A Few Things to Pray For

A Few Things to Pray For

                                   

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Luke 6:12 NIV

[The Twelve Apostles] [6:13-16pp -- Mt 10:2-4; Mk 3:16-19; Ac 1:13] One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

In our lives, Trusting God is like a garden, either we grow in trust and produce fruit or ... we wither in our worries.  We must understand that prayer in our lives acts like the water and fertilizer in the garden in that prayer helps us build our Trust in Him.  

Prayer, our communications with God develops Trust and our Relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit- our Faith.  In that, as we Trust more we love God more, we love Jesus more and we feel the presence and Guidance of the Holy Spirit more.  Prayer may not always change our circumstances but for sure, it will change us and how we view our circumstance.  That is huge in God's plan for us.

Here are some things to consider in our prayers and a few things to pray for:

Pray everyday, focused on needs and not your wants, 

pray counting your blessings rather than your "problems",

pray more for others than self, 

pray in the good times to know better how in the bad,

pray in humility rather than feelings of self pride, 

pray in meekness

                  that your prayers are received as authentic,

pray in thankfulness especially when in disrepair, 
pray in forgiving attitude in prayers for forgiveness,

pray in real expectation rather than 
                   expecting fruitlessness,  

pray in feelings of gratitude rather than attitude, 

pray in faithfulness everyday, often, rather than 
                   weak trust in the bad times, 

pray in desire of His will to live in us, 
                   rather than our will,

pray in selflessness rather than 
                   living in selfishness,

pray in your aloneness 
                  not just in public for others to hear,

pray in trusting Him 
                  that you do not fall into temptation,
pray in trusting Him
                  to build your confidence in Him,

pray often everyday,
pray to feel God's presence continuously,
pray to understand God's plan for our lives,
pray to forgive especially when you do not want to,
pray to forgive even when forgiveness will not requested,
pray to Praise Him in all circumstances,

pray to Love Jesus especially when you do not feel lovable,

pray to Seek God and His Kingdom especially when you feel lost,

pray to never allow "why" to be a barrier between you and God,
pray to see, recognize, and accept God's answers to our prayers 
                 as His answers build Trust in Him,

pray for a repentant attitude
                 especially in times of feeling great pride,

pray for your enemies, not just your friends,
pray for Holy Spiritual guidance in 
                   protection from your selfish desires,

pray for Trust greater than Peter's,

pray for inner peace in our chaotic world,

pray for understanding the fullness of God's Grace in our lives,
pray for fully appreciating the fullness of God's Grace in our lives,

pray for continuous guidance of the Holy Spirit in all decisions,

pray for Spiritual joy 
                    in the trials of our personal sadness,
pray for the Holy Spirit to help you build Trust in
                    the promises of Jesus,

pray for courage in adversity,
pray for self-control in a world seemingly out of control,
pray for a gentle spirit in dealing with others,
pray for faithfulness and resistance when tempted,
pray for kind heartedness when facing hard heartedness,

pray for patience in awaiting answers to our prayers,

pray as Jesus prayed,

    "not my will but your will be done". 

Pray, and Pray, and Pray, Everyday,

   especially for the little needs in our lives,

   and

as Moses said to the Hebrews at the Red sea,

   "... watch what God will do for you today."

In addition to prayer and Bible Study,
        God Trusting friends are important elements in
                helping us build our Trust in God.

Pray, Study the Bible, surround yourself with Trusting friends and

Then, do not be amazed at His Glory in your life, 
       His work in your life is just what He does ..... 
           everyday single day!

and then

     show His glory to others 
         in the way you live your life.

Thanks be to God

lonnie

Additional readings on prayer:

      The Trust we Show God in Others for Prayers

      Two Additional Thoughts on Paryer

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Prayer changes things. In humility, as we pray more for our NEEDS and especially for others, we see results. Praying for our wants is what often leads to disappointmenst. As we see results, we often pray more, we feel receptive to the Holy Spirit, and then are moved to pray more.  Click below for some things we should pray for. Please share the message on your Fb page as you like, and if you like, click the FB 'Follow' button to have notifications of these publications.  For other messages like this, visit my FB page, or on FB visit-"A Daily Thought Group".

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT YOU NEEDED TO PRAY FOR?  Maybe you think you have your life under control and you do not need to talk to God.  I hope this is not the case, but if it is, then there are manyt things and opportunities you can still pray for.  Under any circumstances, God wants to hear from you (yeah, really, just believe it).  Pray daily as you should and you will be glad you did.  Please share the message on your Fb page as you like, and if you like, click the FB 'Follow' button to have notifications of these publications.  For other messages like this, visit my FB page, or on FB visit-"A Daily Thought Group".

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10 Differences Between Religion and “The Personal Relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit” 10c

       10 Differences Between Religion and
       “The Personal Relationship" with
        God,   Jesus,   and the Holy Spirit” 

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1       Religion Stresses developing beliefs through
         formulas, “how-to”, and regulations,
”The Personal Relationship” 
         stresses commitments of the heart.

2       Religion teaches guidance FOR our lives,
“The Personal Relationship” 
         places in us the Guidance we need IN our lives.

3       Religion stresses our imposing order on our lives,
“The Personal Relationship" 
         gives the desire for the Covenant of order in our lives.

4       Religion stresses 
              the elements of the Bible on how to live our lives,
“The Personal Relationship” 
        provides those elements to build up our lives.

5       Religion leads us to Questions about rules
“The Personal Relationship” 
         leads us to answers about life.

6       Religion gives us information that tell us what to do,
“The Personal Relationship” 
         gives us God’s knowledge of what to do.

7       Religion many times stifles and robs us of our 
              more complete understanding of Gods Blessings,
"The Personal Relationship" 
         allows us to reach out and accept 
                 more than a meager amount of His Blessings.

8       Religion brings God’s people together in 
             community fellowship,  This is good but
“The Personal Relationship” 
        brings people to God in His Fellowship, 
              Community fellowship will come.

9       The Personal Relationship is by far 
            more important than religion, but in
"The Personal Relationship"
      it better sustains us in a 
           church or religious institution. 
      It can be difficult to maintain 
         "The Personal Relationship" 
                by, in, and through only ourselves.
"The Personal Relationship" with God
      is maintained by:
      Bible Study, Prayer, and
              Fellowship and Worship with those 
                       who have a Personal Relationship.

10    Without
  "The Intimate Personal Relationship" with 
          God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in our lives,
              what we mostly have is just religion.

Thanks be to God

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Self Confidence, Part 1 of 2

"Self Confidence”        Part 1 of 2     

Part 2 describes describing a 24 year old petrified soldier going into battle in Vietnam with new confidence attained through prayer.   Part 3 will discuss Jesus’ example of depending on God in His battle leading to His Crucifixion.

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Self-confidence is a self acquired behavior giving us strength to  be "successful".  However, when we fail really big and often or bad things happen to us, self doubt over comes that self-confidence and can affect all aspects of our lives.  Jesus instilled the Holy Spirit in his disciples* after His resurrection, and our salvation brings us the same.  When the Holy Spirit instills in us God's confidence, any failure in our lives, any mistake in our judgment, any injustice we feel  becomes a stepping stone to our next successes.  


Scripture:  Acts 4: 1-16   (<< click here to read)   Peter standing before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, the Temple ruling party, explaining by whose power he does his deeds and Miracles.

By the fact that Acts is generally accepted as the second part of the Gospel of Luke and Acts coming just after the anointing of the Disciples with the Holy Spirit, we find the Disciples, and especially Peter, had become changed men.  The disciples just weeks earlier had sequestered themselves into a little upper room, no doubt trying to be quiet as they were afraid they might be the next ones crucified.  They had lost all confidence by forgetting what Jesus had told them earlier.  In John 20:20-23 we are told that Jesus came to them, and with just His breath, He anointed them with the Holy Spirit.  In that moment, they no longer were afraid and blessed with God’s Confidence in their lives.

Acts 4:8 records in standing before the very people who put Jesus to death (the Sanhedrin), It says, “8  Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, 9 If we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed,  10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.

Self Confidence is fleeting with the wind.  Just as in the disciples in the upperroom, God’s instilled confidence through the anointing of the Holy Spirit is always with us when we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.  It is through prayer, Bible Study, and Rightous Fellowship and Worship with fellow believers we come to truly know the the power of Holy Spirit in our lives.  Then, we too can Trust our Confidence through (1) the faith God puts in us and (2) the guidance of the Holy Spirit, just as Peter did.

Thanks be to God.

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