Oração
A oração é o fôlego da vida cristã. É conversa íntima com Deus, pedido de socorro, ação de graças e intercessão. Jesus ensinou seus discípulos a orar e praticou a oração constantemente.
O convite a orar
Jesus disse: pedi e recebereis, buscai e achareis, batei e abrir-se-vos-á. Deus convida seus filhos a orar com fé e persistência.
Orar em nome de Jesus
Tudo o que pedirmos em nome de Jesus, Ele fará, para que o Pai seja glorificado no Filho. A oração em seu nome tem autoridade.
Orar sem cessar
A Bíblia nos exorta a orar em todo tempo. A oração constante nos mantém conectados com Deus e nos fortalece espiritualmente.
A oração do modelo
Jesus ensinou a oração do Pai Nosso como modelo. Ela cobre adoração, submissão, provisão, perdão, proteção e louvor.
Oração eficaz
A oração do justo é poderosa e eficaz. Ore com fé, sem duvidar, pois quem duvida é como onda do mar levada pelo vento.
Deus ouve e responde
Clama a mim e te responderei. O Senhor ouve os que clamam a Ele com sinceridade e responde com poder e fidelidade.
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will tell thee great and unheard of things, which thou knowest not.
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will tell thee great and unheard of things, which thou knowest not.
12 And you will call upon me, and ye will go and will pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye will seek me, and shall find me, for ye will search for me with all your heart.
2 (65:3) O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee all flesh shall come.
24 (22:25) For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor; neither hath he hidden his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
15 And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee, and so wilt thou glorify me."
17 Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue.
18 If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;
18 If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;19 But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer.
1 It is lovely to me that the Lord heareth my voice, my supplications.2 For he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore throughout all my days will I call on him.
6 (18:7)When in my distress I called upon the Lord, and unto my God I cried: he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint came before him, even into his ears.
17 (102:18)When he hath regarded the prayer of the forsaken, and doth not despise their prayer.
44 Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.45 And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses;
18 The Lord is nigh unto all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Confiança nas promessas
Se pedimos algo segundo a sua vontade, Ele nos ouve. A confiança na oração vem de conhecer e confiar em Deus e suas promessas.
Diversas formas de oração
A oração inclui adoração, intercessão, súplica e ação de graças. Levante mãos santas, ore pelos outros e clame em todo tempo.
Oração e perseverança
Persevere na oração. Mesmo quando parece que não há resposta, Deus está agindo. O que impossível aos homens é possível a Deus.
5 For the waves of death encompassed me, the floods of destruction made me afraid;6 The bonds of hell encircled me, the snares of death seized on me:7 When in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint entered into his ears.
19 Arise, complain aloud in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out like water thy heart before the face of the Lord: lift up toward him thy hands because of the life of thy babes, that faint away for hunger at the corner of all the streets.
40 Let us search through and investigate our ways, and let us return to the Lord.41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
12 But even now also, saith the Lord, return ye fully to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near.
7 (64:6) And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth himself up to lay hold of thee; for thou hast hidden thy face from us, and hast let us melt away, through the force of our iniquities.
24 And it shall come to pass, that before yet they call will I answer; and while they are still speaking will I hear.
24 And it shall come to pass, that before yet they call will I answer; and while they are still speaking will I hear.
19 For O people of Zion that shall dwell at Jerusalem! thou shalt indeed not weep: he will be surely gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; so soon as he heareth it, he answereth thee.
11 Thus hath said the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and he who hath formed him, About events to come will you ask me? concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands will ye command me?
Postura na oração
Ore no secreto, e o Pai que vê em secreto recompensará. A oração não precisa de muitas palavras, mas de coração sincero.
7 Be silent before the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who practices wicked devices.
17 (55:18) At evening and morning and noon will I make my complaint and moan: and he heareth my voice.
8 (62:9) Trust in him at all times, O ye people; pour out before him your heart: God is a protection for us. Selah.
1 A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.(63:2) O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry land, and it is faint without water.
2 Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
10 With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments.
3 (4:4) But know that the Lord hath set apart the pious for himself: the Lord will hear when I call on him.
3 (5:4) O Lord! in the morning do thou hear my voice: in the morning will I set in order my prayer before thee, and 1ook up with hope.
9 When one turneth away his ear so as not to listen to the law, even his prayer becometh an abomination.