Do we pray big enough? Some great thoughts here by Beejai
Psalm 2:8
Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.
Read: Genesis 3:1-4:26, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12, Proverbs 1:7-9
Relate: I don’t often get interrupted when I am praying. Even if someone else in my hearing might not be in “agreement” with what I am praying, I honestly can’t remember anyone stopping me mid prayer. I have had people come say something afterwards. I have even had someone pray pretty much the opposite as soon as I was done. But I can only remember one time being interrupted mid prayer.…..Read the rest of the post here: Ask Bigger | The River Walk
January 3, 2016 at 06:15
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January 3, 2016 at 07:02
Thanks Brother Vincent and I hope your New Year is off to a great start!
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January 3, 2016 at 08:33
You’re very welcome Brother Wally and likewise my friend!
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January 3, 2016 at 07:15
How true this is. when I pray I have actually been aware that I prayed shallow and ask forgiveness during my prayer. Great post.
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January 3, 2016 at 07:38
Hey Israel
It was good, and that blog is a great blog. Praying is a struggle for me to be honest. I am so far from a prayer warrior it’s not even funny. I love good writings about the subject, because I still struggling to be effective in my prayers.
I hope your New Year is off to a good start and thanks for coming by.
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January 3, 2016 at 17:25
One of the things I learnt about prayer:
We’re told to pray that His will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. We can also find God’s will in His word… so when we pray, then end with “if it be your will” we’re really praying in unbelief because in essence we’re saying we don’t know His will.
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January 3, 2016 at 18:54
That’s quite an interesting observation. I pray that way constantly, as do we all, at least in my crowd. I will have to ponder and consider what you have just said. Thanks for making me think!
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January 3, 2016 at 21:23
To add to your comment, we know it is God’s will for all to be saved. But, what does it mean to be saved? The Greek word for salvation is ‘Soteria ‘ which includes healing, deliverance, and preservation. God never intended to just save us and then let us fend for ourselves. No, it is His will to deliver us from all evil, preserve (guard) us, and to heal our bodies.
It is so unfortunate that many Christians walk in doubt concerning God’s will for them to live a life of health and preservation. Yet, that is their very request each time they recite the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13). “Our Father which art in heaven, holy is Your name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven…”
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” If there is no sickness in heaven, should there be any question concerning God’s desire for us to be healed here on earth?
“Give us this day our daily bread…” By this request, we are asking that He preserve us and nourish us. “…
deliver us from evil…” We are praying for deliverance. If Jesus taught us to pray this way, shouldn’t we believe what it is that we are praying?
Furthermore, to your point, by praying if it be Thy will for something the Word clearly tells us is His will, then we are actually praying in doubt instead of in faith. This is why so many don’t see any answered prayers.
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January 3, 2016 at 21:46
My brother, Amen! and thank you so very much. You’ve explained it a whole lot better than I could.
Your truly profound point regarding all that salvation includes, I pray will become common knowledge – as many either don’t know; or have always just left off the rest.
When we take communion, in His remembrance: bread(broken body) – by His stripes we are healed; wine(blood) – forgiveness of sins. There’s no escaping it: healing, deliverance, preservation.
Which is easier to say: your sins are forgiven or you are healed…. on and on.
Thanks so much for a brilliant comment.
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January 3, 2016 at 21:55
It was my pleasure. I came from a church where it was common to pray, “If it be Thy will.” So, I understand where some of the thought processes come from.
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January 3, 2016 at 22:09
The same here… used to pray then end with “if it be Thy will..”
So brother W. someone else caused us to think :)… we’re all here to learn from each other.
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January 4, 2016 at 08:34
You all, that was great stuff, thanks to both of you for adding so much to this conversation. Note that I am just watching, as much of this is…different…for me 🙂
@the Ancients. Yes, we are all here to edify and learn from each other, and this has been a textbook case of that.
@Patrick, thanks for jumping in this.
I now have more to think about than I have time, but thanks!
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