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Why Pray?

My friend we walk down this hallow and empty hallway. I hear there judgment towards us. I see them laugh at us. I see them picking on our brother but we are to afraid to explain to them our pain. And because I have broken from even you my friend, I suffered alone, you can say I have already died in life. But through all that darkness I saw this light afraid of all the darkness of this world. And fallowed it. Even tho it was small it was wiser then anything imaginable. He showed me the way out of that dark and empty halls. But as it showed me the way out, we talked and sealed a pack, that we would never have to walk alone anymore. And my heart burst into tears because; a friend I had found deep within myself: my Heart, the truth, and the Key to my happiness and before he let me out of the darkness he said goodbye. """"Confused"""" are you not coming to enjoy this light. Then his last lesson would come. " NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND" I will stay here with you I said. But he refused, he said I would not understand him. But if he had shown me out the way out. I could not leave, and I would not leave. He told me if I was sure and i said, yes without you I would have never found the way. So show me the way in this darkness you call my heart, so I can come visit you every night before my sleep. So we can have some brother to brother talk and then have some fun. So I came back every night and awoke by his side everyday. But the judgment of people was to much for us to carry alone. And when I reached out with my hand, it was slapped down. Slowly my joy was no more the judgment of people would separate me from my true friend who I called Jesus for my Gods sake. But he said the ring on your finger with my words is just a symbol of fate, he who believes in me holds the power to move a mountain not in a ring or cross but within the heart. (Soul)

You deserve to know what happen to me on August 31, 2014. Me and 4 friends would see Jesus suffer once more. As we walked at his side he showed us things. But before this could all fit in ill start by saying. The truth is known and with it comes the son and the father, expect a warm Christmas and judge for your self as the story of creation awaits those who seek it. And before you think wrong I am not the one you seek. I am but the man who was luck to watch the movie before it's release. So again I am just a voice that needs to be guided for I am scared at what I witness. So here my prayers people and let's help God together as one team. And move that mountain.

Finally for he who was patient and saw till the end, ignoring my horrible grammar. On august 31, at around 2-3 3 worlds came into one scene. When SATURN, Mars and the earth became the star. Everyone would show THIER true color. In afrika the moon would shine Gold. And wile some let thier greed distract them. Those who suffered saw the truth. The reflection of earth would be seen from another point of view. And thanks to 4 meddling kids including myself. Saw his coming and it was Good:)))
"You the people of my pears judge for them, and make them see as I, before I go and serve more time for this injustice so here it goes,,,
•••On August 31, 2014 something happen that I could not believe. When I was on my way out from a place I did not want to be. I was pointed out for the crowd to see. I told the security guard that I was not the one they seek. I told him that I had nothing to hide and to check me THIER and then. I told him I spoke the truth, but he did not care. He asked for my ticket. But I didn't have one because it was my first time there. (And if they never asked for one at any of the gates that was not my mistake. How was I suppose to know I was trespassing, if your security let me in?) I told him he had the wrong guy, but he still had to do his job and I understood that so I went with him. I asked him if he thought it was fair, that someone should have to go threw this shame for the choices of others when I had no blame. He did not respond so I told him "what if you are wrong"" Then what?? cause I can sue you for this injustice"? No reply.
Next I saw the head of security who would show me no respect at all for the mistakes of others. He came up to me and asked me for my name I told him "Jose Aguirre" he said bull**** do you have an ID? I showed him truth with my Identity card. But The man did not seem to even care. ((Two)) times had they already called me a lier. And As we got into the van the man told me to sit. He could not find a place to sit so he sat at my right. As he told me to move over in the rudest way. I told him to show me some respect. Once we drove into the police spot on campus the sat us on a table, I sat closest to the man guarding the exit. Then 3 policemen came to find out our information. The tallest Cop standing in the middle asked for my name. As I began to say " Jose Aguirr " He told me to cooperate. I could not believe all this disbelieve. Especially threw the eye of what I thought was doing Great. In that moment I could no longer hold it in. The pain of all the lies had to end. I burst out in pain, the pain I felt that day took me back in time to when I was depressed. But deep inside me something told me everything would soon be ok. So I pulled it together as those around me laughed and mocked my pain. Without being told if I new my rights the cold metal of the chains touched my skin. As I walked passed the caged door my rights were still not informed. As you took my stuff and touched my body you still had not said the magic words. You had broken all your own rules. Once you had what you needed a cop told me """""""if I knew my rights"""""""" but a little to late for protocol don't you think. You can not violate THIER space until the rights are read. And you had already handcuffed me, taken from me, violated my body, and worst of all you judged me without even knowing me, with all disbelieve you showed me. And still you would not believe so I ended spending the night in jail that night. When morning came I was still awake for the fear I felt would not let me sleep. Finally like around noon we were released.


In other words I was found guilty for stepping on my neighbors lawn and wanting to leave but instead I was held against my own will when you put the chains on me.

Thank you for your time Jesus Christ bless US all. In the name of the Father, the Son, and our Holly spirit, forever and ever. Again thank you my brothers and sisters :(
 
I think If you often pray ,you will often receive God’s supply within, the purpose of praying is that one can come before God and receive the things which God will give man.
 
In the past, I did not have much knowledge of prayer. I thought that in one’s believing in God, as long as he was sincere and obedient and submissive to God and did whatever he was asked to do, it would be enough, and it was not important to pray more or less. And even to the two daily prayers in the morning and at night, I treated them perfunctorily. As a result, I often lived in the flesh and the bondage of satan, which led to the consequence that my heart and spirit always couldn’t be set free; I always had a feeling of depression within and thought that it was so hard and difficult to believe in God.But now i kown:
Prayer is not a ritual, and it has meaning in many, many aspects. From prayer, you can see that one is directly serving God. If you take it as a ritual, you certainly cannot serve God well. If you do not pray to God with your heart and do not pray genuinely, in God’s eyes you do not count and do not exist. Then you won’t have the Holy Spirit’s working. From now on, no prayer, no work. It is prayer that brings forth work and brings forth service. You say you are one who serves God, but if you never, never put effort into your prayer and are never serious with your prayer, your service in whatever way will fail.
If you can often come before God and can often, can often pray, it proves that you take God seriously, you take God seriously. If you often make no prayer and do things by yourself, doing this or that thing behind God’s back, you are not, not serving God but carrying out your own management. Then aren’t you condemned? Outwardly you seem to cause no, cause no disturbance and speak no blasphemy, but you are doing your own things. Then aren’t you causing disruption? Although outwardly you seem to cause no disruption, in nature, in nature you are resisting God. from “The Significance and Practice of Prayer” in Christ’s Talks with Church Leaders and Workers
 
Thanks for sharing brother:) I will more focus on prayer now and it is a very important way to build the relationship with God. If we seldom have the prayer, the relationship between God and I just like a stranger. Although God knows me and presides my fate, I even don't know him it I don't pray....
So What is the significance of prayer?
 
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Amen Chad Very nice!!And Larry!! Prayer should be as natural as breathing!! VERY NICE!! I will write that one down as well!Ramy love and tears,nice!! And sweetygrowing not to faint,and another excellent example as well!! Mark 1:35 I for one am so thankful to all of you!! Sometimes I am not always up to snuff!! LOL But LOVE is here,because I see Jesus in each one of you!! Matt 7:7-9!! we get what we expect,Praise God!! an answer!!

I was looking for a place to thank the ones who prayed for me and to tell them it was not in vain. Since then I have felt better physically and mentally. And, I not just saying that either. For example my sugar glucose level has been under control ...........first time it has been consistently in a LONG time. How does 116 and not 208 sound?
UH O, here come the deceiver again telling me it is not so.
Oh well, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus. There that did it again.
 
The answer from God’s word:

“Prayer is a path for man to cooperate with God, a way for man to call on God, and a course for man to be moved by God’s Spirit. It can be said that a person without prayer is a dead one without a spirit, and it shows that he does not have the organ to receive God’s moving. Without prayer, one cannot have a normal spiritual living, much less keep up with the working of the Holy Spirit. Without prayer, one’s relationship with God will be cut off and he cannot receive God’s approval. As a believer in God, the more one prays, that is, the more moving he receives from God, the stronger will he will have and the more he can receive the newest inspiration from God. Thus, such a person can be perfected by the Holy Spirit sooner.”

from “On the Practice of Prayer”
 
The answer from God’s word:

“Prayer is a path for man to cooperate with God, a way for man to call on God, and a course for man to be moved by God’s Spirit. It can be said that a person without prayer is a dead one without a spirit, and it shows that he does not have the organ to receive God’s moving. Without prayer, one cannot have a normal spiritual living, much less keep up with the working of the Holy Spirit. Without prayer, one’s relationship with God will be cut off and he cannot receive God’s approval. As a believer in God, the more one prays, that is, the more moving he receives from God, the stronger will he will have and the more he can receive the newest inspiration from God. Thus, such a person can be perfected by the Holy Spirit sooner.”

from “On the Practice of Prayer”

Britte, yes, Prayer is a way of talking to God in order to include His will in your life. I talk to God a lot. Through joy and bad times. I wouldn't know what to do without him. I have been through A LOT in my life and consider it a privileged to still be chastised and loved by Him. I have grieved the Holy spirit and learned what the difference between temptation and submitting to God and His will. It is not easy at times but I find that if trouble comes I simply wait on the Lord for guidance. I have to tell myself to shut up at times. Actually, there is no where to turn after you have done your best
 
I agree that it 'plugs' us into God.
Whenever I think about how important it is for us to talk to God, and whether it changes His mind or not, think about you as a parent, or your own parents.
I think of my children- asking me for something that I had not considered giving to them, and when they ask, knowing I could say yes or no, it is a blessing to me. I may give it or I may not, but they have given the choice to me and are not holding back.
I wonder if God feels like that when we ask from Him.

I also think of Abraham, hearing that God is going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and knowing that Lot lived there, he was bold enough to approach God. God allowed Abraham to talk him down from total destruction, to not destroying it if 50, then 45, then 40, then 30, then 20, then 10 righteous people could be found there. God could have told Abraham to stay out of His business, but He didn't. He let Abraham determine the amount of righteous people needed to save those towns. (Genesis 18) --sure the towns were still destroyed, but God stayed by His word. Ten righteous people were not found.
Lot negotiated for his own life and his family's lives with the angels. They told Lot that they could not destroy the town until he was in the mountains (God destroyed the towns but did not destroy one righteous person, going further than Abraham considered doing). Lot did not think he could make it to the mountains before the destruction overtook him, and asked to go to the little town of Zoar. And the angels agreed. They are the voice box of God, so to speak, so it was okay with God that Lot negotiated a different escape route. (Genesis 19)
I think prayer has more power than we can possibly imagine, especially when we are praying God's will and for intercession for others. Just because we can't see the results doesn't mean they aren't there. I am glad that people take the time to pray for me!!
God doesn't change, so I guess he wouldn't change his mind either, but I believe prayer is a commune time with the Lord to spend time together just talk'n. Totally agree with even though we don't see results does not mean He has not done something and moved on our request, just may not be in the way we wanted, but we do pray in his will. I've been praying for something for 10 years still haven't "seen" much of a change, but the Lord being my God, no tell'n what He has been doing :)
 
Prayer has so many facets; through prayer we come to know the heart and mind of God. We might meet a person who we might percieve as godless, with evil habits but when we meet them, we are mightily moved in the Spirit and are moved to pray for them, in this we come to know Gods compassion for the lost, and we are taught not to judge. In praying for those in authority, people we might never choose to rule us, but God, in his wisdom, has chosen them to be in authority over us. when we pray for these people, it behoves us to look deeper into their lives and character to try and understand why they have been set aside for our prayers. Often we recieve revelation and our understanding of the nature of God is expanded. We also recieve insights on people when they ask us to pray. My son, a few years ago walked away from his faith over prayer we had strongly felt the Spirit on but the outcome was not what we had expected or desired. recently his wife had a problem and had to go for tests. He phoned and asked for prayer, so here prayer showed me that my son still had faith and that was strengthened by the fact that our prayers were answered and things were favourable. I also chat to God during the day as I go about my business, this increases our intimacy. Prayer is the breath of faith.
 
Prayer is like a telephone line of conversation, but it is never unplugged and we never get a message 'I'm sorry I am not able to take your call right now...'

It is our link with the Father in heaven,

Hebrews 5:7
who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,

Luke 3:21
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

Luke 5:16
But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.

Matthew 14:23
After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

Matthew 26:39
And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Luke 11:1
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

Hebrew 7:25
Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Luke 11:1-4
Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”

So He said to them, “When you pray, say:


Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.”

Jesus prayed as an example to his disciples then and now.

Jesus prayed to the Father and tells us to also.

Jesus' disciples asked how to pray, Jesus tells them and us.

Pray connects us to God, now Jesus is sat at the right hand of God in heaven, He is interceding our prayers to the Father, we are to talk to our Father in Heaven through Jesus, as we would a caring loving father on earth, as a natural loving relationship between a father and child.

Prayer should be the most natural thing on earth, all authority in heaven and on earth was given to Jesus, no one comes to the Father except through him, he is the intercessor of all prayer.

Thanks be to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
 
Prayer is like a telephone line of conversation, but it is never unplugged and we never get a message 'I'm sorry I am not able to take your call right now...'

It is our link with the Father in heaven,

Hebrews 5:7
who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,

Luke 3:21
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

Luke 5:16
But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.

Matthew 14:23
After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

Matthew 26:39
And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Luke 11:1
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

Hebrew 7:25
Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Luke 11:1-4
Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”

So He said to them, “When you pray, say:


Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.”

Jesus prayed as an example to his disciples then and now.

Jesus prayed to the Father and tells us to also.

Jesus' disciples asked how to pray, Jesus tells them and us.

Pray connects us to God, now Jesus is sat at the right hand of God in heaven, He is interceding our prayers to the Father, we are to talk to our Father in Heaven through Jesus, as we would a caring loving father on earth, as a natural loving relationship between a father and child.

Prayer should be the most natural thing on earth, all authority in heaven and on earth was given to Jesus, no one comes to the Father except through him, he is the intercessor of all prayer.

Thanks be to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
Amen
 
1 Cor 14:15) Prayer is also a state of mind as well. It is not about what we say in prayer,but rather how we are led in his instruction as to what to pray as well.( Rom 8:14-15) Prayer is not about us speaking but rather upon hearing his will for us.Hence why we have 2 ears and only one mouth. The act of entering in prayer is described fully in ( Psalm 100:1-5) To be in his very will!!!!( 1 Thess 5:18) and to learn how we can stay there!! For if we fail in our prayer life,we fail in our present life,for without his instruction, we do the leading,and I know this never worked out for me!! And to fail in prayer to me is sin!!( 1 Sam 12:23)
 
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