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If you havent, im gunna say til im blue in the face, get THIS book!! This chapter were going over today is some really good stuff. Today well be learning about the "locks" of prayer. This is like the big list of what NOT to do when you pray. All in all there are 10 "locks" of prayer. You keep seeing me go "locks" but wondering what it means. When I say "locks" of prayer, what i mean is if you do any of the following further in my post, essentially God is going to shut his door and lock it to not hear you. Job 35:13 says "God will not listen to their worthless begging. God All-Powerful will not pay attention to them". He hears us but its like we do when our children or fur babies have a fit. We hear them, we just ignore them. But we're still gunna love and potect them just like God does for us, His children. If you haven't actually read and studied Job I highly suggest it. Its a good read and good lesson for sure. Any ways this chapter is REALLY good.
Alright lets get this pony show on the road shall we? First up we have, "praying without knowing God through Jesus". All over the world, even if its someone going by the power of cuthulu. EVERYONE at some point in their life has prayed. It would be better if was God, and in most cases i do believe its to God and not the latter, but it happens. Sometimes even multiple times in someones life they will pray. That is a just a response we have when we face a crisis and we're feeling completely hopeless. Jesus said in John 14:6, if you know it say it out loud with me, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. The ONLY way to the father is through me"!! Those who pray but don't actually believe, can't really *expect* their prayers to be answered. Because at this point it's almost like their rock bottom and, sad to say it, theyre just looking for someone to throw em a bone and then act like nothing special happened.
Numba 2, "praying from and unrepenting heart". In Psalms, 66,51, and 103(vs 18,17,14) the basic rundown is this. If you pray and keep sin in your heart, hes not gunna listen to a single request you make. Period. Dot. God wants us to humble ourselves and repent. He doesnt want us dragging 100lbs sandbags worth of burdens, while having our hands and feel chanined together, while dancing to the hokey pokey across freshly likey flaming hot coals. You have to remeber we are made of DUST and HE knows that. So get it together man! You wanna stiff arm God hell stone cold Steve Austin your behind then let you smell what the rock was cookin! You dont call the shots here. Big daddy God does. Quit bein a heffer!
Three! Were only on 3 and ill be surprised if you cant tell how excited i am re writting my notes for you guys. It feels like my insides are fire(in a good way). Heres number 3, do NOT pray just to be a show off. No one likes a show off. No one likes the "hey look what i can do!" Type person(unless its your kid who just learned what they thought was the most fantastical thing on earth thinking they created said thing). Matthew 6:5 is a really good verse for this. Im glad the author of the book found it. It says when you pray, dont be like the hypocrites! They LOVE to stand in the churches, and out on the strret for all to see as they pray loudly for all to hear. The only truth for them from God, is that attention they're drawing to themselves is the ONLY thing they're gunna be rewarded with. That little 10mins of fame. When you pray, other people shouldnt matter. The only "audience" you should be entertaining is God All-Mighty himself!
*sings*foooouuurrrr. Praying a repetitive prayer. Have you ever been distracted in a prayer cuz the guy(or girl) praying is so overly dramatic and reminds you of sheldon from big bang theory in repeatedly saying something 3 times in a row. "Lord heal him, reach out and heal him, heal him lord, i beliebe you can heal him lord" and they go on and on about ONE thing for like 2 minutes? Ugh now I feel like I'M being repetitive right now. say your prayers ina heartfelt manner and move on with out droning. "Lord, so and so is sick. I pray in Jesus' name you reach out and heal him lord. Give comfort to his family..inalso wanna pray for..." See how nice, sincere, and easy flowing that is?
Comin in hot at number 5!! Halfway there folks can you believe it?! Its a bit odd sounding. "Prayers not prayed". This actually one of the most ineffective moments in prayer. Its the thing you dont take time to actually speak about ehen praying. After i read this, I sat and thought a minute on this trying to comprehend it. After a few moments i felt a little buzz in my ear and a thought crossed my mind. Sometimes, when im just getting to sleepy, or im having trouble concentrating, im guilty of speeding through the last tid bit of my prayer. I'll be all motivated and completely falling at his feet. Then sometimes i hit squirrel mode right in the middle of it. It'll go from "lord thanknyou so much for today. Bless so and so and their spouse as they do this and i pray for..." To this "annnd I wanna pray health and happiness for all my friends and family in jesus name amen. Night lord see ya in the morning". See the difference? Hopefully I explained that well enough to help give a better understanding on this one.
Over halfway! Comin in at number 6, "praying with a lustful heart". Man oh man. Hopefully im not the only one guilty of this. Fact of the matter is, 9/10 we've all done it at least once. Remember my post on where I mentioned i was greedy and selfish praying to win the powerball? That falls under this. As soon as i read that first sentence, i lowered my head in shame and immediately prayed for forgiveness. I dont think anyone will ever outgrow this try as they might. we're human. But as ive quoted from James 4:3 before in previous posts, "when you ask, you don't receive anything, because the reason you ask is wrong".
Number 7, "praying while mistreating your spouse". I kid you not, 1 Peter 3:7 says "if you do not live with your wife in an understanding way or honor her as an heir of grace, your prayers will not be heard". Same thing goes for wives to their husbands. Youre suppose to love, honor, and respect each other. After all, that was partnof the vows when you get married right? How can we saw were are unified with God if our home life is a wreck?
8! Almost there folks and ill be quiet for the next 16-20hrs lol. Number 8 is "praying while IGNORING the poor". All throughout the bible, can you even count hiw many times the poor, tired, and helpless were helped? When you help those in need, Gid will show favor on you. But if you ignore them and/or treat them horribly heres what proverbs 21:13 has to say. "He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor, will also cry himself and not be heard".
Number 9, "praying with bitterness in your heart toward someone". Go ahead and raise your hand. You know you also have prayed for forgiveness when theres that one person YOU just cant seem to forgive. That bitterness is actually like posion to us not only spiritually, but mentally and physically as well. How many out there knows how tiring it is to just stay mad at someone all the time? Stop it!! I know easier said than done sometimes it seems. But if Jesus can forgive all the people who hated Him and KILLED Him, I think we can humble ourselves to forgive jo shmoe down the street.
And finally, number 10, "praying with a faithless heart". Faithless...heart. What good is prayer without faith? Without hope? Can you even imagine it? I try and I just start to feel really depressed. Thats like saying sally sue is your bff in the whole wide worl, but you dont even trust the hair on her head. Bit contradictory isnt it? But its true and sadly this is a barrier most have to break. I mean, whe your a kid and you dont fully understand whats going on, you just see people praying; well you're just gunna pray and not expect..well..anything. Hebrews 11:6 says "without faith, no one can please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that hes real, and that he rewards those who try to find him". In James 1:6-8, in a nutshell it says, you have to believe in God, never doubting him. If you doubt him you might as well be like a wave thats blown carelessly by wind to rise and fall. Always indecisive on what to do or where to go.
These are what cause you to be "lukewarm" in the Lord. In revelation 3:16 it says "since you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, i will spit you out of my mouth". God doesnt want luke warm. He would rather you be either cold or (preferably) hot for him. Either all in or not at all. This whole chapter has had me feel all sorts of emotions. One minute im excited, the next i feel like someone kicked my puppy. But it needs to be said, read, and discussed. This is one of those gut punching meaty info my brain, heart, and soul absolutely loves. I am completely in love with this book right now. Not as much as God of course lol but def in the top 10 I think. Alright guys and girls :) til next time!
If you havent, im gunna say til im blue in the face, get THIS book!! This chapter were going over today is some really good stuff. Today well be learning about the "locks" of prayer. This is like the big list of what NOT to do when you pray. All in all there are 10 "locks" of prayer. You keep seeing me go "locks" but wondering what it means. When I say "locks" of prayer, what i mean is if you do any of the following further in my post, essentially God is going to shut his door and lock it to not hear you. Job 35:13 says "God will not listen to their worthless begging. God All-Powerful will not pay attention to them". He hears us but its like we do when our children or fur babies have a fit. We hear them, we just ignore them. But we're still gunna love and potect them just like God does for us, His children. If you haven't actually read and studied Job I highly suggest it. Its a good read and good lesson for sure. Any ways this chapter is REALLY good.
Alright lets get this pony show on the road shall we? First up we have, "praying without knowing God through Jesus". All over the world, even if its someone going by the power of cuthulu. EVERYONE at some point in their life has prayed. It would be better if was God, and in most cases i do believe its to God and not the latter, but it happens. Sometimes even multiple times in someones life they will pray. That is a just a response we have when we face a crisis and we're feeling completely hopeless. Jesus said in John 14:6, if you know it say it out loud with me, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. The ONLY way to the father is through me"!! Those who pray but don't actually believe, can't really *expect* their prayers to be answered. Because at this point it's almost like their rock bottom and, sad to say it, theyre just looking for someone to throw em a bone and then act like nothing special happened.
Numba 2, "praying from and unrepenting heart". In Psalms, 66,51, and 103(vs 18,17,14) the basic rundown is this. If you pray and keep sin in your heart, hes not gunna listen to a single request you make. Period. Dot. God wants us to humble ourselves and repent. He doesnt want us dragging 100lbs sandbags worth of burdens, while having our hands and feel chanined together, while dancing to the hokey pokey across freshly likey flaming hot coals. You have to remeber we are made of DUST and HE knows that. So get it together man! You wanna stiff arm God hell stone cold Steve Austin your behind then let you smell what the rock was cookin! You dont call the shots here. Big daddy God does. Quit bein a heffer!
Three! Were only on 3 and ill be surprised if you cant tell how excited i am re writting my notes for you guys. It feels like my insides are fire(in a good way). Heres number 3, do NOT pray just to be a show off. No one likes a show off. No one likes the "hey look what i can do!" Type person(unless its your kid who just learned what they thought was the most fantastical thing on earth thinking they created said thing). Matthew 6:5 is a really good verse for this. Im glad the author of the book found it. It says when you pray, dont be like the hypocrites! They LOVE to stand in the churches, and out on the strret for all to see as they pray loudly for all to hear. The only truth for them from God, is that attention they're drawing to themselves is the ONLY thing they're gunna be rewarded with. That little 10mins of fame. When you pray, other people shouldnt matter. The only "audience" you should be entertaining is God All-Mighty himself!
*sings*foooouuurrrr. Praying a repetitive prayer. Have you ever been distracted in a prayer cuz the guy(or girl) praying is so overly dramatic and reminds you of sheldon from big bang theory in repeatedly saying something 3 times in a row. "Lord heal him, reach out and heal him, heal him lord, i beliebe you can heal him lord" and they go on and on about ONE thing for like 2 minutes? Ugh now I feel like I'M being repetitive right now. say your prayers ina heartfelt manner and move on with out droning. "Lord, so and so is sick. I pray in Jesus' name you reach out and heal him lord. Give comfort to his family..inalso wanna pray for..." See how nice, sincere, and easy flowing that is?
Comin in hot at number 5!! Halfway there folks can you believe it?! Its a bit odd sounding. "Prayers not prayed". This actually one of the most ineffective moments in prayer. Its the thing you dont take time to actually speak about ehen praying. After i read this, I sat and thought a minute on this trying to comprehend it. After a few moments i felt a little buzz in my ear and a thought crossed my mind. Sometimes, when im just getting to sleepy, or im having trouble concentrating, im guilty of speeding through the last tid bit of my prayer. I'll be all motivated and completely falling at his feet. Then sometimes i hit squirrel mode right in the middle of it. It'll go from "lord thanknyou so much for today. Bless so and so and their spouse as they do this and i pray for..." To this "annnd I wanna pray health and happiness for all my friends and family in jesus name amen. Night lord see ya in the morning". See the difference? Hopefully I explained that well enough to help give a better understanding on this one.
Over halfway! Comin in at number 6, "praying with a lustful heart". Man oh man. Hopefully im not the only one guilty of this. Fact of the matter is, 9/10 we've all done it at least once. Remember my post on where I mentioned i was greedy and selfish praying to win the powerball? That falls under this. As soon as i read that first sentence, i lowered my head in shame and immediately prayed for forgiveness. I dont think anyone will ever outgrow this try as they might. we're human. But as ive quoted from James 4:3 before in previous posts, "when you ask, you don't receive anything, because the reason you ask is wrong".
Number 7, "praying while mistreating your spouse". I kid you not, 1 Peter 3:7 says "if you do not live with your wife in an understanding way or honor her as an heir of grace, your prayers will not be heard". Same thing goes for wives to their husbands. Youre suppose to love, honor, and respect each other. After all, that was partnof the vows when you get married right? How can we saw were are unified with God if our home life is a wreck?
8! Almost there folks and ill be quiet for the next 16-20hrs lol. Number 8 is "praying while IGNORING the poor". All throughout the bible, can you even count hiw many times the poor, tired, and helpless were helped? When you help those in need, Gid will show favor on you. But if you ignore them and/or treat them horribly heres what proverbs 21:13 has to say. "He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor, will also cry himself and not be heard".
Number 9, "praying with bitterness in your heart toward someone". Go ahead and raise your hand. You know you also have prayed for forgiveness when theres that one person YOU just cant seem to forgive. That bitterness is actually like posion to us not only spiritually, but mentally and physically as well. How many out there knows how tiring it is to just stay mad at someone all the time? Stop it!! I know easier said than done sometimes it seems. But if Jesus can forgive all the people who hated Him and KILLED Him, I think we can humble ourselves to forgive jo shmoe down the street.
And finally, number 10, "praying with a faithless heart". Faithless...heart. What good is prayer without faith? Without hope? Can you even imagine it? I try and I just start to feel really depressed. Thats like saying sally sue is your bff in the whole wide worl, but you dont even trust the hair on her head. Bit contradictory isnt it? But its true and sadly this is a barrier most have to break. I mean, whe your a kid and you dont fully understand whats going on, you just see people praying; well you're just gunna pray and not expect..well..anything. Hebrews 11:6 says "without faith, no one can please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that hes real, and that he rewards those who try to find him". In James 1:6-8, in a nutshell it says, you have to believe in God, never doubting him. If you doubt him you might as well be like a wave thats blown carelessly by wind to rise and fall. Always indecisive on what to do or where to go.
These are what cause you to be "lukewarm" in the Lord. In revelation 3:16 it says "since you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, i will spit you out of my mouth". God doesnt want luke warm. He would rather you be either cold or (preferably) hot for him. Either all in or not at all. This whole chapter has had me feel all sorts of emotions. One minute im excited, the next i feel like someone kicked my puppy. But it needs to be said, read, and discussed. This is one of those gut punching meaty info my brain, heart, and soul absolutely loves. I am completely in love with this book right now. Not as much as God of course lol but def in the top 10 I think. Alright guys and girls :) til next time!
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