In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God. ... He heard my voice and my cry came before him , to your ears.
Psalm 18:6
Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:24
Those who pray in the New Testament those who believed in the Lord Jesus are appointed from the outset as "disciples" (Acts 6:1), "the brethren" (9:30), the "This Way", that is, those who followed the way of the Lord (9:2). Then they were called "Christians" (meaning: of Christ, Acts 11:26).
When the Gospel came into the island of Madagascar, the Christians were called "those who pray." Despite persecution, these Christians worshiped openly to Jesus, praying at home, outside, and wherever he went. His faith was not limited to customs, it was a living faith, active, those who use the name of the Lord. For that reason its enemies asked: - Do you pray? A response Affirmative enough to stop them.
The apostle Paul was converted when he was arrested by the sight of the glory of the Lord, for what remained blind for a while. So God sent the disciple Ananias to go with Paul. "Behold, he prays," God told him to show that Saul (or Paul) had become a believer (Acts 9:11). To Ananias the Christians were actually those who "call upon the name of the Lord." This is an important feature of the Christian.
you part you from praying? In its true sense, prayer is the most intense event of the Christian life. It is found in the presence of God and go to the Almighty, the believer who called his father.
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