This Month in Faith Is Action

TIME TO BEAR WITH PRAYER
“Bear you one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ…. For every man shall bear his own burden” (Galatians 6:2, 5).

 

Does this sound like a contradiction? Paul tells us that we should fulfill the law of Christ by bearing one another’s burdens, and then he tells us that we each must bear his own burden. We can clear up the supposed contradiction by looking at the original Greek words for burden in each verse. 

 

In verse 2, the Greek word for burdens is BAROS and means heaviness, weight, and even trouble. It refers to a heavy weight that is beyond what one can bear alone.

 

In verse 5, the Greek word is PHORTION and refers to New Testament obligations which Jesus put on His followers, which were in contrast to the heavy precepts and observances that the Pharisees demanded.

 

Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30: "Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." In verse 28, the Greek word for heavy laden is translated burdened in some translations. That's because the Greek word is from PHORTION, and we saw that it means a burden that is not too heavy for a person to carry with Jesus. Continue to read this month's message in it's entirety.

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Satan Can't Obstruct Prayers Going Up!

 

“Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid [Lazarus]. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me, and I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe that you have sent me” (John 11:41-42).

 

Jesus stated two indispensable facts that can radically affect our Christian walk: The Father heard Him when He prayed (to raise Lazarus), and He always heard Him when He prayed. How powerfully would it revolutionize our prayer life if we really believed that every time we pray in faith in Jesus’ name, God hears us! When we are in a right relationship with the Father, our prayers are un-obstructable.

 

John said: “This is the confidence we have in him, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know we have the petitions we desired of him” (1John 5:14-15).

 

This is a win-win proposition—why wouldn’t we pray when we know Satan can’t obstruct our prayers going up? Both David and Peter said: “The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers” (Ps.34:15, 1Pet.3:12). Scores of Scriptures affirm this, so why is it sometimes our prayers are delayed or not answered?

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