Thursday, November 6, 2008
Lovely one..!! - New ways to Pray
So Amazing! Very inspiring at the Times when we lost, confused... and feel like crying! It really makes us realize that through God everything is possible and we can trust him anytime as the way we trust our Father... :) ..
The scripture says ... "Your Father in Heaven Knows What You Need Before You Ask." it also says... "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" -John 11:40 and "Is anyone among you suffering? let him pray." -James 5:13
Sometimes though I have problems I only blame myself or my fate... but I have the solution with me which I rarely use... its 'Prayer' why is it like every time I forget to pray? Many times it happens that people around me or my friends tell me to pray for them...and I always promise to pray... later I realize that I completely forgot to pray for them.. Then I think... "Oh no.. I should not have done that..." though I say in my prayers that things should go on well with everyone around me... but I did not pray specifically for them..and I feel that I've let them down... These days things have changed with me ... so that to remember to pray at specific times, I need to set an alarm clock... Its my childhood teaching that I need to pray before I go to bed and Thank God.. and pray when I wake up to thank God for this wonderful day he had given in my life..and also to pray before meals..
I've read an article few days back which says... A person has a habit of praying when she sees a bird. "Sometimes, if there's a flock, I focus on one or two that seem to look right at me," she said... thats really very cool idea of being in touch with God..
After reading this I started looking for creative ways of praying
Here is excerpt from one of the article I read...
"Your Father knows what you need before you ask him," Hearing that, my sophomores would say, "But, if God already knows what we need, why bother asking?" That is a very good question! Jesus knows human nature quite well, since He, together with the Father and the Spirit, brought humanity into being. And, sharing our human nature, through his incarnation, he also knows "existentially" what it is like to think and feel like the rest of us do. When we want, especially if we feel that we need, a favor from God, we find it necessary to put our petition into words. Not like the pagans, who babble on and on, naming every idol they know, hoping that one of them might answer. But like children who ask for what they need, and even what they want, even without need, knowing that God is a kind and loving Father who will deny us nothing, except if it is not good for us.
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