Please, GOD

Author: Zari Banks, M.Ed
April 05, 2020

Did you know that when praying to Adonai you don't have to say, 'please?' It's true, you don't.

Saying please is good manners in the natural, when we're speaking to others it sounds nice, but it's not required when praying biblically. In Hebrews 4:16 we're told by Rabbi Shaul, "So let us come boldly to The Throne of our Gracious God. There we will receive His Mercy, and find Grace to help us when we need it most." The English translations of 'boldly' and 'with confidence' come from the Greek word parresias which literally means 'all-outspokenness, frankness, bluntness and by implication assurance.' 

Read it again using the literal words:
"So let us come with all-outspokenness, frankness, bluntness and assurance to The Throne of our Gracious God." 

I don't have room for 'please' in my outspoken, frank and blunt statements. Good thing it's not required. Still have doubts? There's more proof.

In John 14:14, Yeshua promised, "If you ask Me anything in My Name, I will do it." The word translated as ask here in Greek is aitesete and means to 'request, petition or demand.' We have to remember that Elohim created the universe inside of a legal framework and what we read in The Logos are various laws and principles woven into history, present and future. In any natural court, requests, petitions and demands are regular things and they don't need 'please' attached to them to be carried out because they're presented according to law. This is so in the natural because it's first so in The Kingdom of God. 

We don't have to say 'please' when praying according to The Holy Scriptures because we're outspoken, frank, blunt spiritual lawyers making requests, petitions and demands based on The Laws of Elohim.

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