Tefillah (Strong's 8605), pronounced tef-il-law, intercession, supplication, by implication a hymn: - prayer. KJV usage: prayer 77x in 70 verses (OT). From the root word palal (Strong's 6419) which means to judge.
How often do we use prayer as nothing more than an emergency call or a cold call to God? Too often we only pray when we need or want something from God - which is understandable considering the Old English word "pray" means to "ask or beg".
But the Hebrew word for prayer - tefillah - means to "self evaluate". So to the Israelites of the Bible, prayer was not a time when they asked God for things... it was a time when they examined themselves. They would use prayer as a way to compare their actions, behavior and attitude against God's holiness.
Could this idea change your prayers today? Read through the prayers of David in the Book of Psalms.
No comments:
Post a Comment