I found this interesting for when I was trying to decide what my next blog would be about, the first one I thought of was prayer. So here I am talking about prayer.
For the purpose of this blog, I wanted to make sure I quoted right so I looked up prayer on the internet Bible site, they had a total of 157 verses for me to go trough. WOW. But, when I think about prayer, I think about 2 verses. The first one is "Pray with out ceasing" and the second one is "Do not worry about anything but in everything in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."
Prayer never really meant a lot to me until just recently. Yea I would pray, but they were always half-hearted. I always lost my concentration. I have learned 3 amazing things about prayer:
1: The first thing I have learned is how to pray for other people. I do not know about you, but I typically find myself praying for myself. "Please help me through this," "Why is this happening to me," etc. How selfish am I!!!! I know that it is good to pray for myself and I know that I need to do that, but it is not all about me, is it? I have a husband, a child, family, and friends, and a whole entire lost world that may need me to intercede for them!
2: The second thing is to pray without ceasing. I prayed before I wrote this blog, I am praying while I write this. I pray when I let my mind wonder to things that I should not and do not want to think about. I pray when I am so thankful for my beautiful son when he gives the smile that tells me he loves me. I thank God after I talk to Kane and I can see what the Lord is doing in his life. Prayer is for your rough times, your in-between times, and your amazing times. Not only when you feel the Lord, but when he seems distant and closed. For when you feel Satan trying to pull you into sin, when you have sinned and you need forgiveness. When someone is hurting and you have no idea what to do! When you are faced with a decision! Get my point?? ANY TIME!!!
3: (And most important) YOU WILL BE HEARD! He hears you no matter what. You may not feel it or believe it but he hears you. He may not answer the way you think He should, but he will answer. He will give you comfort when you ask. He will give you forgiveness when you ask, he will give you wisdom when you ask, (if you are not saved) He will give you eternal life when you ask! He hears you when you have no idea what to say, how to respond, or even what you are feeling. He knows and he will give you what you need in order to endure!
I have came to these conclusions based on things that go on in my life! I pray that it does not take anyone else the amount of time and sorrow that I went through before I finally made prayer a continual and constant part of my life.
Do not hide from Him as I did, it is not worth it and plus, he already knows what ever you are trying to hide from Him (if there is anything).
So my questions for you are these: Who do you need to pray for? Is prayer a continual and constant part of your daily life? And, do you have faith that you will be heard and are you willing to let yourself be heard ?
Another insightful post that reminds me that God talks to us through his holy Word and we, in return, should consistently and faithfully talk to him through prayer. Sadly, I find myself falling short on both accounts all too often. Once again, kudos for hitting the nail on the head.
ReplyDeleteThese are really good!
ReplyDeleteMy 1st experience with "pray without ceasing" was when my Dad was told he'd have 3 months to live. I was due to deliver Alex within the month; and as you know, we got to have Dad at Alex's high school graduation. Not all of my prayers are answered to MY thinking. In fact, it wasn't until I "let go of Dad" that I felt peace. I finally prayed that Dad be healed whether it was here on earth or in heaven with Him.
Unfortunately, I don't always pray that intensely; but, God has a way of bringing us to a point of such despair that we finally 'get' what He was trying to teach us all along.
Rebecca Gobel