for silence in a shattered world? Angry guns preach a gospel full of hate, Blood of the innocent on their hands Crying jesus, help me To feel the sun again upon my face, For when darkness clears i know you’re near, Bringing peace again Dali cujete sve djecje molitive? (croatian translation: ‘can you hear all the children’s prayers?’) Can you hear the prayer of the children?
Prayer to God
I used to recite holy books in the morning and after completing recitals, I used to stand up and placed before God a long prayer. First of all I praised God, then I thanked God for what He had given to me and them I placed my demands before Him. This had been my routine and since I had been reciting all this exercise in loud voice, all in the house had been listening whatever I had been reciting.
When my son reached thirteen and he was in eighth class, he appeared at seven in the morning and bowed his head before me and actually touched my feet. Then he stood up and withdrew some steps backward. He closed his eyes and stood straight before me with folded hands. He started speaking,
“My dear father you are great. Everybody in the town has got great respect for you. You are a learned person and I often read articles in news papers. I have seen two or three books written by you and those are lying in the local library. As and when I visited the library, I used to see those books and also noted the number of times those have been issued to the readers. If some friend of mine is with me, I tell him that these books have been written by my father, I also told that the books are so good that many readers have read these books.”
Then he stopped for a while and then again started,
“I am thankful to you that you gave birth to me and I could get a chance to live in this world. I am thankful to you that you along with my mother brought me up and kept me hale and hearty. You got me admitted in one of the best schools in the city. You are providing me with all the books, help books and items of stationery. You provide me very good diet and very good clothes to wear. You are giving me all facilities in life and I hope this will continue.”
“You have done much for me. But you know Papa that I am not good in the subject of English language. I need help. Since you have not arranged tuition for me, the teacher is commenting upon my weakness in this subject. It is therefore, requested that I may be provided with tuition in this subject so that I could do justice with this subject. You know that I had been getting first divisions throughout and, this time too, I want to get first division. I hope you would arrange tuition for me.”
Then the boy again bowed down and touched my feet and then without listening to me, he left the scene.
I told all this story to my wife, the mother of the boy and we both were very thankful to God that He had given us such an intelligent, respectful son.
Next day again at seven my son appeared and repeated same rehearsal. I told my parents and other relations. They all were very happy and were sorry to note that their own children could not realize all this.
When this rehearsal continued for about fifteen days, without any break, I and my wife were not very happy. We doubted something wrong with the boy. So I consulted some people and most of them advised up to take the boy to a Dera situated near our town. We actually took the boy to that Dera and we met the Sant. He listened to us and gave us something which he advised that we should administer this medicine to the boy in milk.
When we could not succeed, we consulted a doctor. He advised us to consult a doctor in the city hospital. We went there and a batch of doctors examined the boy and they advised his admission in the hospital for a month. We accepted their advice and the boy remained there for treatment for a month. We faced difficulties, but since we had got the only son with us, we had to bear all these difficulties. After a month the boy was given discharge from the hospital and we brought him back. He was feeling better.
But next morning right at seven he again appeared before me and started the same rehearsal which he had been carrying on prior to his admission in the city hospital.
I talked to my wife. She was not in a position to give me proper advice. She advised me that I should consult my parents. But before I could have further consultations, I absented myself next morning at seven. The boy might have traced me, but since I was out of the house, he could not conduct the same rehearsal on that day. Next morning too I absented myself and left the house at that particular time. And I must declare that I am never present in the house at seven.
Now I have crossed sixty. My son is married and had got two children. Now I realized that I had to run from my son only because that he had been repeating the same rehearsal daily. The Almighty God is not listening to our prayers. He too might have become tired of listening the same prayers daily. It is very difficult to hear the same prayer daily. When God had to run away from the sight of this man, similar had been my position and I had to run away from the sight of my son. I have started praying before God in a different way. Now I offer my prayer only once for the fulfillment of my demand and I never recall that prayer once again. I have realized that God is not in the habit of forgetfulness and therefore, we should offer our prayer only once. We must believe that He had listened to us. That is all.
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Being the father of five; I am constantly teaching my children both literally and through my actions. With the Labor Day weekend and a finally moment to reflect – I thought about the things I hope I can pass on to my children. This is not focused on teaching them how to add or spell but how to face life and be of character. We all have a responsibility to resource, equip, teach, and provide for those who are coming after us, and who are preparing to take our place. We are expected to do all we can to help ensure their growth and security; to teach them the things you value the most. To learn from your mistakes and not necessarily repeat them. Its probably your most important and fulfilling tasks as a parent – passing on the values that will sustain them through their lives of challenging tasks and difficult decisions.
What, then, should we be careful to pass on tour children? What values do you want to instill ? Here are my ten torches I hope to pass on:
To value money less: to not let their careers dictate their time and who they are. To find joy in their family and friends; in serving others and to find your stock in life in god and not in your workplace. To learn to save more and spend less and to not have to continue upgrading your spending habits to match your earning increases. To not to have to continuously upgrade your house and car. To find your satisfaction in worship and not in your toys.
Reflection time: I hope to pass on to my children how critical free time is and how valuable your time is. I think as a generation our worst fault is our “busyness” and ability to overbook ourselves. We never ever have any time to reflect or to meditate; to spend time alone or for that matter to book a lazy time at home with the family. My first value will be of time – to be less busy; less scheduled; less stress – to value your free time and to learn to schedule “nothing” or time to do nothing. The time to meditate; to reflect; to dream and plan is so critical to a healthy life but is often completely missed. To teach my children to leave the office an hour early to spend more time with the family instead of working late.
A Servants Attitude: As Americans most of us are blessed to have more than we will ever need. Most of us live in excess – having more toys and spending our free time enjoying our toys and leisure. I want to teach my children to use their blessings on helping others – to use their free time serving others. It takes a long time to realize the joy of helping others far exceeds the pleasure of driving a new boat or playing the latest video game. My second torch to pass on is to teach my children it is far greater to serve others than to serve yourself.
The importance of friends – deep biding relationships. One of the best things we can bequeath to the next generation is how helpful, how rich, and how essential it is to have abiding and vulnerable personal relationships with one another. They need deep relationships that they can not only share with but who will also hold them accountable.They need connections that transcend friendships and ones that go deep within to give each other safety, grace, acceptance, comfort, and truth – relationships in which we provoke each other to love and good works. (Hebrews 10:24) They need to have a small group that is biblically based and will help them grow spiritually.
Less perfection. It seems with emails; computers and better communications – errors seem to get magnified and publicized. Unfortunately this has led to huge pressures to be perfect. Everyone now strives to be so perfect. One thing we don’t need to pass on is our generation’s perfectionism! I hope to teach my children to be able to accept the truth about faults, weaknesses, and failures and not hide in shame, self-judgment, and condemnation. To be more forgiving and less judgemental. I want to teach them about trust and honesty; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. This will help them deal with the baggage they will naturally carry and learn to grow as imperfect people who have a living message of hope for a world that is lost. To experience more joy and happiness in their imperfection.
Less judging. This seems to be such an issue I decided to make it a point in itself. We all judge OURSELVES and others too harshly. Culture is constantly setting standards no one can meet and then we judge ourselves too severely. Worse yet we are constantly judging others when we hate it when others judge us. It seems these days those who call themselves Christians end up being the most judgemental. Again nothing is as critical as teaching your children the importance of trust and honesty; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. And once they learn to be less judgemental of others they also stop being so concerned with judging themselves and if others are judging themselves. Its so freeing.
Praise. I hope to model to my children how proud I am of them; how wonderful they are and how much God loves them. Our children need our blessing. They need to know we aren’t holding on to power, territory, or authority. They need to know we trust them and love them and we believe in them and Support them, take initiative to help, mentor them, and guide them. Give them confidence in who they are so they aren’t so apt to change to make someone else happy.
God’s blessings don’t mean being wealthy. Unfortunately we have somehow tied our wealth or lack of it to how much God is blessing us. And if we are successful its because God is blessing our actions. True we do owe everything to God but somehow we attribute our success to his approval and that’s the fartherest from the truth. I want my children to learn God’s love and blessings are the same whether we are rich or poor and aren’t an indication of either.
Worship values. We need to teach and model the realities of what is truly important in life. Our time to worship and our faith in God should be the most important thing in our lives. Worship is a seven day per week pastime not a Sunday morning date. We need to teach them everyday starts by worshiping God. And Sunday also needs to have more reverence. Sunday is THE day of worship, a day of reverence and rest not a day to schedule birthday parties and little league games. We need to teach and model the reality of God and his grace, being loving in our relationships, the truth of the Word of God, the salvation that comes through Jesus, the importance of a life surrendered to God, that God is first and foremost, that God sees all we do so being an honest person, living holy lives, and living in community – is the only way to live. Once we trust in God and put our faith in him and worship Him as He deserves – the rest of our lives become much richer and become much easier to manage. Our children have to know that all of reality and all of life is spiritual at the core. This is God’s universe, whether we are dealing with marriage, dating, finances, careers, or our mission in life. We have to teach our children to see that God has principles, answers, solutions, and guidance for every single area of life, so they will look to him and trust his ways. To trust in the Bible for our answers not our culture.
The Importance of Prayer – though its last its certainly not the least. We need to pass on to our children how important prayer is; how vital it is to our well being and what a blessing it is to talk to God. You can’t have a better friend or supporter. How often is HE and our prayer time the first thing we cut out of our busy schedule. To have a set prayer time; to start the day in prayer; to pray in the same quiet room; to become a habitual prayer. Pray, Pray and Pray.
May God bless you and your children.
George Boake Moore founded a non profit coffee company called Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee -http://www.missiongrounds.com/ourphilosophy.php .
The church coffee, the gourmet coffee from Costa Rica coffee helping children and orphans
It donates all its profits and proceeds to helping orphans and impoverished children. We currently are building schools in rural China, orphanages in South America; supporting orphans in Russia and Africa. And helping homeless children in the United States. An It salesman by trade he hopes to be able to help millions of children. Lets make the world better – George “Boake” Moore and Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee http://www.missiongrounds.com
The Ten things I hope to teach my Children:
Being the father of five; I am constantly teaching my children both literally and through my actions. With the Labor Day weekend and a finally moment to reflect – I thought about the things I hope I can pass on to my children.
This is not focused on teaching them how to add or spell but how to face life and be of character. We all have a responsibility to resource, equip, teach, and provide for those who are coming after us, and who are preparing to take our place. We are expected to do all we can to help ensure their growth and security; to teach them the things you value the most. Teach them to learn from your mistakes and not necessarily repeat them. It’s probably your most important and fulfilling tasks as a parent – passing on the values that will sustain them through their lives of challenging tasks and difficult decisions.
What, then, should we be careful to pass on tour children? What values do you want to instill? Here are my ten torches I hope to pass on:
To value money less: I want my child to not let their careers dictate their time and who they are. Learn them to find joy in their family and friends; in serving others and to find your stock in life in god and not in your workplace. Teach a child to learn to save more and spend less and to not have to continue upgrading your spending habits to match your earning increases. Have your child learn to not to have to continuously upgrade your house and car. Your child should want to find their satisfaction in worship and not in your toys.
Reflection time: I hope to pass on to my children how critical free time is and how valuable your time is. I think as a generation our worst fault is our “busyness” and ability to overbook ourselves. We never ever have any time to reflect or to meditate; to spend time alone or for that matter to book a lazy time at home with the family. My first value will be of time – to be less busy; less scheduled; less stress – to value your free time and to learn to schedule “nothing” or time to do nothing. The time to meditate; to reflect; to dream and plan is so critical to a healthy life but is often completely missed. My children should learn to leave the office an hour early to spend more time with the family instead of working late.
A Servants Attitude: As Americans most of us are blessed to have more than we will ever need. Most of us live in excess – having more toys and spending our free time enjoying our toys and leisure. We should want to teach my children to use their blessings on helping others – to use their free time serving others. It takes a long time to realize the joy of helping others far exceeds the pleasure of driving a new boat or playing the latest video game. My second torch to pass on is to teach my children it is far greater to serve others than to serve yourself.
The importance of friends – deep biding relationships. One of the best things we can bequeath to the next generation is how helpful, how rich, and how essential it is to have abiding and vulnerable personal relationships with one another. They need deep relationships that they can not only share with but who will also hold them accountable. They need deep friendships. (Hebrews 10:24) They need to have a small group that is biblically based and will help them grow spiritually.
Less perfection. It seems with emails; computers and better communications – errors seem to get magnified and publicized. Unfortunately this has led to huge pressures to be perfect. Everyone now strives to be so perfect. We shouldn’t teach our children to be perfect! I hope to teach my children to be able to accept the truth about faults, weaknesses, and failures and not hide in shame, self-judgment, and condemnation. Teach your child to be more forgiving and less judgmental. I want them to learn to be honest beyond honest; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. This will help them deal with the baggage they will naturally carry and learn to grow as imperfect people who have a living message of hope for a world that is lost. Learn them to experience more joy and happiness in their imperfection.
Less judging. This seems to be such an issue I decided to make it a point in itself. We all are guilty of judginng OURSELVES and others too harshly. Culture is constantly setting standards no one can meet and then we judge ourselves too severely. Worse yet we are constantly judging others when we hate it when others judge us. It seems these days those who call themselves Christians end up being the most judgmental. Again nothing is as critical as teaching your children the importance of trust and honesty; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. And once they learn to be less judgmental of others they also stop being so concerned with judging themselves and if others are judging them. It’s so freeing.
Praise. I hope to model to my children how proud I am of them; how wonderful they are and how much God loves them. Our children need our blessing. They need to know we aren’t holding on to power, territory, or authority. They need to know we trust them and love them and we believe in them and Support them, take initiative to help, mentor them, and guide them. Give them confidence in who they are so they aren’t so apt to change to make someone else happy.
God’s blessings don’t mean being wealthy. Unfortunately we have somehow tied our wealth or lack of it to how much God is blessing us. And if we are successful it’s because God is blessing our actions. True we do owe everything to God but somehow we attribute our success to his approval and that’s far from the truth. You should want my children to learn God’s love and blessings are the same whether we are rich or poor and aren’t an indication of either.
Worship values. We need to teach and model the realities of what is truly important in life. Our time to worship and our faith in God should be the most important thing in our lives. Worship is a seven day per week pastime not a Sunday morning date. Our children have to know that everydat starts with God. We need to place more emphasis on Sunday as a day of reverence. Sunday is THE day of worship, a day of reverence and rest not a day to schedule birthday parties and little league games. We need to teach and model the reality of God and his grace, being loving in our relationships, the truth of the Word of God, the salvation that comes through Jesus, the importance of a life surrendered to God, that God is first and foremost, that God sees all we do so being an honest person, living holy lives, and living in community – is the only way to live. Once we trust in God and put our faith in him and worship Him as He deserves – the rest of our lives become much richer and become much easier to manage. Our children have to know that all of reality and all of life is spiritual at the core. This is God’s universe, whether we are dealing with marriage, dating, finances, careers, or our mission in life. We have to teach our children to see that God has principles, answers, solutions, and guidance for every single area of life, so they will look to him and trust his ways. Learn to trust in the Bible for our answers not our culture.
The Importance of Prayer – though it’s last it’s certainly not the least. We need to pass on to our children how important prayer is; what a blessing it is to be able to talk to God. You can’t have a better friend or supporter. How often is HE and our prayer time the first thing we cut out of our busy schedule. Teach them to have a set prayer time; to start the day in prayer; to pray in the same quiet room; to become a habitual prayer. Pray, Pray and Pray.
May God bless you and your children.
We only sell the highest level of coffee; unfortunately there is not enough of it grown on top of the mountain peak to meet the needs of the large retail chains; who must buy the level 2 or level 3 coffees to get enough quantity and to ensure their consistency. Mission Grounds is one of the only places to buy the best Costa Rica gourmet coffee available: http://www.missiongrounds.com
pleading for silence in a shattered world? Angry guns preach a gospel full of hate, Blood of the innocent on their hands Crying jesus, help me To feel the sun again upon my face, For when darkness clears i know you’re near, Bringing peace again Dali cujete sve djecje molitive? (croatian translation: ‘can you hear all the children’s prayers?’) Can you hear the prayer of the children?
Being the father of five; I am constantly teaching my children both literally and through my actions. With the Labor Day weekend and a finally moment to reflect – I thought about the things I hope I can pass on to my children.This is not focused on teaching them how to add or spell but how to face life and be of character. We all have a responsibility to resource, equip, teach, and provide for those who are coming after us, and who are preparing to take our place. We are expected to do all we can to help ensure their growth and security; to teach them the things you value the most. Teach them to learn from your mistakes and not necessarily repeat them. It’s probably your most important and fulfilling tasks as a parent – passing on the values that will sustain them through their lives of challenging tasks and difficult decisions.What, then, should we be careful to pass on tour children? What values do you want to instill? Here are my ten torches I hope to pass on:To value money less: I want my child to not let their careers dictate their time and who they are. Learn them to find joy in their family and friends; in serving others and to find your stock in life in god and not in your workplace. Teach a child to learn to save more and spend less and to not have to continue upgrading your spending habits to match your earning increases. Have your child learn to not to have to continuously upgrade your house and car. Your child should want to find their satisfaction in worship and not in your toys.Reflection time: I hope to pass on to my children how critical free time is and how valuable your time is. I think as a generation our worst fault is our “busyness” and ability to overbook ourselves. We never ever have any time to reflect or to meditate; to spend time alone or for that matter to book a lazy time at home with the family. My first value will be of time – to be less busy; less scheduled; less stress – to value your free time and to learn to schedule “nothing” or time to do nothing. The time to meditate; to reflect; to dream and plan is so critical to a healthy life but is often completely missed. My children should learn to leave the office an hour early to spend more time with the family instead of working late.A Servants Attitude: As Americans most of us are blessed to have more than we will ever need. Most of us live in excess – having more toys and spending our free time enjoying our toys and leisure. We should want to teach my children to use their blessings on helping others – to use their free time serving others. It takes a long time to realize the joy of helping others far exceeds the pleasure of driving a new boat or playing the latest video game. My second torch to pass on is to teach my children it is far greater to serve others than to serve yourself.The importance of friends – deep biding relationships. One of the best things we can bequeath to the next generation is how helpful, how rich, and how essential it is to have abiding and vulnerable personal relationships with one another. They need deep relationships that they can not only share with but who will also hold them accountable. They need deep friendships. (Hebrews 10:24) They need to have a small group that is biblically based and will help them grow spiritually.Less perfection. It seems with emails; computers and better communications – errors seem to get magnified and publicized. Unfortunately this has led to huge pressures to be perfect. Everyone now strives to be so perfect. We shouldn’t teach our children to be perfect! I hope to teach my children to be able to accept the truth about faults, weaknesses, and failures and not hide in shame, self-judgment, and condemnation. Teach your child to be more forgiving and less judgmental. I want them to learn to be honest beyond honest; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. This will help them deal with the baggage they will naturally carry and learn to grow as imperfect people who have a living message of hope for a world that is lost. Learn them to experience more joy and happiness in their imperfection.Less judging. This seems to be such an issue I decided to make it a point in itself. We all are guilty of judginng OURSELVES and others too harshly. Culture is constantly setting standards no one can meet and then we judge ourselves too severely. Worse yet we are constantly judging others when we hate it when others judge us. It seems these days those who call themselves Christians end up being the most judgmental. Again nothing is as critical as teaching your children the importance of trust and honesty; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. And once they learn to be less judgmental of others they also stop being so concerned with judging themselves and if others are judging them. It’s so freeing.Praise. I hope to model to my children how proud I am of them; how wonderful they are and how much God loves them. Our children need our blessing. They need to know we aren’t holding on to power, territory, or authority. They need to know we trust them and love them and we believe in them and Support them, take initiative to help, mentor them, and guide them. Give them confidence in who they are so they aren’t so apt to change to make someone else happy.God’s blessings don’t mean being wealthy. Unfortunately we have somehow tied our wealth or lack of it to how much God is blessing us. And if we are successful it’s because God is blessing our actions. True we do owe everything to God but somehow we attribute our success to his approval and that’s far from the truth. You should want my children to learn God’s love and blessings are the same whether we are rich or poor and aren’t an indication of either.Worship values. We need to teach and model the realities of what is truly important in life. Our time to worship and our faith in God should be the most important thing in our lives. Worship is a seven day per week pastime not a Sunday morning date. Our children have to know that everydat starts with God. We need to place more emphasis on Sunday as a day of reverence. Sunday is THE day of worship, a day of reverence and rest not a day to schedule birthday parties and little league games. We need to teach and model the reality of God and his grace, being loving in our relationships, the truth of the Word of God, the salvation that comes through Jesus, the importance of a life surrendered to God, that God is first and foremost, that God sees all we do so being an honest person, living holy lives, and living in community – is the only way to live. Once we trust in God and put our faith in him and worship Him as He deserves – the rest of our lives become much richer and become much easier to manage. Our children have to know that all of reality and all of life is spiritual at the core. This is God’s universe, whether we are dealing with marriage, dating, finances, careers, or our mission in life. We have to teach our children to see that God has principles, answers, solutions, and guidance for every single area of life, so they will look to him and trust his ways. Learn to trust in the Bible for our answers not our culture.The Importance of Prayer – though it’s last it’s certainly not the least. We need to pass on to our children how important prayer is; what a blessing it is to be able to talk to God. You can’t have a better friend or supporter. How often is HE and our prayer time the first thing we cut out of our busy schedule. Teach them to have a set prayer time; to start the day in prayer; to pray in the same quiet room; to become a habitual prayer. Pray, Pray and Pray.May God bless you and your children.
Boake” Moore is an IT Sales engineer by trade and founded a non profit coffee company called Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee -http://www.missiongrounds.com/ourphilosophy.php It donates all its profits and proceeds to helping orphans and impoverished children. We currently are building schools in rural China, orphanages in South America; supporting orphans in Russia and Africa. And helping homeless children in the United States.
Lets make the world better -
George “Boake” Moore
Mission Grounds
There are few things in life as precious as the prayers of a young child. I love to hear our children pray, especially when they really express themselves well and have their thoughts on other people.
But I’ve noticed something about a child’s prayers: They are great barometers of where your child’s heart is before the Lord (Matthew 12:34 says, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”). While they won’t expose everything in their heart, you can get a good idea of what the child is focused on simply by listening to what they pray.
For instance, most children are quick to ask God for something they want. That’s easy. We all focus on ourselves far more than we should and we all know of things we want. And the fact that Jesus tells us to ask makes asking a natural thing to do. But if our prayers stop there, it should alert us to the fact that our children are too focused on themselves.
Perhaps the most difficult area for anyone to pray about is repentance. This is especially tough for children. We know that repentance is a key component of salvation. Unfortunately, the only time most children repent in their prayers is when they pray “the prayer” at the church alter. And that’s usually after heavy discussion with the parents. But repentance is a daily need for all of us — not a one-time event. If you don’t teach your children to have a repentant heart — and to express it regularly — what are you telling them about salvation? Remember, prayer is a barometer of their heart. If they never express repentance in their prayers, what is that telling you about their heart?
Obviously, the goal of teaching children to pray can’t be a simple “say these words” instruction. The overall training of your children must get them to put God as a priority in daily life. That involves humbling themselves before Him and acting in love for Him. It also requires doing the same thing toward others.
Of course, the best way to train them is to set the example. You can tell them how to pray all you want. And you can tell them every day how to live and set their priorities. But until you show them how to do it, they probably won’t get it. If this isn’t something you do well, then tell your children that all of you need to improve in this area and that all of you will work on it together.
Steve Kroening writes for Success magazine and also publishes Wisdom’s Edge. You can get Biblical tips on health, finance, relationships, parenting, and success, delivered to your email inbox every week. Simply visit http://www.wisdomsedge.com and sign up for this free e-zine.
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