Acts 10:4 KJV
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Cornelius was not yet a saved man but the Bible says, among other things about him, that he "prayed to God alway." And God said his "prayers and alms are come up for a memorial before God." The word memorial is from a Greek word meaning "record." God had recorded this man's prayers!
I do not know all that Cornelius may have prayed for, but I know that the first prayer God was interested in answering was that Cornelius would believe in Jesus Christ and "receive remission of sins."
Cornelius prayed to the true and living God, not a god
Cornelius prayed with a heart seeking God, not superficially
Cornelius prayed prepared to obey God when He spoke
And this man's prayers had, "come up for a memorial before God." There is no way to overestimate the value in honest, heart-searching prayer.
Oh that it might be said of more Christians that they, "prayed to God alway."
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Cornelius was not yet a saved man but the Bible says, among other things about him, that he "prayed to God alway." And God said his "prayers and alms are come up for a memorial before God." The word memorial is from a Greek word meaning "record." God had recorded this man's prayers!
I do not know all that Cornelius may have prayed for, but I know that the first prayer God was interested in answering was that Cornelius would believe in Jesus Christ and "receive remission of sins."
Cornelius prayed to the true and living God, not a god
Cornelius prayed with a heart seeking God, not superficially
Cornelius prayed prepared to obey God when He spoke
And this man's prayers had, "come up for a memorial before God." There is no way to overestimate the value in honest, heart-searching prayer.
Oh that it might be said of more Christians that they, "prayed to God alway."
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