So I have been reading the book, A Praying Life, one thing that the author talked about is how he put his prayers for family members and such on note cards. Many times later he could look back and see prayers answered. He talked about going to our heavenly Father like a child. To ask for even the little things. After all even in the little things "who else would they really come from." I am now using notpad on my computer..typing down prayers. I also cut and paste prayers from FB. Finding a lot of my friends asking for prayer so to remember them in prayer I cut and paste them onto wordpad. I look over my prayers several time through out the day.
Praying about everything gives the control back to God. We often try to be in control of everything and don't even realize that is what we are doing. That is where worry an anxiety sits in as well as discouragement and such. When something worries me go to God, when I need something go to God, when my child needs something go to God, when I need help with some task to be done go to God. May we be encouraged to go to God in All things. He is there for us all we need is to ask.
Speaking of control. Something I have been thinking about is how often we christian really do try and take control of things and not really realize it. We find ourselves trying to control others make them believe as we do we try to control our own situations as well. Instead of taking each situation to God in prayer. We will even go as far as use scripture to prove our point and more than that a attempt to make one do what they should do or do what we think they should do or how they should be. How is that not good when after all we are using scripture. One thing is we often make premature judgments about things. God sees the whole picture, we often make a quick judgment without all the facts. It is not us who can change people it is God it is by the holy spirit and the love of God. Scripture can be just noise if not speaking or received it with the right motive and without the love of Christ. It is not by force or manipulation that one should follow scripture then ones heart is not in it. We should see scripture first as something to reflect on. Take it to prayer. What do I need to learn? What areas do I need to grow in? How does this scripture speak to me? Lord give me the strength to live out your will in me. Amen. After all it is our actions that will speak louder than words. The actions in Gods children is what will bring Gods word to life or kill his word. People close there ears to His word when they see those who preach not practice. When we love one another that speaks volume. That is living scripture. As we live scripture we can speak scripture in love and in prayer. With scripture first reflect, chew on it feed your spirit then you can go and feed your brother. No other other motive but to just feed let God do the rest. Share what you are chewing on in LOVE. Taking everything to prayer.
1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
May we put most of our time and energy in serving one another in love. By first humbly seeking our heavenly father morning day and night. May we communicate to the father so naturally as we do to breath. Amen.
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