Friday, September 9, 2016
When We Pray
Since I was a small child, I have been taught to say something to God from time to time. This was referred to as prayer to me by my parents. Starting with rhymes, somewhere in grade school I believe, I began to talk about various things during prayer. I also remember much of my “prayer” being mental thinking towards God. At the same time, that mental thinking was often bombarded with negative thoughts. Growing older, I said more things out loud, and continued with the negative thoughts. In short, I struggled with prayer.
In recent years, I have continued to try to get to “the truth” and have come to realize that mostly I focused on what I believed, not on our Father Himself. That remains a struggle, however, at least a part of the time. I want to be able to think about Yahuah (Lord) all the time. I want to remember that this life is really just a vehicle, a means to an end, for us to be reunited with God, and to retake the earth. It seems to me, that prayer, (talking with the Father, saying out loud things He has said, considering actions and activities in light of scriptures and other things He says to us), is a key to living as we should live. It begins with remembering to speak right things, I believe.
Deuteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
So to that end, I have been trying for some time to pray out loud, and repeat the scriptures out loud, often. If you have had a struggle, then you may want to try this approach.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise and thank You for all You have done for us. Bless the name Yahuah! Let us be Your people here, and let us do Your will here, that it may be here as it is in heaven. Send us now Your overwhelming provision that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the one that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people that which has been taken or held back one hundred times one hundredfold, and hundreds of hundreds. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.