Pray

An encouragement to live by the words Yeshua spoke, not as hearers only, but as doers—beginning with His first call to pray. I was led to look up this word "pray" because of a new site I had a desire to start that is just prayers that will be posted as I am led. It is to encourage Christians to pray God's spoken words out of His mouth that Yeshua (Jesus) said It is written and that we live by every word out of the mouth of God  Mt 4:4 . It is much easier for the believer to believe God's words to happen than our own words. I wrote a page about it called: About Prayer and Why Use God's Words.

As I looked to see the first time Yeshua (Jesus) mentioned the word "pray" it was this verse:

Matthew 5:44 (KJV) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Now I am sure I might have quick mentioned a pray for this but never was it on my heart to do this routinely for His people and the Church to do so it didn't have any impact so how much was a prayer like that heard? So I repented because I didn't have the heart of Yeshua on it or I would have done more, it must be important or He wouldn't have said it as the first thing to pray. I was more focused as most people on themselves or loved ones being more of the routine as most people, praying for the nation and people where I live. I had taken to the Lord words He has spoken a lot but have done it for things here where I live. We happened to be in the west which is more Christian nations so do not live as the persecuted Church in other countries.

After this I went to look up what is happening in the world and AI directed me to Open Doors International and I went to the persecution countries list and was like wow current is 388 million people within the list. Crushing to the heart it is even though Yeshua prepared us for that telling us this:

John 7:7 (KJV) The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

I did pray then and ask that the Lord give me His heart on this and lead me and give me words out of the mouth of God for it for my post on the Prayer site. I was immediately led to go after the kings of these nations to become Christian so will continue seeking words from God on the matter.