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Why we pray
Deborah-Leigh:
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...not to stop and start, stop and start or pick times for speaking to God...no...being mindful of God always present so as to ceaselessly be mindful of His Presence and never leaving, coming or going, stopping and starting.... being ever in His company... 8) :)
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing. :)
Blessings brother
Arc
judith collier:
I do pray thy will be done but also remember all the things Jesus did on earth so I figure if healing was done on earth then i could pray that too. But some of the time when i pray, I am the answer. Let me explain. "Dear God, please help my friend, she is not doing good and she needs some help" So, if it is something i can help her with then through prayer it was brought to my mind to do it. Sometimes I do not even pray over these things i just do it. If a person knows the love of God then there is a natural response. I also know though that busyness is not what God desires of us all the time and this too can become an ego thing. One does have to know themselves and use caution. I am the type that i will move quickly and sometimes that is not what to do. I have to really watch it. Boy, if anyone can get ahead of God it is me!
Judy
GaryK:
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--- Quote ---the persitence lesson is still somewhat of a mystery to me.
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...not to stop and start, stop and start or pick times for speaking to God...no...being mindful of God always present so as to ceaselessly be mindful of His Presence and never leaving, coming or going, stopping and starting.... being ever in His company... 8) :)
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing. :)
Blessings brother
Arc
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Very good, indeed, Arcturus.
I remember the first time I read Ray’s ‘Praying By God’s Rules’ and how awestruck I was at these particular humble statements by Ray:
“Periodically I thank God for everything I have—I mean everything. Including the many things that most people take for granted. You have heard of counting sheep to fall asleep? Well I fall asleep many nights thanking God for all of my blessings. I start where I am—on my comfortable mattress and pillow, next to my wife, in an air-conditioned room.
You heard me right, I start by tanking God for my pillow and my comfortable bed. How many people in the history of the world have ever had a bed as comfortable as mine? Not even one percent. I thank God for my wife lying next to me. I thank God for my children. I thank God for our great little feline companions. I thank God for air conditioning in the summer and central heating in the winter. I thank God for our home, my office, our large living room for Bible Studies, our television that enables me to see the major news events of the world instantly, and documentaries (I watch a fair amount of the Science Channel, National Geographic, the History Channel, etc.).
I thank God especially for our refrigerator. Do you have any idea how much kings and queens of the past would have given for a refrigerator? And add to that, a plethora of fresh fruits, vegetables, juices, and ice cold water. I never take my refrigerator or all that is in it, for granted. I thank God for indoor plumbing. Most of the world does not have indoor plumbing or even good drinking water. How many in the world drink warm, muddy water? How blessed we are.
http://bible-truths.com/praying.htm
“If you always pray, "not as I will, but as THOU will," all of your prayers will be answered too. Whether you always get what you desire or you don’t get what you desire, if your greatest desire of all desires is for "THY WILL be done," then you can rest assured that from this day forward, all of your prayers will be answered always. God’s will (that is His intention for the way He has preordained everything to go), will always be done. No prayer has ever changed God’s plan or purpose in any way whatsoever. (Read my series on "free will").”
http://bible-truths.com/praying.htm
Those particular words were a needed dose of reality from the lord to calm this anxious heart and learn a hard lesson that I am not in control, as once strongly believed. Since that time, although I fail more often than not, remembering to give thanks for all things, good things.....and those which I may question not seeing clearly his reason(s), knowing although, all comes from him and for his purpose.
gk
Deborah-Leigh:
Hi GaryK
Yes, those are very beautiful insights of humble God revering prayers of faith that Ray shares with us. 8)
God never leaves or forsakes us.
Arc
judith collier:
I just remembered the Holy spirit prays for us with sighs, etc. So, when I sigh I thank God that those things I cannot put into words are being prayed for. Judy
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