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olpayne
Junior Member
Member # 46865

posted

Think for a moment. Ask yourself,

“Why do I pray”.

So as you humble for a moment to reflect why you pray, what is your answer? Do you pray….

To put in a request to the Almighty that He may grant or deny

To some how convince God to give you what you desire

A vehicle to usher more power into a otherwise dire situation

As a plea to keep all that is good and keep away all that is bad

As a last course of action when you have exhausted all other possibilities to bring about the change you desire

A way to repeat a truth, turning it over and over, to convince your heart that God is real

To thank God when things go well and to plead with Him when they do not

Why do you pray? What is the result of your prayers?

Do you gain peace,
Do you gain perspective,
Does it release power into your moment,
Do you feel safe,
Do they get answered,

Do your prayers make a difference in the outcome of reality already set into motion?

When I think about why I pray, I realize how much prayer has grown in me through the years!

Prayer has grown from pleas of a child,

repeated over and over as if to convince her scared heart that there was a higher power that could keep her safe,

to the most vital of connections pulsing the very blood through her spiritual heart.

Prayers were ushered,
in a desperate attempt to get God’s attention long enough to provide

aid to all that did not make sense or causes great grief in life,

and then cycled over and over until time passed long enough that the story was told.

The story was what it was and I needed to know how I fit,
who I was and why it mattered that I prayed

…and WHO it was I prayed and were they even trustworthy.

For everyone it is different how they pray and why.
I wish for a moment my brain could make sense of the design God has made specific

for His children in a way that will enlighten

and enlarge those who read these simple words that I manage to put to this page.

I am afraid I am failing!!

If you could even know how tired I am,

you would most appreciate that I even made the effort to come to this place,

this day.

""I come because I am SO sure of prayer"",

SO sure of my Father that I want to share with anyone willing.

The design of prayer was the way for a child to KNOW their heavenly Father.

How we relate to God in prayer often reflects how we learned to communicate with our earthly fathers.

For some children when trying to communicate with their father, he was…

distant or absent

preoccupied

sick

controlling

abusive

considered child matters to be unimportant

How does the way we communicated with our earthly fathers differ from our heavenly one?

God’s son is the example to us of how a child is to communicate with his Father.

If you look closely you will find great treasure

and food for your soul in the secrets revealed

through Christ to us when we pray.

Test it. Try it.

Take a moment to see how Christ taught us to pray.

“Our Father in heaven, Relate to Him as your father, Know Him as Father,

Trust Him as father.

hallowed be your name.

Relate to Him as Holy, Know Him as Holy, Trust Him as HOLY.

Your kingdom come, Relate to His Kingdom as it has COME, Know His Kingdom,

Trust in His Kingdom.

your will be done, Relate to His WILL, Know His will, Trust in His will.

on earth as it is in heaven.

Relate to what IS here as it IS in heaven,

Know what IS as it IS in heaven,

Trust in what IS as it IS in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

Be filled with His provision for this day, Know His provision for this day,

Trust His provision is ENOUGH for this day.

and forgive us our debts,

Release your debt, Know your debt,

Trust your debt is paid.

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Forgive others as you have known forgiveness.

And lead us not into temptation,

Be aware and ready for temptation, Know the way out,

Trust His voice to say “Go this way, or that”

but deliver us from evil.

Relate to His Freedom,

KNOW His freedom,

Trust His Freedom!

Relate is to communicate, to give account and/or to be connected by blood

We are connected by the blood of Christ and are able to communicate directly to the Father.

His Spirit then speaks to our spirit Words of life.

Words about who He is.

Words about who we are.

Words about His kingdom.

Words about His plan for you.

Are you connected?

Are you listening?

Most don’t even pause long enough to listen.

We are trained by our earthly example
and are distracted, distant,

controlling or listening to someone else instead.

In order to experience the POWER of prayer

"we must submit to His design".

Why Pray??
why NOT [bow]

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my .02 cents

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hopingandpraying
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 9256

posted

Amen. What a wonderful and eloquent post. Thank you!

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Lymetoo
Moderator
Member # 743

posted

Hi, payne!!! That was beautiful! Thank you so much for posting this!

I will go back and read it again and again!

Hope you are doing better these days!

[hi]

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--Lymetutu--
Opinions, not medical advice!

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olpayne
Junior Member
Member # 46865

posted

I need to apologize ...

I refrained from posting not by spirit but by my own weakness

in facing a no "click on cure"

I am still fighting the biggest fight in my life..

God has calmed my storm, and shared many Blessings

I couldn't figure out how to return as Payne

so, here's olpayne -

give me a time to absorb all you I have missed,

this is more Emotional then I realized..

courage find me out..

I maybe a little more say ??

DAMMING to this disease then ever before..

my heart pours out to all still in the bondage

of this daily torture -

I will be still in the Lord.

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my .02 cents

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Lymetoo
Moderator
Member # 743

posted

I'm sorry you are still not doing well, payne! God loves you so much!

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--Lymetutu--
Opinions, not medical advice!

Posts: 96227 | From Texas | Registered: Feb 2001 | IP: Logged |

olpayne
Junior Member
Member # 46865

posted

he is a jealous God

and wants us ALL very much...

thank you Lymetoo

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my .02 cents

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WakeUp
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 9977

posted

...☆*'^☆...☆'^'*☆..
☾....... G*O*D ........☽
.☆... B*L*E*S*S ...☆
...`☆.. Y*O*U...☆'^

Posts: 696 | From New York | Registered: Aug 2006 | IP: Logged |

WakeUp
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 9977

posted

...☆*'^☆...☆'^'*☆..
☾....... G*O*D ........☽
.☆... B*L*E*S*S ...☆
...`☆.. Y*O*U...☆'^

Posts: 696 | From New York | Registered: Aug 2006 | IP: Logged |

momindeep
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 7618

posted

I have missed you payne.

Posts: 1512 | From Glenwood City WI | Registered: Jul 2005 | IP: Logged |

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