Before God: The Biblical Doctrine of Prayer
Chapter Seven: The First Petition
“…only the Christian is able to call God “Father”. We are have an earthly father and I think by the time we come to God and called Him “Father”, we might have lost this meaning.
We can not find any prayer record outside the Bible where men addressed God as “Father” in their prayer until around early 1000 A.D. (Please let me know if do find such record).
I read books that encouraged Christians to use different names of God in prayer. Nothing wrong with that but there is absolutely nothing like “Father”.
The beauty of prayer is call upon God as "Father", unlike Baal’s 450 prophets, “they have to shouted, danced, prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed. They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.”1Kings 18. Not so with our heavenly “Father” ‘for He heard us and listened to our prayer’. Psalm 116:1
14/04/2010, 21:45
"The length of the prayer is not what God takes notice of, but the intensity and significance." (Page 174)
Quite a few friends asked me to provide quotes from this book. If you are looking for quotes, have your pen and paper(s) ready for this book. For myself, I was more focused on understanding of "The Biblical Doctrine of Prayer".
28/04/2010, 04:09
An article from USA Today
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29/04/2010, 10:54
"Men always ought to pray and not lose heart" (Luke 18:1).
Hi Everyone!
My name is Ed Enochs and I am a long time friend of Pastor Mike Sarkissian. We go way back and did some important debates together for the Evangelical Debate Society.
I am a new administrator on the Before God Book Facebook page and I wanted to ask everyone if they have bought the book yet? Please order the book today and get the word out about this important book to as many people you can! The church needs revival and it starts through prayer!
Let's get the word out today!
Please contact me if I can help in anyway!
Sincerely in Jesus, Ed Enochs
edwardenochs@yahoo.com
01/05/2010, 07:36
Hello brothers and sisters in the Lord
Thank you for joining this very unique prayer group. The doctrine of “prayer” can separate us quicker than any other doctrines. It is not because of different view points but rather the “prayer life” that I’m comfortable to say about eight out ten Christians are struggling with their “prayer life”.
We must not forget Satan will do everything he can to stop us to come before the throne of grace. Satan knows the ultimate weapon for a Christian is “prayer”. A Christian can put on the whole armor of God and not knowing the rest of Ephesians 6:18-20 concluded one must have a prayer life to go along with the whole armor of God.
Besides the Bible, this is the only book that I’m reading it the second time. I like Pastor Mike’s approached was NO “promises” but rather a constant reminder for me to pray. His new book change the way I come to the throne of grace. I pray that you will get this book and commit yourself to read it with your spouse, friends and Bible Study group.
Please remember, the whole armor of God does not mention any piece to cover “your back”. May you use this ultimate weapon, which is “prayer” to protect yourself when Satan is attacking from the back!
New Admin
Please welcome our new Admins, this group is blessed to have the author himself “Mike Sarkissian”, his best friend “Ed Enochs” and “Stephen Macasil”. Mr. Macasil will introduce himself shortly. (I just don’t want to give the whole farm away).
11/05/2010, 05:32
Weekly Features from Monergism present "Before
God: The Biblical Doctrine of Prayer"
http://www.monergism.com/
31/05/2010, 10:18
Brothers and Sisters,
I want to praise God for his grace regarding the many blessings people have shared concerning my book. We have quite possibly sold / given out just over 400 books in less than 3 months.
One of my books recently made it into the hands of a very influential and solid Reformed Christian blogger, Tim Challies. He receives a number of books monthly and is conducting a poll as to which books his readers would like to see him review this month. My book is one of them. If you would be so kind as to click on the following link to vote for my book for him to review: http://www.challies.com/general-news/a-weeks-worth-of-books
Just the other day he posted something referencing my book which was encouraging. May the Lord be glorified in our lives!
http://www.challies.com/quotes/the-face-of-god
Respectfully,
Mike Sarkissian
Soli Deo Gloria
P.S. I bought many books because of Tim Challie's review. Daniel Mac
http://www.challies.com/general-news/a-weeks-worth-of-books
03/06/2010, 02:29
http://www.monergismbooks.com/product.php?productid=19102&cat=348&page=1
11/07/2010, 23:44
Hello Prayer Warriors
I’m sorry that there was a concern for the Study Guide download. Please email Pastor Mike or myself for this matter.
I’m still enjoying the many blessings this book brought into my family. Prayer was the very first thing Christ’s disciples asked Him to teach them. And I have placed “prayer” as first priority in my children’s life to learn before anything.
Please read Before God from pages 160-165 reference to the above quote.
In His Services
Daniel Mac
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