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I as well as my friends were checking the good key points found on the website then immediately I had a horrible suspicion I never thanked the web site owner for those secrets. All the women became certainly happy to read all of them and have truly been tapping into them.
I've had a hard time pulling much from these verses the past few days, and today was no exception. I am VERY thankful for the insight that everyone else brings to this community as sometimes, that is where I hear the Lord speaking to me rather than when I'm straining to figure out what He is saying through the daily scripture selection.
But lately I've also been thinking about the Jewish prayer tradition. I'm no expert, but I do know that there are prayers for EVERYTHING. All day long. A prayer before you get out of bed. Prayers before enjoying any material pleasure (like eating). Prayers to recite when something good happens. Or something bad. Prayers to say when you see something out of the ordinary…like a rainbow. Prayers for pretty much anything that could happen throughout the day. And, although I don't know any of these prayers really, and think it would be hard not to get burnt out reciting specific pre-scripted prayers all the time, I like the heart behind it. To draw us back into communication with Him and to keep us there all day.
Jesyka, I'm glad you are learning from others when you have a mental block. That is the heart of a true and authentic learner…to keep searching. Sometimes, the Lord takes me in a direction different than what is probably intended. Sometimes, reading a new version helps, or trying a translation to free up my mind from having to read it the same way too many times. I also enjoy doing "Soul Detox" at the same time as the "Prayer" study…much room for thought in a couple different directions. I didn't have much appreciation for learned prayers until I attended a conference which uses them. I can still quote that prayer to this day when I have a hard time getting other words out. There is probably a place for both, but I think what God values most is that we are honest before Him, however we go about it.
JoanBandy-
Thank you for your encouragement and suggestions…especially about trying another translation. I will look into the "Soul Detox" study….is that the one that #shereadstruth did before the prayer study?
I have been thinking a lot about "scripted" prayers lately and do think there is a place for them. I even have a fondness for them…the idea that so many people throughout history have murmered those words. And I like the idea of learning a few….for the times when I don't have the words or "feel" the words…even something as simple as before meals saying "Blessed is He who brings forth bread from the earth'" or so that I at least can focus back on what is most important-He is worthy, not matter how I feel. I read a quote once that said that liturgical prayers "support the spirit and prescribe it to a fixed path." I like that.
Jesyka, the Soul Detox was the first plan that the community read. The second was Living the Surrendered Life and this Prayer study is the third. :) I was behind in the Soul Detox because I started late but when the community moved on to the second plan, I read it together with the Soul Detox. You can never have too much word of God. :)
When I read these verses, I wrote down on my legal pad that where ever I go, whatever I'm doing … God will hear my prayers and pleas. I just have to listen and trust in Him.
I was struggling in what to get from this passage at first, so I looked up the cross-reference verses. 1 Chronicles 5:20 hit me.
"They were helped in fighting…because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him." (NIV)
I have been struggling with a lack of patience with my toddler, and what I took from this was that in the midst of daily battles, if I will call out to God (even stopping right in the middle of a frustrating moment), trusting that he will answer, he will hear and answer and uphold my cause.
I'm always amazed at how God speaks into the situations that we are in RIGHT NOW when we take time to dig into the Word. I'm so thankful for SheReadsTruth!
I agree Heidi! I need patience so much, and lately even more so! I have been feeling God pull on my heart, like He wanted to talk to me. I finally read this late last night and my heart was flooded with His Truth. He always finds a way to speak to us, even when we don't want to listen!
God has been talking to me a lot lately about how I am parenting my toddler and how I desperately need to turn to Him each day and seek help from Him each day. Right before I read what you commented here, I wrote in my journal "This little zoo may feel far from sacred but we are not far from God". God is the perfect parent. I desperately need to trust Him to hold me up as I am dealing with my toddler (and newborn) and trust Him to fill in where I fail.
Howdy very nice website!! Man .. Beautiful .. Wonderful .. I'll bookmark your blog and take the feeds additionally…I am glad to search out so many helpful information right here in the publish, we'd like develop extra techniques in this regard, thanks for sharing.
I as well as my friends were checking the good key points found on the website then immediately I had a horrible suspicion I never thanked the web site owner for those secrets. All the women became certainly happy to read all of them and have truly been tapping into them.
I've had a hard time pulling much from these verses the past few days, and today was no exception. I am VERY thankful for the insight that everyone else brings to this community as sometimes, that is where I hear the Lord speaking to me rather than when I'm straining to figure out what He is saying through the daily scripture selection.
But lately I've also been thinking about the Jewish prayer tradition. I'm no expert, but I do know that there are prayers for EVERYTHING. All day long. A prayer before you get out of bed. Prayers before enjoying any material pleasure (like eating). Prayers to recite when something good happens. Or something bad. Prayers to say when you see something out of the ordinary…like a rainbow. Prayers for pretty much anything that could happen throughout the day. And, although I don't know any of these prayers really, and think it would be hard not to get burnt out reciting specific pre-scripted prayers all the time, I like the heart behind it. To draw us back into communication with Him and to keep us there all day.
Jesyka, I'm glad you are learning from others when you have a mental block. That is the heart of a true and authentic learner…to keep searching. Sometimes, the Lord takes me in a direction different than what is probably intended. Sometimes, reading a new version helps, or trying a translation to free up my mind from having to read it the same way too many times. I also enjoy doing "Soul Detox" at the same time as the "Prayer" study…much room for thought in a couple different directions. I didn't have much appreciation for learned prayers until I attended a conference which uses them. I can still quote that prayer to this day when I have a hard time getting other words out. There is probably a place for both, but I think what God values most is that we are honest before Him, however we go about it.
JoanBandy-
Thank you for your encouragement and suggestions…especially about trying another translation. I will look into the "Soul Detox" study….is that the one that #shereadstruth did before the prayer study?
I have been thinking a lot about "scripted" prayers lately and do think there is a place for them. I even have a fondness for them…the idea that so many people throughout history have murmered those words. And I like the idea of learning a few….for the times when I don't have the words or "feel" the words…even something as simple as before meals saying "Blessed is He who brings forth bread from the earth'" or so that I at least can focus back on what is most important-He is worthy, not matter how I feel. I read a quote once that said that liturgical prayers "support the spirit and prescribe it to a fixed path." I like that.
Jesyka, the Soul Detox was the first plan that the community read. The second was Living the Surrendered Life and this Prayer study is the third. :) I was behind in the Soul Detox because I started late but when the community moved on to the second plan, I read it together with the Soul Detox. You can never have too much word of God. :)
When I read these verses, I wrote down on my legal pad that where ever I go, whatever I'm doing … God will hear my prayers and pleas. I just have to listen and trust in Him.
Thank you, y’all help me so much.
I was struggling in what to get from this passage at first, so I looked up the cross-reference verses. 1 Chronicles 5:20 hit me.
"They were helped in fighting…because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him." (NIV)
I have been struggling with a lack of patience with my toddler, and what I took from this was that in the midst of daily battles, if I will call out to God (even stopping right in the middle of a frustrating moment), trusting that he will answer, he will hear and answer and uphold my cause.
I'm always amazed at how God speaks into the situations that we are in RIGHT NOW when we take time to dig into the Word. I'm so thankful for SheReadsTruth!
I agree Heidi! I need patience so much, and lately even more so! I have been feeling God pull on my heart, like He wanted to talk to me. I finally read this late last night and my heart was flooded with His Truth. He always finds a way to speak to us, even when we don't want to listen!
Jenny
God has been talking to me a lot lately about how I am parenting my toddler and how I desperately need to turn to Him each day and seek help from Him each day. Right before I read what you commented here, I wrote in my journal "This little zoo may feel far from sacred but we are not far from God". God is the perfect parent. I desperately need to trust Him to hold me up as I am dealing with my toddler (and newborn) and trust Him to fill in where I fail.