Comments on: When You Pray, Say. . . . http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2007/11/07/when-you-pray-say/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Sisterlisa http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2007/11/07/when-you-pray-say/#comment-23834 Sisterlisa Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:08:24 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2007/11/07/when-you-pray-say/#comment-23834 I do pray out loud. Unless it's something I'm dealing with in my heart that's private. I don't want the 'enemy' to hear me say something that he could use against me to be a stumbling block. No need to give him amunition. I use the model prayer, I begin with praising Him. I'll use songs to worship Him then I thank Him for all the blessings he bestows upon my family and I. I ask the Holy Spirit to bring things to my mind that I ought to be thankful for. Then I pray for souls to be saved, 'thy kingdom come' I let him know that I want him to come back and get us and bring us 'home'. I pray that He shows us what His wil is so that we can choose to follow that.'thy will be done' Although He knows our needs better than we do he still wants us to ask for our needs.'daily bread' I ask for forgiveness and by this time my heart is so tender that the Holy Spirit speaks to my heart about what I should be apologizing for. I ask who I should forgive and he shows me who it is. And sometimes I know I need to go to a person to follow through with that prayer. It makes for a much sweeter more intimate prayer time when we follow the example Jesus gave us for prayer. I think an obstacle is bitterness. When we have harbored botterness in our hearts towards anyone, even our own selves, it makes it harder to get intimate with the Lord. I do pray out loud. Unless it’s something I’m dealing with in my heart that’s private. I don’t want the ‘enemy’ to hear me say something that he could use against me to be a stumbling block. No need to give him amunition.

I use the model prayer, I begin with praising Him. I’ll use songs to worship Him then I thank Him for all the blessings he bestows upon my family and I. I ask the Holy Spirit to bring things to my mind that I ought to be thankful for. Then I pray for souls to be saved, ‘thy kingdom come’ I let him know that I want him to come back and get us and bring us ‘home’. I pray that He shows us what His wil is so that we can choose to follow that.’thy will be done’ Although He knows our needs better than we do he still wants us to ask for our needs.’daily bread’ I ask for forgiveness and by this time my heart is so tender that the Holy Spirit speaks to my heart about what I should be apologizing for. I ask who I should forgive and he shows me who it is. And sometimes I know I need to go to a person to follow through with that prayer. It makes for a much sweeter more intimate prayer time when we follow the example Jesus gave us for prayer. I think an obstacle is bitterness. When we have harbored botterness in our hearts towards anyone, even our own selves, it makes it harder to get intimate with the Lord.

]]> By: shelley http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2007/11/07/when-you-pray-say/#comment-23835 shelley Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:33:03 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2007/11/07/when-you-pray-say/#comment-23835 I pray out loud, at times, but it is something I need to get better about. I definately feel that it helps me to "focus" more, when I do pray out loud. I guess I don't do it enough out of self-conciousness, maybe fear of sounding "dumb." Thanks for the great reminder that Jesus said "Say..." not think, not write, Say! I pray out loud, at times, but it is something I need to get better about. I definately feel that it helps me to “focus” more, when I do pray out loud. I guess I don’t do it enough out of self-conciousness, maybe fear of sounding “dumb.” Thanks for the great reminder that Jesus said “Say…” not think, not write, Say!

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