My tea is nearly gone...cool now as I have been sipping it for a while...I am starting this later than usual as today is the sad anniversary of 9/11 and respect for that day was a must!
Learning and growing...isn't that what we are to do as Jesus followers? In my learning and growing, I am finding that there is SO much more learning and growing...do you think so too? The more I learn and grow closer to Jesus...there is more the need and want to learn and grow even more...what a wonderful cycle to be a part of...learning and growing to learn and grow in Jesus.
My mind, heart, and soul are full of all sorts of things to share. The "topics" are all dancing around inside me! I sort and pray; wanting to share from Father here...not from me. So, I sit, pray, and wait. Grinning I realize you, reading, have no idea of the wait period. Maybe that's a good thing!
Prayer...there are a variety of types of prayers. There are "pillow prayers" (as you drift off to sleep), there are "help me" prayers (said urgently in time a a real crisis), there are prayers sent up to Father for healing, there are prayers of simply conversing with Father, there are fervent prayers (in which you make the time to talk to Father about a certain issue), there are simply many types of prayers.
I want to inspire you to make time to pray with all of your mind, heart, and soul for something you know needs much time in prayer. Often such prayers will wipe us out emotionally and/or physically as we take them to Father pouring out our hearts. The prayer could be anything from talking to Father about a relative, something of our own personal concern, praying for the leaders of our country, praying for the leaders of your church...any variety of concerns on your heart.
In my humble opinion, we as a people have been slacking in prayer. We wonder why our country is in the shape that it is. Really? Do we need to wonder? Do people still pray for our country? We wonder why there are so many issues with people at our church. Again, Really? Do we pray for the people at our church? Do we pray for the leadership? We have family who are in need of Jesus. Maybe you have been praying earnestly for them. Keep praying!
"Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God"~ Phil.4:6 Did you catch that? I have read over it many times...read that again! Don't rush through...take it in! It says...Don't be anxious! Some prayers take TIME to be answered for whatever reason! In your requests ask or petition humbly with adoration and with thanksgiving! If you are not sure how to begin your prayer, you can always begin with praising and thanking God...the rest of the words will follow.
You may say, "Oh, but I don't have the time to really gut it out with Father and pray earnestly." To that, I say, You don't have the time NOT to be in earnest prayer with our Father. Make the time! Prayer is of utmost importance. Can you just imagine your life, the lives of those you care about, your church, the schools,...I could go on...if you or others made the time to REALLY get down on your hands and knees and truly pour your heart out to Father about issues? Lives would be changed! You would be changed! Our God could do so much in fighting through those spiritual realms! Don't you just get all excited in thinking about the awesome changes that could be made JUST because you PRAYED? You prayed in earnest! You set aside time and continued to make the time for pouring out to Father God!
Make prayer both your lifeline and your lifestyle!
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion, and power both now and ever. Amen."~Jude 24-25
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