Publisher's Synopsis
If Prayer, or invocation of the name of God, belongs to the threefold Christian duty: to duty to God, duty to oneself and duty to one's neighbor.1) It is our duty to God to show our faith in Him by prayer and His calling, that we truly believe in Him, we don't know any other God except Him, we confess the source of all His blessings, hope on Him, as on The True Father, Who loves His children and offers what he asks, just like children in the flesh do not come to a strange father, but to their own, from whom they were born, they come with petition. And the apostle says: "How to call on him in whom they have not believed" ( Rom. 10:14 )? And the Lord God Himself says: "I am the Lord your God" ( Exodus 20: 2 ), that is, know Me alone, confess, trust Me alone and seek all good from Me. "Call Me on the day of your sorrow, and I will deliver you" ***** ( Ps. 49:15 ).2) Duty in relation to ourselves: since we are both physically and spiritually meager, poor and cursed, we must in faith seek all good from the Giver of all blessings - Heavenly Father.3) The following applies to the duty concerning the neighbor: Christian love requires us to pray for our neighbor, and both ourselves and him should be asked for good from our God, as the apostle says: "Pray for each other to be healed" ( James 5:16 ).
