September 12, 2025       Always Remember To Pray

Welcome. I am happy to see so many of you here. Today I want to talk about prayer and taking all things to the Lord in prayer. As we all know Yeshua taught in His day of the importance of constant prayer and about how to pray. However the way He taught is totally different from what we hear in many places today, that it makes people wonder. The reason for this is because , many have been lead to believe that they can send money to some one and get the much needed prayer or that they can actually buy prayers at a certain cost depending on the prayer that will actually come true. However bought prayer usually does not work no matter the amount, for it do not come from the heart nor someone that truly cares about the situation, as a matter of fact once the prayer is said they move right on to the next envelope and desired prayer unless they think that mentioning it will bring in more money. The strange thing about this it the fact that most people that believe those things also usually think that if they are prayed for once and don’t receive what has been asked, that they either have sin in their life or they do not have enough faith. I want to make it perfectly clear that is not what Yeshua taught. Please turn with me to Luke 18:1 “And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;” And we see it again in Luke 21:36 “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” As you can see no where does it tell us to buy prayers. It tells us to pray ourselves never ceasing. Prayers must come from the heart and be truly felt. So when Yeshua again comes, He shall find faith on the earth. Now let read Luke 18:2-8 “Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” 
That statement was pretty straight forward. Yeshua said that even a judge who could care less about the troubles or justice of the widow would move to her defense if it would profit the unjust judge. Then Yeshua said that Yahweh also would indeed avenge the needs of His own elect when “they cry unto him day and night.” I must admit that crying unto Yahweh day and night doesn’t sound much like the religious line being handed out in today’s world. No, in most places it is about the money. Yet I tell you, when you pray for someone and the answer is not immediate, you must stay the course. Do not quit no matter what thoughts of uselessness come to mind. You must continue to pray for them until Yahweh avenges them based upon your own “crying out day and night unto Him.” Yes, it does help to have people that really care join in and pray too but only if they care and really want the same as you. Then again we see that Paul also defends what Yeshua taught in the book of Thessalonians. He said that we are to pray without ceasing. We can see this in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.” 
Matthew faithfully made a recording of Yeshua's additional teaching on this subject in the book of Matthew. You can find it in Matthew 7:7&8 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” 
In the previous verses, "ask," "seek," and "knock" are three Greek present tense verbs. Present tense Greek verbs are for the most part used to point out an action like "continuous action in present time." As a result, the above verse means to ask and "keep on asking," to seek and "keep on seeking" and to knock and "keep on knocking" continuously in present time. Luke also states the same in. Luke 11:9 “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” 
With those verses we can conclude that those of us that ask and keep on asking will receive, Yet we must remember that prayer is speaking to Yahweh and Yeshua gave not only the disciples but us as well a sample prayer, but first He told us what not to do. We see this in Matthew 6:5-13 “And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Let’s see what these verses teach us. 
To humble ourselves. 
Not bring attention to ourselves.
Not to use vain repetitions. 
That we are to pray to Yahweh - the Father  
To give thanks, and ask forgiveness, also for our daily needs and protection from evil.
For His is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.
And after all doing things Yeshua’s way must get results for if it were not so, He would have told us. That is why doing anything based on the lack of faith shown by many today can only be disastrous, and could leave the people for whom they are praying absolutely helpless. So I say to you today, do not spend money for prayers, bend your knees and pray unto the Lord your Yahweh. Open your heart and pour out your troubles, pain and hurt for He along can rid you of them. There are no problems that He cannot handle. So stay the course beloved and you will win. You will receive. Matthew 21:22 “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” So let’s all try praying the way Yeshua told us in Matthew 6:9-13. That is the real power in praying and the right way to pray.
That is all for today. So until next week;
May the LORD bless thee, and keep thee,
May the LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee, 
May the LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.