당신은 믿음으로 기도하고 있는가? 예수께서는 ‘믿고 구하면 그대로 되리라’고 말씀하셨는데, 응답받는 승리의 기도를 드리고 있는가? 그 여부는 주님의 말씀을 근거로 삼아야 한다. 주님께서는 제자들에게 기도의 본질과 능력, 그리고 하나님께 대한 굳센 믿음의 필요성에 대해 가르쳐 주기를 원하셨다. 하지만 주님의 말씀은 단순히 기적을 행하는 것과 관련된 믿음에 국한되지 않았다. 그렇다면 그 믿음은 무엇인지 말씀을 통해 우리의 기도를 점검해보자.
본서는 마가복음 11장 24절을 중심으로 한 찰스 피니의 설교이다. “그러므로 내가 너희에게 말하노니 무엇이든지 기도하고 구하는 것은 받은 줄로 믿으라 그리하면 너희에게 그대로 되리라” 이 책은 성경이 말씀하는 ‘기도’와 ‘믿음’에 대하여 분명히 전달하고 있다. 기도할 때 우리가 믿어야 할 것은 무엇인지, 이러한 믿음을 발휘하거나 구한 것을 받게 될 것이라고 믿어야 할 때는 언제인지, 어떻게 하면 그러한 믿음을 발휘할 수 있는 마음의 상태에 도달할 수 있는지 등에 대해 말해준다.
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Charles Finney (1792 - 1875)
Known as one of the leaders in the Second Great Awakening revival in America. He was a revivalist who called for deep introspection of sin and preaching of the law to bring about sin. He was known to preach 30+ nights on sin and than the last night on Christ to have people flee to Him for mercy. Used greatly in the book: "Revivals of Religion" which is a classic on the subject of revival.He preached on the true Baptism of the Holy Spirit and its necessity. In his revivalistic campaigns he was used of the Lord to bring some estimate over 50,000 souls to the Lord which many were sound converts. There has been questions raised surrounding his theology in the later years of his ministry but this does not discredit that God used him powerfully in revival and for God's kingdom.
Charles Finney was born in Connecticut to an ordinary family and life that gave little hint of the great things God had in store for him. He was a schoolteacher and then a lawyer before his conversion at age 29. Finney was filled with the Holy Spirit on the same day he was saved and immediately began witnessing to friends and family members. More than twenty people were saved in the 24 hours following Finney's conversion. Finney's personal evangelism soon became public evangelism as he began to travel and preach in extended revival meetings. He considered revival to be a natural result of following the instructions God had laid out in His Word.
During Finney's fifty years of preaching, more than 500,000 were saved. He wrote many books, the most enduring of which are The Autobiography of Charles Finney and Lectures on Revival of Religion. After ill health forced him to stop traveling in meetings, he accepted the pastorate of a church in New York City. From 1852 until 1866 he served as president of Oberlin College in Ohio. Although some of his theology was lacking, he was a powerful, Spirit-filled soul winner who brought revival to cities and towns across the eastern United States.
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