~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~

Gen 4:26 And to Seth also a son was born, and he called his
name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of
Jehovah.
Rom 10:13 For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved.”

~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~

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When we see that our life is vanity and that we ourselves are
frail, spontaneously we will call upon the name of the Lord.
This is the reason that Genesis 4:26 says, “Then began men to
call upon the name of the Lord.” From the time of Enosh, the
third generation of mankind, men began to call upon the name
of the Lord, realizing their weakness, fragility, and
mortality.

When we are careless about God, we do not call on His name.
However, when we realize that we must live for Him and worship
Him in His way, and when we realize that we are frail and
mortal and that our life is nothing but vanity, spontaneously,
from deep within us, we not only pray, but call upon the name
of the Lord.

Some Christians think that calling on the Lord is the same as
praying to Him. Formerly, I held the same concept. One day,
however, the Lord showed me that calling on His name is
different from merely praying. Yes, calling is a type of
prayer, for it is a part of our prayer, but calling is not
merely praying. The Hebrew word for call means to “call out
to,” “to cry unto,” that is, to cry out. The Greek word for
call means “to invoke a person,” “to call a person by name.”
In other words, it is to call a person by naming him audibly.
Although prayer may be silent, calling must be audible.