I. 기도의 필요성 --------------------------------Necessity of Prayer

II. 믿음과 기도 ----------------------------------Faith and Prayer

III. 갈망과 열정기도 ----------------------------Longing for and Earnest Prayer

IV. 고난과 기도 ---------------------------------Sufferings and Prayer

V. 기도와 교회 말씀성취 -----------------------Prayer, Church and Word of God

VI. 거룩함과 기도 -------------------------------Holiness and Prayer

VII. 기도하는 방법 ------------------------------How to pray

(1) Prayer is not mere one part of faith but essential part to give influence all parts of faith. The method to acquire the infinite inherits of faith is prayer. Faith fulfills impossibility. Who can move mountain is God only, and the thing to move God is faith and prayer.

(2) Jesus word in Mk.11:24 are the decisive stone to fasten door of faith and prayer; “whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

This word of “believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” means the faith which prayer understand and get it his own.

(3) The faith that ceased praying is not faith any more. Faith is the basement of Christian character and source to protect safety of soul and spirit. If faith is fallen down, his spiritual life is disappeared and all structures of faith life is destroyed.

(1) 1Pet.1:5-7, “make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love” say that faith is the basement; on the faith other things are added. Therefore this word request us adding faith.

The thing to heat faith is possible by continuous prayer. The prime power to make faith vivid is prayer. At every step to add grace to grace, people need prayer.

(2) When we pray, faith surely needs prayer. The faith that believes in the power of Christ Jesus to do great things is the faith which does big prayer.   Jesus said to person in Mt.9:28-29, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you.”Like as this, faith is to obey. When we hear God’s word, faith is to go and cleanse. Faith is to instantly remove the stone that stopped up the tomb. Obedience increases the faith, and faith births obedience again.

(3) Faith needs the time to wait with endurance in front of God. Even though there is no answer from God, faith is not to discourage. Faith gives God the time to fulfill His purpose at His programmed time. True faith is to invest many years to waiting.

Therefore, ‘consider the delayed time is the time God tests us.’ Jesus Christ also intentionally delayed to fulfill bigger good things; Jn.11:14-15, “then he (Jesus) told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

(4) “O! Saints who are in deep trials! Don’t lose perseverance and keep firm faith. Then, Jesus will come to you. As much as time Lord delays to you, the blessing which Jesus will bring is bigger as much He delayed. Continually pray! Continually wait! You are not to be failed person. At Lord’s time Jesus will come to you. At that time, He will never delay any more to you.”

(5) God must do necessary work to give continuous benefits to persons who seek God. To rescue Jacob from hand of Esau, God had many things to deal Jacob and Esau. At first Jacob must have been new person.

(6) Faith to believe in Jesus Christ is the first button to all actions and prayer. All prayers are done in the name of Jesus Christ. At praying time, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ must be the King and play His role.

If Jesus dwells in fountain of my life and He takes the core seat through His life wave removing myself wave, He will listen to my prayer and allow me to get all things that I ask and seek.

(1) The main two enemies against faith are doubt and fear; if we have two, even though we pray, there is no peace rather we are filled with complaints and unrest.

The reason why Peter who walked on the lake fallen into the water is because he let the power of faith into water. When he was far from eyes of Jesus Christ, it was happened.

(2) We must not keep doubt and not welcome fear to us. Word of God Phil.4:6 is the method of God to heal all fear, anxiety and worry that come from doubt and unfaith; “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

So, we must pray, “Lord Jesus! Increase our faith big.”

(3) When we read word of God and mediate it, our faith grows, but when we pray earnestly, faith grow big. Prayer leads us into the life of faith. Prayer depends upon faith. Prayer shines its effectiveness when faith is there.

(4) Before our petition is lifted to God, we must recognize God gives His prize to persons who seek Him. This is the first step to pray. Faith does not directly give us the blessing, but faith leads prayer to seek blessing, and to lead us to the step to get blessings.

(5) Faith accompany with prayer on every step one by one. But doubt hinders answer of prayer, because it is enemy against faith. Faith must insist on own self, and must command two enemies ‘doubt and fear’ “leave from us.”

(1) Christ soldier must be firmly armed by continuous prayer and put on the full armor of God (truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, word of God). It is because of wearing full armor of God he must stand at the battle site. Christians who want to win war must wake up and pray. Through prayer only, we can defeat Satan, and drives out its many evil messengers. “Pray with all prayers” is God’s commands.

(2) Christian who has fought good fight of faith must continually find prayer place and pray, because Christian life is war, bitter fighting, and battle envisaged through whole life. The life that Holy Spirit welcomes is the life to make efforts and to fight.

This is the war from the start to the end. Christian must be suffered as the good soldier of Christ Jesus from the pulling knife to put off armor of God (1Tim.2:3).

(3) Christian soldiers is not fighting against flesh and blood, but fighting against “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Eph.6:12).

Christian must know the essence of mission given by God, and know the enemy which we continually must destroy. Once again I say, we must know Satan’s will, its power and its strategy. Then we can pray to destroy Satan and its things.

(4) How soldiers fighting for Jesus can be strong? It is prayer. The method to increase fighting power of soldiers’ good fight for God, and to make sure of victory is prayer.

(5) If there is no prayer, there is no the full armor of God (truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, word of God). When soldier of Christ prays, he must earnestly do it. Soldier of Christ always must pray at any time and situation, not only at fierce battle site but also peaceful time.

What kind of adventure or efforts soldier of Christ make, prayer must be mobilized and all current matters must be solved by prayer. To the full of armor of God, prayer and petition must be added.

(6) Prayer plays role of ring to connect each part of the full armor of God (truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, word of God). God’s true soldier makes plan by prayer and properly allocates several power of army by prayer and stands front of actual war by prayer. Therefore, soldier of Christ of course unceasingly pray, because of always fighting war.

(7) Spiritual soldier must be faithful to basic principle that ‘always be wake up.’ He must hear all the time the shouting “Wake up and pray”. He absolutely must not sleep at guard post. Thoroughly waking up is the indispensible condition to pray. If we lose our sight even a little or lose our guard is the same sentence of death to the prayer.

(8) “Be self-controlled and alert” (1Pet.5:8) means we must wake up without sleeping if we want to fight against enemies. Sleep means not pray. Satan never sleeps, but “always daily prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat” (1Pet.5:8).

Even though people possess many things, if he does not pray, his life is weak and he is useless shell only. Finally he will be easy food to spiritual enemy Satan. Therefore, Col.4:2 request, “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful”      We must be alert before praying, we must be alert when praying, and we must be alert after praying.

(9) Jesus Christ urged disciples ‘be alert and pray’;

Mk.13:33, Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.

Mk. 14:38, Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation…..

   It means Jesus reminded them ‘be alert and praying is the one’.

   Jesus Christ taught that ‘be alert is important to pray.’

(10) Paul urged us ‘always pray’. Did you finish one day work? Then, give your thanks which God helped you today, and get enough time to seek God’s accompany for tomorrow

(11) We must be alert to find the person and things to pray. To find temptations and sins which lay seizure around us, we must examine our mind. Then we can know what to pray and how to pray.

(12) God chose the method to give His grace to people by answering to people’s prayer of faith only. Satan tempts us through very cunningly method; Satan leads us to endlessly wandering into the sea of rubbish thinking through putting association of idea into our thinking. Therefore, when we pray, we must be alert not to be defeated to our flesh desire and soulish thinking. When we pray, we must catch Satan’s tactics and instantly meet challenge against it. For getting answer of prayer, we must be alert.