Psalm 141 ~ (New American Bible)
1
LORD, I call to you; come quickly to help me; listen to my plea when I call.
2
Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard, LORD, before my mouth, a gatekeeper at my lips.
4
Do not let my heart incline to evil, or yield to any sin. I will never feast upon the fine food of evildoers.
5
3 Let the just strike me; that is kindness; let them rebuke me; that is oil for my head. All this I shall not refuse, but will pray despite these trials.
6
When their leaders are cast over the cliff, all will learn that my prayers were heard.
7
As when a farmer plows a field into broken clods, so their bones will be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8
My eyes are upon you, O GOD, my Lord; in you I take refuge; do not strip me of life.
9
Guard me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.
10
Into their own nets let all the wicked fall, while I make good my own escape.
How close is the Lord God, the Almighty, Father God, from our prayers? He dwells within us and He completely understands all of our prayer as a fragrance. He understands all of us as well as we know ourselves.
My Church uses incense on High Holy Days, everyone afterward has a comment either favorable or unfavorable. How does do the Scriptures record incense?
The first mention of incense is almost the beginning of the Scriptures (Exodus 25), so I would have to say God is pro - incense.
Revelation 5:7-9
7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,
"Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation
Revelation 8:4
and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
Fragrance in prayer is understandable when compared with this verse:
Romans 8:26-27
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Prayer is always something Father God comprehends. He is never like, as Elijah taunted the idol Baal - asleep.
Luke 18:1
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
2
Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard, LORD, before my mouth, a gatekeeper at my lips.
4
Do not let my heart incline to evil, or yield to any sin. I will never feast upon the fine food of evildoers.
5
3 Let the just strike me; that is kindness; let them rebuke me; that is oil for my head. All this I shall not refuse, but will pray despite these trials.
6
When their leaders are cast over the cliff, all will learn that my prayers were heard.
7
As when a farmer plows a field into broken clods, so their bones will be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8
My eyes are upon you, O GOD, my Lord; in you I take refuge; do not strip me of life.
9
Guard me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.
10
Into their own nets let all the wicked fall, while I make good my own escape.
How close is the Lord God, the Almighty, Father God, from our prayers? He dwells within us and He completely understands all of our prayer as a fragrance. He understands all of us as well as we know ourselves.
My Church uses incense on High Holy Days, everyone afterward has a comment either favorable or unfavorable. How does do the Scriptures record incense?
The first mention of incense is almost the beginning of the Scriptures (Exodus 25), so I would have to say God is pro - incense.
Revelation 5:7-9
7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,
"Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation
Revelation 8:4
and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
Fragrance in prayer is understandable when compared with this verse:
Romans 8:26-27
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Prayer is always something Father God comprehends. He is never like, as Elijah taunted the idol Baal - asleep.
Luke 18:1
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
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