New Creation - Walking in Spirit

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:24

Greetings to each of you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Again, it has been quiet some time from my last post. Usually, I write these posts on Sunday evenings. But, I had attended a Bible Study from April to October this year and hence I was not able to write these posts regularly. But, now that Bible Study was over and if God wills I will be writing more frequently from now on. Time flies by and it looked like we started the year 2018 and now we are in December 2018 and we are looking forward to enter 2019. May God's presence be with us all.

As I completed my last post of bearing fruits which is the ultimate goal in Christian life, I mentioned that I will be covering up the opposition to this new life in Christ Jesus. The opposition force is satan. The world around us and the flesh in which we live strongly inclined to satan and always try to drag back to our old lives. While I wanted to cover that, the Holy Spirit reminded me that I have to write one more post before that which is walking in the Spirit. To understand this, we are going to revisit what we had seen in the New Creation posts as a short recap.

Let's understand MAN. A man is tripartite being who is one together as body, soul and spirit. Gen 2:7, 1 Thess 5:23. This is exactly reflecting the triune God who is one God but exists as Father, Son and the Spirit. When Adam disobeyed God's commands, the spirit died immediately, the soul was separated from God and the body was as it is. But, there was something called flesh, which is the selfish nature that entered the man through his body. That's what exactly happened when Eve gave in to the devil when she was attracted to the forbidden fruit, she just yielded to temptation and satisfied her bodily needs and gave importance what her self/flesh needed than obeying what God expected. Now, 'I' (Mine) took precedence over 'Him' (God) and in the life of Jesus we saw that it is complete opposite. In his life everything was God (Him) rather than his own wishes. That's exactly revealed at the garden of Gethsemane when the flesh in the Jesus tried to direct him away from the cross, He prayed three times to Father for an alternative solution which He very clearly knew was against the will of God. But, He overcame the flesh and His self nature when He surrendered saying, "Not my will Father, but yours be fulfilled."

Apostle Paul later wrote that when Jesus was resurrected back from dead, "He hath quickened us from dead". Ephesians 2:1. Paul was writing about the revival of our Spirit which was dead when Adam transgressed. Now, the spirit is made alive in us through the Spirit of God, our soul is now connected back to God's soul and renewed every day by the Word of God and Spirit (2 Cor 4:16), but the poor body was still in the fallen condition. It was not redeemed yet and it will be redeemed only during our resurrection or during transfiguration. Romans 8:23 So, we need to understand that man was also created as a spiritual being but as Adam was fallen all the human beings were born in fallen state. Psalms 51:5 But, those who accepted Jesus are revived in the Spirit are considered alive in the Spirit and this is New Creation in summary.

Now, as you see, the real problem is the flesh which still works in us. We have the soul and spirit contained in the body which was pulled towards the flesh. James 1:14. So, there is a real trouble and there is a constant battle. This is a very tough battle and even the great saint like Paul too not an exclusion to this. He details this battle in Romans 7. Please read the entire chapter of Romans 7 and understand the works of the flesh, its lusts and how Paul struggled to overcome it. How to overcome the flesh is the most important study and Romans 8 deal with this in detail and hence that's why I said in one of my earliest chapters that Romans 8 is the most important chapter in the entire Bible (whereas John 3:16 is the most important verse and Isaiah is the most important book in my opinion).

So, what is the solution to for this struggle? The actual solution detailed in Romans 8 for this problem is about walking in the Holy Spirit. Most of the old testament saints who were under the old covenant never received the Holy Spirit in the same way as that of the ones in the New testament. Some of the OT heroes who were mentioned in Hebrews 11 were identified by God directly and anointed for a specific purpose. They received the power of the Holy Spirit to achieve specific tasks. For example, Moses have the spirit of God to release Israelites from Egyptian bondage, Joshua received the anointing of the Spirit of Wisdom to lead Israelites into the promised land, Samson has the Spirit of Strength, Samuel has the Spirit of Prophecy, David received the divine anointing of a King/Prophet/Priest. All of them were hand picked by God and anointed for a specific purpose to bring change to the nation of Israel. But, after Jesus Christ, the Son of God died on cross, shed His blood as a ransom for many and established the New Covenant, the most important blessing under the New covenant is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit inside every man who truly accepted Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:14. The promised Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers on Pentecost and it continues till to this day.

The Holy Spirit is called a helper who assist us to focus our thoughts and mind in heavenly things instead of focusing on the flesh and that's why Paul writes in Galatians 5:24 to walk in the Spirit so that we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Without the Holy Spirit it is impossible to overcome the flesh on our own. On the other hand, even if we have the Holy Spirit, we will surely be tempted and still it is certainly possible to sin. But, it is up to us to choose whether to walk in the spirit or walk in the flesh. So, it is the soul that decides which path we have to take. We might fall at times to temptation but a Christian who is matured in his new life knows how to walk in Spirit and not to fall for lust. He knows how to carefully avoid temptation. Because, he constantly endeavors to please God in his thoughts, speech and action. All these things are not possible without the Holy Spirit and that's how the new covenant Christians are made perfect by the Holy Spirit and that is the greatest blessing.

So, here is the crux of this article. Every believer who is a new creation in Christ lives inside the physical body which is prone to temptation because the lusts of the flesh will be at work until our death or our bodily transfiguration. But, the Spirit of the new creation is actually in connection with God's Holy Spirit which will actually call the believer to please God. This is a great struggle. Who will win ? It is up to the believer, his will to support either the Holy Spirit or the flesh. If the believer chose to support the Spirit of God, then He will not fulfill his lust and please God. If his will support flesh, then Holy Spirit will be grieved. He will caution us, speak to us, warn us and even help us to overcome the flesh but if we keep disobeying, He will leave. So, it is up to us. That's why it is written, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." Romans 8:13. Without walking in the Spirit, obviously we cannot bear spiritual fruits and hence we will not be able to fulfill our call and there will not be any purpose driven new creation life. But, if we walk in the Spirit, then we will be taught and lead by the Chief Shepherd, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

This chapter turned out to be a big one but this cannot be shortened because this is the most essential one. To walk in the Spirit of God because we are the Children of the one true Holy God and it is written For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14
Need to cover plenty more with respect to walking in the Spirit but I will try to make it part of a different series. I suggest all the readers to read and meditate on Romans 8 and Galatians 3-5 and understand about this important revelation of the Spirit.

I will get more into the fight and struggle we have against the new creation from next chapter on wards and going forward I hope to write article more often. Please continue to pray for me, that God give more revelations through His Word so that I can help many to see the true light of gospel. All glory, honor and praise to you Father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

New Creation - Bearing Fruits

He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. John 15:5,8

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With last chapter, I have successfully wrote 40 articles which was the grace of the Lord. I am grateful to God for empowering me to write these things. I had really difficult times in the past but God had brought me safe thus far. Please pray for me that I do more of His will and the Spirit of truth reveal many hidden wonders in His word of God and I reveal them through this platform.

As mentioned at the end of the last chapter, this chapter is about the goal of the new creation which is bearing fruits. If you are reading the new creation chapters from the beginning, you would understand that we started the series to put focus on the goal of the Christian life on this earth. The Christians may wonder what they are supposed to do as children of the almighty God in this earth. One might wonder is the goal is to attend the Church and giving offering, living as a good law abiding citizen or doing the ministry of the Lord and bringing many souls to salvation or what else. The series started to address this important question and we actually came to the point where we deal about the goal of the Christian life. The goal of the Christian life is to bear fruits and bring glorification to the name of the Father.

Fulfilling God's will bring glory to Him. If you consider the world around us, from the tiniest of creatures to the huge creation, everything exists to do God's will. Even Jesus came as a human, to fulfill the will of God. Jesus says in His own words, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." John 17:4 It means that fulfilling His will is glorifying Him and like Jesus if we too fulfill His will in our lives, we bring glory to His name. What is His will in our lives ? Whatever brings glory to the Father is His will. The verse of this topic says that "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit". John 15:8. So, it means that though there are different goals and challenges in the calling of the individuals, the common will of the Father for every Christian is to bear spiritual fruits in His life and that way the Father's name is glorified.

How do you bear fruits ? That's the complete subject of John 15th chapter. Please read this full chapter with this perspective. As per the title verse, if we abide in Jesus, we automatically bear fruits as Jesus is the true vine and we are the branches. If we are connected to the vine, we will automatically bear fruits without efforts. John 15:1-4. The real meaning is the branch alone cannot give fruits, instead the fruit comes from the vine plant. It really means that it is impossible for us to bear spiritual fruits on our own. But, instead we should have JESUS living inside us through the Holy Spirit and if the spirit lives in us, He automatically bears the fruits of Christ for the glory of the Father and without Him we cannot bear fruits.

What is the spiritual fruit? It is a well known verse of Galatians 5:22-23 that the fruit of Spirit is love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self control. Do you know why Paul used singular term fruit instead of fruits. The singular term is used to represent all these divine qualities are considered to be within a believer who has Jesus dwelling inside of Him through the Holy Spirit. So, all these qualities are considered to be one fruit of one spirit, that is the spirit of God. We give all these qualities over and over again throughout our walk in the Christian life and hence we are known for our fruits. That's why Jesus said when He talked about finding false prophets, He mentioned that we can find them by their fruits. Matthew 7:16. Because, most of them speak and project themselves like a holy person but we cannot find fruit of spirit in their lives. Contradictory to them, the true saints of God will never talk much about themselves rather about God or His word.

We saw that the will of God is to bear much spiritual fruits for Him and what are the spiritual fruits and how to bear them. Let's see who bear these fruits. Bearing these fruits is not a straightforward task. Even though we have the Holy Spirit within us, we are not exempted from constant trials and temptations in our lives. A just born again Christian is considered to be babe and only a matured grown up new creation who is constantly revived by the Word of God through the Holy Spirit and who constantly walk with God by overcoming temptations and sins will eventually start to yield fruits. But the one who keeps growing, walking through all the worldly sufferings and still stands with the Lord, will reflect Christ in His day to day life.
It is written that, "but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." I John 5:18, one more verse in 1 John says, "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." I John 3:3. So, it is not a short term goal but it is a life long goal and only one who is serious about His born again Christian life and one who is serious about the eternal glory will stand through and bear much fruits. One who doesn't stand in the Word of God and prayer cannot continue to bear fruit as Jesus said if the branch is not connected with vine, it cannot bear fruits. John 15:6

So, dear brother or sister, if you have reached this level and you think you are bearing fruits for Christ, then you are a blessed person. Because, you don't need teaching from others instead God Himself will teach you through His anointing and you will lead a successful new Creation. All you need to do is continue to lead the way and finish your race on a high note and then for sure you will receive your rewards for your good works that you have done in this earth.

With this chapter, I actually explained the main goal of the Christian life which is the purpose of this series. But, we haven't reached the end of the series yet. There are few important areas to be touched as we have an enemy of this new creation life and it is imperative to understand the devil's schemes in order to overcome. So, though the goal of the new creation life is bearing fruits, it is just not only about bearing fruits but it is one more thing which is overcoming because without that we cannot finish God's will in our lives. There are many rewards promised by Jesus for the overcomers in the book of revelation and we are going to start the exciting new journey which is a continuation of the new creation series.

All glory, honor and praise to God our Father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

New Creation - Fellowship

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another. I John 1:7

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In this chapter, we will see another important aspect of the Christian life which is fellowship. The fellowship is all about having a continuous relationship with fellow Christians and the disciples of Christ. If Christian life has to be defined in one word, then what you think as the most appropriate word? For me, the most important word that came to my mind is "LOVE". Everything about Christian life is based out of God's love expressed through the cross of Christ. Simply put, John said, God is love in I John 4:8. [It has to be understood that God is love and not love is God because many people misinterpret this verse. The actual meaning of the phrase "God is love" is God has many characteristics but the main defining character of God is love.]

So, to love and being loved are not only the part of Christian life but an essential core of life itself that even animals express love towards their young ones. So, every human loves and wants to be loved. But, the love that John spoke here is all about the selfless love, Agape love that God showed towards us. So, we have to reflect the love of God to others. How do we love each other? The answer is through fellowship. I can explain the meaning of the word fellowship as being united with fellow believers who are also called our brethren. Fellowship is not possible unless and until we have the God's love is poured in our hearts through Holy Spirit. Romans 5:5. As we all have self nature in us, unless and until the new creation takes over with the help of Holy Spirit, we are prone to criticize and blame others for anything and everything. It is often easy to find faults in others for even minor things. But, being in fellowship means God's love is in us and that never minds others' shortcomings but instead love others as God loved us when we were still sinners. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

That's why the verse at the beginning of the chapter says, if we are in light, we have fellowship with one another and that means we are in God's love. Now, let's see why fellowship is required. When God created Adam, He said that it is not good for Adam to be alone and He created a help meet in Eve. So, from that we can understand that man is not created to be alone and he has to be in fellowship with his partner. Same way, a new creation too needs to be in fellowship with spiritual partners to be nourished. This is why it is most important for a believer to marry a believer so that both of them care and nourish the other's spiritual needs as well.

Apart from husband wife relationship, it is necessary for every believer to be in fellowship with the brethren who are part of their church or prayer groups or any other Christian associations. If you notice, when Jesus sent His disciples, He sent two of them together and didn't send anyone alone. Luke 10:1. If you read Acts, you can find Peter and John were going to the temple together Acts 3:1, we see Paul was accompanied by Barnabas for most of his earlier ministry and then he joined Silas and later with Timothy. It is very important that we too don't be living the Christian life alone.

Do you see why this is necessary? It is very important because each of us have our own physical or spiritual problems, difficulties and shortcomings so that they want fellow believer to support him/her spiritually and physically. Following are the different ways one believer support other. Exhort, Pray, Help and Comfort.

Apart from the above points, where I mentioned about how we support fellow believers and we receive support from others, the Holy Spirit is manifested when the brethren is in fellowship with one accord. That's why Jesus said wherever two or more unite in my name, I am in their midst. That's the power of the fellowship. When two or more join in His name and ask for something, it is given to them. That's the power of fellowship. We see when the disciples joined in one accord, they received the fire anointing of Holy Spirit through which the church of Christ is established. That's what the psalmist mentioned in Psalm 133 where he speaks about the anointing when brethre are united in one accord.

Thus, we see how much importance for the new creation to be in fellowship with God and other believers. In next article, we will see about bearing fruits, the main goal of the new creation.

May God who is my rock and foundation be blessed for now and for evermore. All glory, honor and praise to Him through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

New Creation - Growth, the conclusion

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With this chapter, I am planning to complete the growth of the new creation. This should be a very short chapter.

If we keep ourselves reading the Word of God and spend quality time with God through Prayer every day, God's Holy Spirit will keep us growing the new creation in us. Actually, for a successful growth, the contribution of both ourselves and Holy Spirit is needed. If we do our part, then definitely God will do His part and help us overcome every obstacles or problem created by devil against our growth. Now, the important question is when shall we know that we are grown to full level of
growth ? The simple answer is we cannot grow completely in our spiritual growth but gets advanced day after day as we learn and serve the Lord. That is what the starting verse says, Paul, the apostle who wrote 13 books of the New testament, who had more revelations about the Word of God than any one else and who had established many churches, just say that he had not attained yet and not perfect yet. So, we are getting grown day by day in our inner man. We also see this point in 2 Corinthians 4:16, For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward  man is renewed day by day.

So, we understand that our spirit has been revived once we accept Jesus and gets into covenant with Him through baptism where as our inner man which is the soul that changes into new creation and it gets renewed day by day. So, now the question that remains is, when the growth shall be complete? The growth will complete only when we get transfigured to God's own image and during that time we will considered to be equivalent to Him. So, for that either we need to die here in earth or we need to be alive until Christ's day of rapture. This is as per the verse 1 John 3:2, Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. So, until that growth and bearing fruits are necessary for our spiritual life.

At the same time, there is a difference in the growth level that the scripture calls most of the believers as babes instead of fully grown up matured persons. We can read this in I Cor 3:1,2 where Paul addressed the believers of Corinth as babes, "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able  to bear it, neither yet now are ye able." and the author of Hebrew calls the audience as babes as well, "For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which  be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe." Hebrews 5:12,13. Here, both Paul and the author of Hebrew says that most of the believers are like babes in Christ whereas they have to be like fully grown up matured person. So, obviously the growth was stagnating. The growth was triggered once a person becomes new creation in Christ, but later if the new creation is not fed the Word of God which is obviously the milk for new born as mentioned in I Peter 2:2 that says "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." and the Word of God and the hidden revelation in the scriptures is the meat (strong food) that matured persons can take in.

So, one thing is obvious. For growth, the meditation of the Word of God is essential. Prayer and the assistance of the Holy Spirit is also essential. But, meditation is the first and foremost stuff through which the Holy Spirit works and Prayer helps to build ourselves on the foundation that is Christ Jesus. So, now there are two things that are clear. One is whatever we grow, our growth is not complete until we die and then resurrect to be with the Lord or transform to His likeness in rapture. But, at the same time, we cannot use this as an excuse for not growing our new creation as there are different growth levels and different stages of maturity so that we cannot say that we can only be complete after our death or during rapture. Because, unless and until we grow, we can never be complete.

Now, I want to quote from a book called Power for Living written by Jamie Buckingham where he expands each letters of the word GROWTH.

G - Go to God in prayer daily
R - Read and meditate the Word of God
O - Obey God's Word
W - Witness Christ to others
T - Trust God for every detail of your life
H - Holy Spirit's dependence

We will touch these areas in the upcoming posts. But, let's close the growth chapter and will see about the maturity and bearing fruits in our lives for Christ and few other important topics before we complete the New Creation series. As you keep growing in the Christian life which is the life through the new creation, no need for others to teach you. The Holy Spirit's anointing with you will teach you and reveal His truths which are required to fulfill His will in your life. I John 2:27

I would like to complete the New Creation series and move on to other general articles as there are many other new revelations but this series is one most important for our Christian Lives and it has been dragging since last year.

May all Glory, Honor, Praise to our God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

New Creation - Growth via Prayer

New Creation - Growth via Prayer

Abide in me, and I in you. John 15:4

Greetings to all of you in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. After a long break of around 6 months, I am resuming the articles. The reason behind my long break is because I am really difficult to find right time to write the articles. I am getting occupied with more and more professional and personal tasks. I usually write these articles on Sunday afternoons and my daughters were keeping me busy for the past 2 to 3 months. Please pray for me, my family and that God help me with all aspects of my life so that I will touch and transform many lives through God's Word. The Word of God gives us life. Matthew 4:4, John 6:63.

Let's continue the growth chapter as I forgot to mention another important aspect of growth which is Prayer. If reading the Word of God is the food for growth, prayer is like the breath of a true Christian. Scripture meditation and prayer are like two eyes of a Christian. In my opinion, both Bible reading and Prayer are equally important. Few people put prayer above Bible reading and few put Bible reading above prayer. For me, both of them are equally important in its own aspect and one without the other will usually go useless and wouldn't benefit much. So, one must continue to read and meditate the Word of God as well as should remain steadfast in prayer to grow in his spiritual life.

There could be many definitions for Prayer. All the religions have prayer and most of the people in the planet pray for one thing or the other. For me, the simplest definition of prayer is a form of communion (not just communication) with God where we speak what is in our mind with Him. It is like speaking to your friend or your spouse. Usually, we love to speak to the person whom we love and we like to spend more time with him or her. It may be your spouse or best friend or your dad or mom. One must have the same kind of relationship with the Father in heaven. He loves to hear from us and He wants to share back His feelings. When we communicate with our friends more and more, we learn more about them and they learn more about us. Say for example, if you are joining a new job or a new school, there we start communicating with our team mates or class mates and slowly start knowing about them. It is a gradual process. The more and more we spend time with our friends, we understand more about them and they understand about us and the friendship blooms. Best friends are those who easily say about how their friend react to a situation or what their mind would think in a particular situation because they are in sync with their thought process. Same applies for long married couple who have the same mindset. Same thing is expected out of each of the new born Christian to have with God. We slowly understand God's ways and thought process as we spend time in prayer and meditation. The friendship and love blooms as we spend time together with God. This is what Jesus said in Revelation 3:21, if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. This actually means Jesus will share His mind with the one who spends time with Him in meditation and prayer.

If we continue to remain in prayer, slowly we get the mindset of Jesus and will reflect His nature. This is really essential for the growth. For a plant to grow it needs water as well as sunlight. While reading the Word of God is like water, prayer should be like sunlight. It is like seeing to Him. I could quote many examples from Bible on prayer and victory and I believe you should be knowing them on your own. But, just to quote a verse from my favorite Psalm which is Psalm 34. Verse 5 says They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Our hearts will be lightened as we spend time with Him as Moses face was bright when He came out after He spent time with the Lord.

Lets look into some more aspects of prayer and wrap this chapter.
A prayer need not be formal but being formal or casual is not a mistake. But, what God looks for in a prayer is the heart behind and the thoughts from which the prayers come. If the mind and thoughts are right, then we have a right platform to communicate with God and we are assured that He hears it. It is about telling God our feelings and requesting for His help in our day to day life. Reading the Word of God and meditating more in the Word of God increases the measure of spirit filled prayer and results in unleashing of the power of God in our lives.

There are 3 basic aspects of prayer. First is about God Himself. This is about fulfilling God's will in our lives and in others' lives, in the earth. The second is about us. This is mainly telling our requests to God, asking Him to supply His needs both spiritual and worldly as well as asking for solutions for troubles and problems in our daily lives. Third is for others, like our friends, relatives, known persons, unknown persons and for the society. Jesus gave many promises for the prayers and I could quote many examples from the scriptures. Just quoting few here. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7, And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:13, Ask, and it shall be given you Matthew 7:7 and That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:19.

Next, the prayer unleashes the power of God in our lives and helps us achieves the things that are unachievable by our own strength. Elijah's prayers did wonders, His very short prayer brought down fire from heaven I Kings 18:36-38, another prayer stopped rains for around 3.5 years and again brought back rains. James 5:17-18. The more you are closer to God, more the miracles and powers you witness in your life. God has solution for every difficult problem that we undergo. It may look like impossible situation but still God has unique out of the box solution for the difficulty. God says, I am the God of all flesh, is there any thing too hard for me to do? Jeremiah 32:27. So, prayer brings miracles in our lives and it gives us victory over every trouble.

Actually, prayer could be a very long chapter if I have to deal with each and every aspect of it. But, you should be obviously aware of those things. In the context of our chapter, prayer is essential for a growth of the Christian who is a new creation as it helps to have a continuous relationship with the Lord almighty and helps us to know His mind and reflect His character. It helps us to keep ourselves holy and overcome the temptations and difficulties that we face in our day to day lives. It is the way through which we communicate our needs and requirements to God, the Father and get our needs supplied by Him and finally Prayer brings miracles and victory in our lives overcoming every difficult situation that we face. Above all, prayer life is a way of living that is a basic necessity for every Christian and help us abide in the Lord and grow up. I repeat, if reading and meditating Word of God is like food, Prayer is like breath for a Christian and both of them are essential for the growth of the new creation.

All glory, honor and praise to God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May God bless you all. Amen.