Question 118: What has God commanded us to pray for?

 Question 118: What has God commanded us to pray for?


Answer: We are to pray for all our physical and spiritual needs, as contained in the prayer our Lord Christ taught us.

Jesus told us to seek first the righteousness of God's kingdom. Building heaven on earth should be the primary purpose of prayer. Believers must pray in connection with establishing God's kingdom, and God will answer these prayers. Praying for worldly blessings will yield no results. When we ask for heavenly blessings, God will answer—that is, He will fill us with the Holy Spirit.

The Apostle Paul describes his experience of going to the third heaven in 2 Corinthians 12. However, he then prayed for the removal of a thorn in his flesh, but God did not answer. The thorn in his flesh represents the mind manifested in the physical body (the old self) that Satan targets. Only by carefully examining whether the believer's prayers are directed toward heaven or earth can they be answered.

Believers are those who died physically with Jesus Christ, were resurrected spiritually, and were seated in heaven. They must pray every day for their physical death, and spiritually be thankful for being seated in heaven with the resurrection life as citizens of the kingdom of God. They must pray every day so that this memory will not fade away.

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