Comments for Focus on Prayer http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog Do you need to hear from God? Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on An Hour Each Day with the LORD by Bill http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/02/12/an-hour-each-day-with-the-lord/#comment-46 Bill Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/02/12/an-hour-each-day-with-the-lord/#comment-46 I love this, too. I love this, too.

]]> Comment on Prayer Bowls by Bill http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/02/15/prayer-bowls/#comment-45 Bill Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:42:21 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/02/15/prayer-bowls/#comment-45 Great concept. Really powerful. Thanks. Great concept. Really powerful. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Books mentioned in the January Newsletter by Cindy http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/01/16/books-mentioned-in-the-january-newsletter/#comment-44 Cindy Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:10:58 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/01/16/books-mentioned-in-the-january-newsletter/#comment-44 thank you for consistently bringing a new angle to my thinking. I enjoyed your prayer bowl-- very interesting and helpful thank you for consistently bringing a new angle to my thinking. I enjoyed your prayer bowl– very interesting and helpful

]]> Comment on Books mentioned in the January Newsletter by Linda http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/01/16/books-mentioned-in-the-january-newsletter/#comment-43 Linda Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:42:43 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/01/16/books-mentioned-in-the-january-newsletter/#comment-43 I just LOVE the concept of prayer bowls. It is so encouraging. It has revitalized my prayer life. Thank you for sharing it. I'll be sure to get the book. I just LOVE the concept of prayer bowls. It is so encouraging. It has revitalized my prayer life. Thank you for sharing it. I’ll be sure to get the book.

]]> Comment on Jesus the only way? by admin http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/01/14/jesus-the-only-way/#comment-42 admin Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:10:54 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2008/01/14/jesus-the-only-way/#comment-42 You're not alone. I'd just like to point out, though, that when Jesus made that statement, He wasn't drawing a line in the sand, He was making a statement of fact. His "Way" really IS the only way. I address this topic in detail in the first chapter of my book, The 11 Day Path--Overcoming Stumbling Blocks to Belief. Read it for free at the link on the Welcome page and then come back and let us all know what you think. You’re not alone. I’d just like to point out, though, that when Jesus made that statement, He wasn’t drawing a line in the sand, He was making a statement of fact. His “Way” really IS the only way. I address this topic in detail in the first chapter of my book, The 11 Day Path–Overcoming Stumbling Blocks to Belief. Read it for free at the link on the Welcome page and then come back and let us all know what you think.

]]> Comment on Velvet Elvis at the top of the list? by CharlieC http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/04/17/velvet-elvis-at-the-top-of-the-list/#comment-41 CharlieC Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:59:28 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/04/17/velvet-elvis-at-the-top-of-the-list/#comment-41 I lean more toward Donald Miller. Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What are two of the best books I've ever read about Christianity. I lean more toward Donald Miller. Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What are two of the best books I’ve ever read about Christianity.

]]> Comment on Our Attitude in Prayer by admin http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-40 admin Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-40 One thing I've noticed personally about our attitude as it relates to intercessory prayer is this: I will always pray for someone when asked or if a situation is brought to my attention that leads me to pray about it. But there are times when the Holy Spirit is really involved. The leading to prayer is intense as are the prayers themselves. And the effectiveness seems to be magnified as well. These prayers must be in accordance with God's will, because they are answered each and every time. One thing I’ve noticed personally about our attitude as it relates to intercessory prayer is this: I will always pray for someone when asked or if a situation is brought to my attention that leads me to pray about it. But there are times when the Holy Spirit is really involved. The leading to prayer is intense as are the prayers themselves. And the effectiveness seems to be magnified as well. These prayers must be in accordance with God’s will, because they are answered each and every time.

]]> Comment on Our Attitude in Prayer by run2Him http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-7 run2Him Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:15:45 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-7 Hi, y'all. This is good reading. I think I'll be quiet for a while and just take it all in. (Vern, thanks for letting me know of this place.) ~jo Hi, y’all.

This is good reading.

I think I’ll be quiet for a while and just take it all in.

(Vern, thanks for letting me know of this place.)

~jo

]]> Comment on Our Attitude in Prayer by tessmartinez http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-6 tessmartinez Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:53:28 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-6 Prayer is our link to God. It is a cry for help, It is our conversation with the Father. Our prayer must be said with humility. A very effective Christian prayer must be Trinitarian, that is, prayer to the Father, through Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our prayer does not need to be long or eloquent, though there are people gifted with beautiful words when they pray. God sees our hearts when we pray. It must include adoration, contrition, thanksgiving and supplication. ACTS is the acronym. Our five fingers are reminders of whom we must pray for: the small finger is for the poorest among poor, the ring finger is for our loved ones, the mid finger is for the church and leaders, the point finger is for the undesirables and the enemies and the thumb is for ourselves. We are always last to show our love and concern for others. Prayer is crucial to our Christian walk and spiritual growth. We must pray without ceasing. Prayer is our link to God. It is a cry for help, It is our conversation with the Father. Our prayer must be said with humility.
A very effective Christian prayer must be Trinitarian, that is, prayer to the Father, through Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our prayer does not need to be long or eloquent, though there are people gifted with beautiful words when they pray. God sees our hearts when we pray. It must include adoration, contrition, thanksgiving and supplication. ACTS is the acronym.
Our five fingers are reminders of whom we must pray for: the small finger is for the poorest among poor, the ring finger is for our loved ones, the mid finger is for the church and leaders, the point finger is for the undesirables and the enemies and the thumb is for ourselves. We are always last to show our love and concern for others.
Prayer is crucial to our Christian walk and spiritual growth. We must pray without ceasing.

]]> Comment on Our Attitude in Prayer by Vern Hyndman http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-5 Vern Hyndman Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:38:35 +0000 http://www.focus-on-prayer.com/PrayerBlog/2007/03/15/our-attitude-in-prayer/#comment-5 I think that we culturally are so blinded by self interest that we become jaded in asking for ourselves. At the core of this for me in the past is a subtle distrust of God's heart for me... that He has generous gifts that He'll pour out on me. As I become less culturally indoctrinated and become transformed as an image bearer, I am WAY less convinced that thyese gifts are suitcases of cash. ;-) If God wished to accomplish anything through me that REQUIRES a suitcase full of cash, it will show up right when it's needed, but on average the "gifts" will look more like 1 Corintians 13 than buckets of cash. I have experienced miracles through prayer; a rudimentary education in statistics and probability leaves me SURE that the sequences of events that follow prayer are not happenstance, and that God has chosen for His purposes to have me ask through prayer. I think that at least ONE of the myraid of reasons that God chose prayer is that it provides a "stick in the sand" of having asked, that provides US a reference point to know that He ansered. Sometimes in my life the answer is separated from the request by decades, but sometimes it's real time, and seconds. God's allowing us to intercede for others is one of those wild love things He has for us, an aspect of following Christ that will tend to bind our relationships in healthy ways with prayer at the core. -vern- I think that we culturally are so blinded by self interest that we become jaded in asking for ourselves. At the core of this for me in the past is a subtle distrust of God’s heart for me… that He has generous gifts that He’ll pour out on me. As I become less culturally indoctrinated and become transformed as an image bearer, I am WAY less convinced that thyese gifts are suitcases of cash. ;-) If God wished to accomplish anything through me that REQUIRES a suitcase full of cash, it will show up right when it’s needed, but on average the “gifts” will look more like 1 Corintians 13 than buckets of cash.

I have experienced miracles through prayer; a rudimentary education in statistics and probability leaves me SURE that the sequences of events that follow prayer are not happenstance, and that God has chosen for His purposes to have me ask through prayer. I think that at least ONE of the myraid of reasons that God chose prayer is that it provides a “stick in the sand” of having asked, that provides US a reference point to know that He ansered. Sometimes in my life the answer is separated from the request by decades, but sometimes it’s real time, and seconds.

God’s allowing us to intercede for others is one of those wild love things He has for us, an aspect of following Christ that will tend to bind our relationships in healthy ways with prayer at the core.

-vern-

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