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Prayer Requests And The Use Of Online Ministries

If you have heard about some of the online ministries that offer prayer requests and want to see more of what they are about, you can go online and find out how you can learn more about prayer requests and how to find the answers to personal healing that you are looking for. A lot of people have started going online to use online ministries to deepen their spiritual beliefs, and to use prayer requests to get the healing and answers that they are looking for.

There are a number of different ways that you can use the online ministries to read other people’s prayer requests, and to have your own prayer requests. When you are ready to see more of what the online ministries are about, you can go to PrayersRequests.com and find out how you can get started with your own prayer requests online. Many people feel a strong devotion to go online and read the prayer requests of others, and to have their own prayer requests. There is a community online of people who have deep spiritual beliefs that can use the web site to connect with others.

If you have been looking for online ministries to help you with your prayer requests and healing, you can go online and learn more about the web site and about online ministries. A lot of people find the healing that they are looking for when they are able to go online and see prayer requests. Whatever you want to use prayer requests to do, you can use the online ministries to help you. Being able to connect with others online who have the same beliefs as you do is a great way to strengthen your relationships with your own beliefs and with others.

If you have been trying to find a web site that will help you learn more about online ministries and where you can learn more about prayer requests, you can go online to the web site and find out how you can join and get started. People have a lot of different reasons that they use the online ministries to get the answers that they are looking for, and to learn more about how prayer requests can work for them. If you have been searching for an online community to share your prayers requests with, and want to join a spiritual community, you can go online to the web site and find out how you can get started. It is a great way to connect to others who are looking for prayer requests and to share your own prayer requests with others who are a part of the online community.



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A simple conventional answer may be that we pray because our forefathers have been praying and told us to pray, this is exactly as we tell our children to pray. Traditionaly we pray because God has asked us to pray. But for many people who are sincerely searching for a more meaningful answer this may not be satisfactory. First of all God has given us freedom of choice for everything including prayers, so we do not have to pray if we do not want to. Usually we donot pray when we are enjoying the good times, but majority do this when some tragedy strikes or when we reach old age that many of us start praying regularly. For example an airplane full of people is going to crash and in this situation every one will be praying for life and survival.This instinct of self-survival is inherent in every living being including humans. But humans find themselves helpless and defenseless against many living beings and natural catastrophes. Therefore prmitive human prayed to various natural objects that threatened or benefited his survival. When human beings developed tools for self-defense and gradually advanced in science they tended to drift away from religion.They found security in science rather than prayer because science gave them control over the forces of nature. Priesthood considered this attitude as an attack on religion itself. This led to a continuous battle of religion with science. History bears ample testimony to this continuous struggle. Thus we see that there seems to be no single reason as to why people pray. Everyone can come up with his or her own answer and feel satisfied. In fact this is what we normally do. But as we mentioned before, the right answer that transcends space, time circumatance and human emotions can only come from God through his book..The Quran.

Why do we pray?

Nawaz is an author of this article. Article Source: http://www.parvez-video.com

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June 2, 2008

I was a former Consular Investigator of the U.S. Embassy in Manila who worked with the Anti-Fraud Unit for more than a decade, until such time that I met an awful vehicular accident that resulted to my separation from the service. The mishap happened when I and my driver-colleague, Homer, were traveling back home to Manila after completing our background investigations in the far away province of Camarines Norte in Bicol region. While running in a moderate speed along the winding road of Maharlika Hi-way within the vicinity of Barangay Tigbinan, the vehicle suddenly went out of control and skidded right down the approximately 50 to 60-foot deep ravine. I was not sure whether I was scared in the face of my imminent death, but I supposed it was just a shocking reaction that I did nothing but to shut my eyes in terror, tensed all my muscles in anticipation of my broken cadaver, and for a split second, flashed back the memory of my good old days with my beloved family, while the vehicle was rapidly flying into the air and down the bed of the narrow valley.

Thank God I was alive!… I mean, my driver and I were both alive, with only simple bruises and no broken bones. Perhaps it’s because of the safety belts we wore at that time, and perhaps because the narrow valley bed to where the vehicle tripped up right-side down, was soft enough to bear the impact of the crash.

But that was a mere continuation of our misfortune. The embassy charged us of several violations in connection with that accident; one of which was the so-called “reckless driving resulting to damage to vehicle” (“U.S. Embassy Handbook for Filipino Employees” 17). This was done so despite the fact that I was not the one driving the vehicle. The grievance committee panel argued that I ranked senior in the trip and therefore, responsible for maintenance and protection of the official car. Despite my two Meritorious Honor Awards, several official recognitions for my loyalty to the interest of the diplomatic mission, and Public Attorney’s supported appeal for reconsideration, I finally found myself being terminated from the service for cause (“Notice of Termination” 1992).

Probably I could have done wrong somehow, but my spirit denied acceptance of any guilt. All I knew was that I enjoyed working with the embassy, with beautiful people around me and all those challenging assignments that I love so much, that’s why I did my job very well, and I did it with all my heart, my life and my soul, for my own glory and for the interest of the service. But such redundant car accident totally erased my dreams, suddenly refrained myself to keep on going, and most of all, severely affecting the future of my children. Homer, my colleague, probably in total desperation, got sick and subsequently met his untimely death. But I was still fighting back. I’ve always wanted to keep alive. I didn’t want to be completely discouraged by this emotional trial and finally say farewell to the world in such a younger age of 40’s, while leaving my bereaved family in future uncertainty. If we succumb to poverty, so be it! We shall be joined together in good times and bad times.

And bad times did occur. Our imminent economic shortage was compounded by ailment of my two younger kids. Still fresh from being separated from the service, my two-year-old child, Maybel, and my eight-year-old son, Bimbo, suffered serious Dengue fever and both were rushed to the nearby hospital at the wee hour of the night. The kids suffered a lot of pain. Each had a plastic small pipe inserted into their noses so as to flow out rotten dirt that looked like black decomposing human particles coming from their stomach – aside from several hoses of dextrose injected into different part of their skin. The worst, the kids were not allowed to take any food or liquid and this punishment went on for several days. Maybel whom I loved the most, was despondently wondering over my refusal to give her something to eat despite her repeated clamor for food.

My heart was melting! It was the most challenging moment in my life. Both kids were in 50-50 condition and I was not so sure whether I could bear acceptance that they might finally be leaving us for good.

In my state of hopelessness, I appealed to the Lord harder and ever and without let-up, to spare my kids from the toil of death and to send them hasty recovery instead. Then I suddenly felt a strange spirit that crept into mine, more burning than the spirit of brandy that I consumed awhile ago to reinforce my emotional strength. It was a splendid feeling I’ve never felt before. And as I rushed back to the hospital, I found my children in peaceful condition, my wife had refrained from crying, and the doctors and nurses were at their normal faces.

The children were recuperating fast! God did not totally forsake us! He still had a gracious heart for us to be heard of and for us to ask for forgiveness. Amen.

What process could be better than seeking the convivial arms of the Divine Providence at times of trouble and at times when one had sorted to all recourses but they didn’t seem to work at all? Anything beyond the capability of man should be consigned into the custody of the Lord. As Jesus said, “Come to Me all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

The author is presently the Managing Director of a security agency in Metro Manila. As a father of five, he spends his time between freelance writing and security management. He just finished his first five essay articles which were published in Associated Content and Triond, with links at Facebook and other friendly sites. He is currently working on his sixth article.

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Hope, at best is a fragile thing, but as years pass with no evidence that hope is being fulfilled, it slowly disappears. But as long as there is life, there is hope!
When the call came, it was more than a surprise; more like the heavens had opened and a voice from the dead was speaking; a voice I had never heard before. She was just a baby when I last saw her almost 40 years ago. There was a time during the latter years when I actually convinced myself that she was dead. Now after decades of wondering what had happened to her, my daughter was talking to me.
Her mother and I had been blessed with her when we both were merely kids ourselves, without the good sense to know that life is not always the fairy tale we dreamed it would be. That dream came to an end just a few short years later when my wife and I went our separate ways. They moved to another state a short time later and started a new life as a new family, with a new name and with a new husband and father. That was the last time I saw my daughter until she called that night a few years ago.
“You’re the answer to a thousand prayers!” I exclaimed after I composed myself enough to speak. One month earlier I had reconciled myself to the fact that she was gone forever and that it was time to put the issue to rest. I had one picture of her when she was eleven months old, my constant reminder of the child I had lost. That day, I slipped it into an envelope and stuffed it into the trash can.
Television today generally depicts the father as being a dunce without any noticeable intelligence and with little feelings for anything but himself. In real life it doesn’t always work that way. At least it didn’t for me. Many times I had wished that it did.
The first twenty years were the roughest. Every time my children from a later marriage would reach some milestone in their lives; little league, girl scouts, band, etc., I would wonder how my other daughter was faring in the same situations. Certainly I was proud of my kids for their achievements I, but a little sad at the same time.
There’s no good excuse for allowing someone else to adopt your child when you’re capable of rearing that child yourself. In later years I tried to convince myself that I was young and scared, more boy than man at that time. I remember the brow beating and sage advice from people I thought at the time were friends. Finally it seemed that I would be making some noble and mature gesture by agreeing to the adoption. As I see it now, it wasn’t noble or mature; just cowardly.
Time does not heal all wounds without help from the wounded. While it marches on, the pain of loss always seems to be bringing up the rear. After the initial shock of a divorce and the remarriage of her mother a short time later, I found that I still had a life to live. Years swiftly passed with my new family taking up most of my time and thoughts, but still in idle moments, there would be the vision of my daughter and what she might look like at that moment.
Her mother had told me those many years ago that they were moving to Texas. Not knowing exactly where they moved, whenever I visited that state on business, I would look in the telephone books and hope to find some sign of their presence. That never happened. I’m not sure what I would have done if I had found them.
Finally after I had finally given up any thoughts of finding her, she found me! She was told about me in her teens. Twenty years later, she became determined to find me. Her grandmother gave her enough information about my family and where I lived to give her search a chance to succeed. But still, it took her five years to get up the courage to dial the number she had found. She wasn’t sure how she would be received. Thankfully, she had enough guts to put aside her fears and call.
After that evening’s call, I’ve spent the last seven years running up tremendous telephone bills. I think we talked almost every night for the next six months, getting to know each other again! I have two beautiful grand daughters I didn’t know I had. I’m sure both of them will grow up to be Miss Texas someday.
My daughter and I have a relationship that is stronger than I could ever have imagined. Maybe it’s because we’re both mature now and we both know what we’ve missed not knowing each other. She thinks I’m a pretty cool guy. She gets her intelligence and good looks from my side of the family!
I have to believe that God had a hand in getting us together again. I don’t know why she appeared shortly after I gave up and tried to push her from my mind. Maybe it’s his way of showing us to never give up on anything important. Knowing her and seeing the bright, determined woman she has become, lets me know that God was keeping an eye out for both of us all the time.
I know my daughter well enough now to know that there’s no quit in her. Maybe that’s the way it should be for us all!

Bob Alexander is well experienced in outdoor cooking, fishing and leisure living. Bob is also the author and owner of this article. Visit his sites at:
http://www.redfishbob.com
http://www.bluemarlinbob.com

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Why Your Prayers Were Not Answered?

The bible did say that asked and you shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you. If this is a statement then why does it not work every time we prayed for something? Surely God can not lie. Then why is this not true? This leads us to find the various reasons why God do not answer our prayers.

There are several reasons why God do not answer our prayer requests:

Here are the scriptures that support the above facts:

John 14:15,

“15″If you love me, you will obey what I command.”

Psalm 91: 14-17,

“14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.  15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”"

John 9:31,

“31We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will.”

Isaiah 59:12,

“For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:”

Isaiah 59:2,

“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”

Ezekiel 14: 3- 5,

“3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all? 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet, I the LORD will answer him myself in keeping with his great idolatry. 5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.’”

Psalm 101:6-7,

“6My eyes will be on the faithful in the land that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. 7 No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.”

Psalm 109:17,

“17 He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come on him; he found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.”

Ephesians 4:29,

“ 29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”

Exodus 33:17,

“ 17 And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”"

Ephesians 5:3-4,

“3But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving”

1 Samuel 15:23,

“For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.”"

John 15:7-8,

“7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

James 4:1,

“1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.”

The entire reason of coming to Christ and receiving our salvation is so we can be at peace with God. Being at peace means we have to agree to live by his commandments and statutes, since God instituted them for our own good. Only by living that life can we be pleasing to God. He gave us certain ways to live with each other as he originally intended creation to live by.

So did Jesus who died on the cross remove all these things which God said we are to do?

I don’t think so he came to fulfill it. So that now we who call upon him will have this overcoming life, the gift of the Holy Spirit to help us when we fall short. When the Holy Spirit is upon you and lives in you, you will begin to change. God will give you a new spirit and a new heart, and you will become a different person. You will be transformed day by day into the image of a son of God.

“13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,”

Ezekiel 11:19, “I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.”

Ezekiel 36:26, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

When you get baptized in water, there will be no immediate change not a single power exists. That’s the truth, although with Jesus he was immediately given the Holy Spirit, but for a normal person this is not true. Some people take days to get the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and some take years while others that don’t bear fruit falls away. As a proof of this comment made, let’s refer to the book of Acts,

Acts 2:38, “Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 19:1-3,

“1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

3So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”
“John’s baptism,” they replied.

4Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7There were about twelve men in all.”

John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. Only Jesus is the baptizer of the Holy Spirit and Paul is the one who can command such blessings. When you get baptized in water as in John’s baptism, there still remains the most important baptism which is baptism in the Holy Spirit and that Jesus is the one who baptized with fire and also his approved apostle can do this.

When we say you are born again, it means you are baptized in the Holy Spirit by Jesus himself. So when you come to God make sure you came in by the front door and not the window for many will make you think you have the Holy Spirit and that is not true. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a real tangible event and you will know that you know it’s a real baptism. Some will feel a warm sensation, others will feel a rush of energy and some feel joy, and some feel a release from bondage whatever that is it’s real. Its can not be counterfeited nor said unto you that you have it, it will manifest itself to you by Jesus himself not man. One of the signs is speaking in tongues, but not all tongues are real. Also speaking in tongues is not the only sign, but there are other signs as well.

Don’t assume that everyone is baptized in the Holy Spirit, if this was true, why are there still so much disagreement in the Christian faith? How can the Holy Spirit contradict itself, its impossible, so there are many false Christians masquerading as Christians, we call them wolves in sheep skin. So get the first thing first and worry later about why God has not answered your prayers. If you are not one of his sheep, how is he to answer your prayers since you are none of his. Do you expect other people’s father to take care of you when you are not their children? Surely not.

Even if we can not accept that speaking in tongues is one of the sign of having the Holy Spirit, we can choose another sign. Jesus said, “My Sheep Hear My Voice” if you can not hear the voice of God, then you may not be his sheep, even if you claim you are a Christian. That does not mean a thing, its Jesus who must receive you as his people or sheep. Jesus is the one who will decide whether you are his sheep or not and no one else can do that.

John 8:47,

“47He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”"

John 10:1-5, 7,

“1″I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. 3The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

7Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.”

My sheep hears my voice, so if you can not hear the voice of God as in his still quiet voice not necessarily audible but with your spirit, then you are none of his. These are sober words and time is short, so please ensure you are truly his sheep. For this issue, you have to find out between God and yourself, don’t let anyone tell you what they think, God is capable of answering this question for you directly. So, make doubly sure you are one of his sheep and you should be able to hear his voice. If you want to know more about the deeper truths, please check out my website at ww.kingscepter.com and email your questions to me at prophet3333@yahoo.com. Thank you all and God bless you for seeking a true and a deeper walk with the Lord our God and Jesus Christ. The truth shall set you free.

Joseph Ho is an engineer by training, he is also a former member of FGBMI and CBMC. Presently, he is the President of Thy Scepter, a spirit led Christian Business owner Society. He has also authored 2 books, one of which is “My Sheep Hear My Voice” and is available at www.kingscepter.com.

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Conduct prayer in a proper manner.

 

         All the religions have prescribed methods of prayer and people in those religions adopt that method of prayer.  If they do not adopt that method, then they believe that God shall not listen to them and all the prayers shall be rejected or ignored by God.  And belief had been with us throughout the generations and we are still following these beliefs.

                  We cannot anticipate when a demand shall arise in our mind and we also do not what we shall do with that demand.  Most of us cannot wait till prayer time and without any waiting period with us we immediately place our demand before God.  At prescribed prayer time, we just have formal demands and in most the cases we forget what we actually want and when we employ people to conduct prayer for us, that fellow has got the prescribed course and he shall perform that course and when he is offering prayers for us, we cannot understand whether that fellow is praying for us or praying for himself.  In most of the case this employed person has got so many problems of his own and there are chances that in stead of praying for us, that fellow shall be praying for his himself.  Therefore, when we have special demands in our mind, we should conduct prayer ourselves and we should not employee people for this purpose.  We must conduct our prayer ourselves and we must see that when we are placing our demands before God, we should not repeat the same demand time and again and at the same we must see that the demands  for which we had prayed earlier, should not be repeated once again because God shall not like this repetition.  The demand which had been put forward earlier and had not been accepted, those might have been rejected or kept pending by God and we must wait for the proper time when God shall be accepting those demands.

          We may be following the prescribed method or we may be keeping our eyes closed and seeing God in front of us, we must talk to Him as we talk to our parents and we must be sure that we are demanding things from God from the core of our heart and not otherwise.  At the same time, we must see that  what we demand, we must be sure that we have got merits to get that demand because we should not demand a thing without having merits for that thing.  God also wants that we must demand on merits and not as a matter of charity and when we demand, we should approach God in a just manner and must demand within limitations and not beyond limitations.  God shall accept our demands, when those are justified and shall be rejecting our demands when those are beyond limitations and beyond our own limitations. We  all are children of God and therefore, we should not be ashamed of and must be clear before our father God.  God shall help us and therefore, what we demand, we must work on those demand too.  God helps those who help themselves.

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The records of Jesus’ prayers constitute a priceless document of one perfect being expressing himself to another.
Though Jesus must have been involved in prayer all the time, all we have in the Bible is six prayers of Jesus.
There are three kinds of prayers, and we know for sure that the mortal Jesus was involved personally in two of them. The three types of prayers were:
a. Personal prayers, offered by an individual in seclusion.
b. Public prayers, where one person acts as the voice of the group.
c. Set prayers, offered up only in connection with sacred ordinances, such as the ordinances of the temple.
Jesus taught us how to pray in public, and we know that prayer as “the Lords Prayer”. “Lead us not into temptation”, “Give us today our daily bread”, etc, are givaways that it is a public prayer.
There is not one single mention of first person in singular, showing that it is, in deed, a public prayer.
But we will not look at the public prayers of Jesus in this article. We shall look at the two privately uttered prayers that we have in writing.
We do have a couple of private prayers that was uttered in public, but we must consider them as teachings of the crowds, and testaments to the history of man, as much as personal prayers.
The two genuinely personal prayers that we have access to are his intercessory prayer, offered shortly before he entered into the Garden of Gethsemane and his heart-rending plea to his Father that the cup, if possible, would pass him by.
The intercessory prayer we appear to have in its fullness, but Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane must be but a fragment of the entire prayer (remember that there was time enough for the disciples to fall asleep).
Why do we have one prayer from A-Z, and only a fragment of the other prayer? In order to answer that question there is one thing we must realize.
Since Jesus was all alone when he offered up these two prayers, there was no-one present to record them for inclusion in our Scriptures. If no-one was present to record the prayers, how come we still have them today?
In order for us to have access to these two prayers of Jesus today, God must have revealed the content of them to someone who was worthy to view these holy moments, and who could be trusted to accurately record the occurrences.
No doubt, this trusted man was a prophet, seer and revelator. This prophet was obviously permitted to view and record the entire intercessory prayer of the Lord, and recorded it to our benefit.
The content of this prayer is doctrinally important, since it declares how the Father and the Son are one, and that every believer can become one in the exact same way.
There is no room for a dissection of the entire prayer in this article, but it can be found in John 17: 1-26.
Whether the prophet who was invited to view the personal prayers of the Master was permitted in his revelation to witness the entire suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane we know not, but it is clear that only a small portion of Jesus’ prayer was public domain;
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt”. (Mathew 26:39)
Perhaps the words of the suffering God were so poignant that we could not bare to hear them.
Perhaps such a moment is too sacred to be had among the children of men, who will not shun to make light of the most sacred of things.
Perhaps we should rejoice that the words of that pivotal moment never could become part of “The Life of Brian”.

Arnold Ahlstrom is a Scripture-Sleuth, which is why he is building the site http://www.jesus-explained.org. He completed his Masters research in Psychology at the University of Lund in Sweden. Figuring out the How’s and Why’s, and sharing it with others, makes him truly happy.
Read more about the prayers of Jesus at my website which is at http://www.jesus-explained.org/jesus-prayer.html

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Teaching children to pray is very important. The purpose of prayer is to help your child develop a relationship with the Lord. Teaching your child how to develop love and patience helps them better understand the nature of God. Here are some tips to help you.
Praying should be out loud. Your child may not readily understand what praying is. To help try replacing the word “pray” with the word “talk.” Encourage them to talk with God. It is said of men of old that they walked and talked with God.
Teaching your children love and patience is important when they are learning to pray. These two virtues when practiced keep our hearts soft and teachable. The prophet Samuel was able hear the still small voice of the Lord because his heart was teachable.
Part of praying is asking the Lord for the things we want and need. When we teach children what love is we help them feel positive and hopeful about their future. Their prayers will be more uplifting and from the heart.
Love is the most powerful force in the universe. When children are little they may not understand the word “love” but they certainly understand the emotion. You have been there for them from the beginning and you can share with them how God has been there for both of you from the beginning.
We all have learned patience when we pray because as we have grown older we have accepted that God does not immediately answer our prayers. A child, however, has not yet learned this. Therefore, we need to teach them patience.
Our children can learn to be patient when we set them a good example. When I look at the times I become impatient I see an opportunity to teach my children. When I am driving for example, I do not have to be the first guy there. You can share with your children that this is patient. You are willing to wait a little longer to arrive at your destination just like you are willing to wait on the Lord.
When we teach our children to pray we also need to teach them about love and patience. God is love and will always answer our prayers. We must be patient though and be willing to wait for him to answer us.

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Amen, Amen Swami, hear Your children’s prayers once again We will be honest, we will be fair Lord we love You anywhere This is your children’s prayers Amen, Amen

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Amen, Amen Swami, hear Your children’s prayers once again We will be honest, we will be fair Lord we love You anywhere This is your children’s prayers Amen, Amen

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