D1: Prayer

D1:Week 4 Prayer

Calling on the name of the Lord - a biblical theology of prayer

Prayer in Genesis:

- introduction to the promise of one who’d overcome the evil one (God spoke)

- at that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD. (Man responds)

Prayer is for a fallen world - doing life in the broken world, where prayer is calling on the name of the Lord to intervene on our behalf based on his promises.

From Abraham

; ; - Abraham’s faith response. In Genesis, to call upon the name of Yahweh is to respond to God’s promise-making initiative by asking him to act to fulfill his promises.

Abraham’s prayers were always in response to the covenant God made with him.

From Isaac

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Isaac prayed - Ch. 25Isaac called upon the name of the Lord in response to God’s promise. Ch.26

From Moses:

- God’s people cry out to him - he answers.

God declared this to Abraham in that his people would be servants in a land not their own.

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Moses cried out to the Lord on many occasions on account of the people and their sin.

From David:

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David recounts God’s promises for his people, his kingship, and the forever kingdom. All prayer is covenantal - all prayer is gospel driven

From the Prophets:

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There are several verses throughout the Major/Minor prophets of calling upon the name of the Lord and praying. The prophets would pray for God’s people when they would rebel and call God’s people to cry out to God in repentance to be delivered.

Laments(to mourn or grieve) as prayers:

Complaints about adversity that the Lord tolerated or caused.Confession of trustAppeal for deliverance