, always being ready to converse with God is such a blessing ;0)