This week's promise: God is faithful to those who love him
When and how do you pray?

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening, accompanied by the harp and lute and the harmony of the lyre. You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.

Psalm 92:1-4 NLT


Giving thanks morning and night

What a way to start the day! The verses in Psalm 92 represent one of the first prayers on the priests' lips on the Sabbath day: "You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me!"

What if before you read your morning paper, before you head out the door, before you start the countless tasks you have to do for each day, you determine that you're going to start your day with praise for how God has "thrilled" you? Right now, you have the chance to start afresh. A new day is before you. Why not start things off right with a regimen of praise instead of the old routine? In prayer today, proclaim his unfailing love, and tonight, before going to bed, praise him again for his faithfulness.


Please pray for a man named Austin, I hope that is how you spell it. He fell on his knee a few years ago and had surgery on it he got a staff infection and has undergone several surgerys for the past few years now he is told they have to amputate his leg because it is in his bones. He is an elderly man who has always worked hard and his hobby is working in his yard, please keep him in your prayers. Thanks. And please if you know anyone or if you are in need of prayer please let your requests be known.

Please pray for our Prsident, our government, our education systems, emergency workers, mail carriers, newspaper carries, Abused children, those who have been kidnapped, and any Santanic cults ect ect ect...I believe in my heart that there are so many issues and people that we need to be lifting up to God in prayer that one could stay on their knees for an entire week and still have not the time to pray for all that needs to be prayerd for. I know that there are those here whp have unsaved family members, please post their first names only and I will place them on my personal prayer list. I feel that God is calling me to a prayer ministry and even if it is just me at home praying by myself, it is something that I can do to serve my Lord since I have can't really do much of anything else. With my health problems, and yes I know that God can heal me if it is in His will He will.

Years ago, at my home Church we placed a bulitin board sort to speak in the vestuble, hope I spelled that right you know right in front as you walk into the Church...On it was placed many names of lost family and friends of the members of the Church, under SALVATION catagory. When a soul was saved the named was marked off and placed under ENCOURAGEMENT....Also there was SICK/AFFLICTED....STRENGTH/FAITH and any others that you may think of, I was thinking that there should be a list to the side with a reminder to pray for The president, government, schools, emergency workers, Service Men and Woman...Special Requests...ect..ect...

It is my prayer that as we draw closer and closer to God's return, we need to be praying more and more, not that we shouldn't have always been praying, but maybe this will encourage more people to pray and as each request is answered, when those who have asked for request can see how God is working, and even those who are not saved and maybe this will speak to their hearts and bring them to salvation.

Also we are having a Revival in our Church, the starting Agust 10th please pray that God will move in the hearts of all. For I believe that a revival actually begins in the heart of God's Children. Pray that many will attend and for an anointing on the preacher. Thanks...

God be with you all and know that you are all in my prayers. It keeps my eyes on God and when I hear that HE is working in your lives and others it then gives me a reason to PRAISE HIM not that I don't always do that anyway, but the more I pray the more God hears and the more I PRAISE.....Love you all and may the peace of God be with you and your familys as you lay your head down to rest tonight.

Please pray for me I am going through a series of medical tests. I don't really know what pluracy is but that is one of the tests that I am having done. Please remember to pray for RICK that his blood will be cleansed just as the woman who touched the hem of Jesus' Garment. And for Brian that he will walk again just as Jesus healed the lame. I have faith that HIS WILL is going to be done. Jesus said, where two or three are gatherd in my name and pray that He will hear and it would be done... LET US COME TOGETHER AND PRAY..will you meet me on that mountain that I talked about you know the one that I said I was taking all of you with me when I was going through so much strife with my family....I have to PRAISE the LORD for I have grown so much since March when I first came back here and I have many of you to thank for that because of your PRAYERS...SEE GOD ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS TOO.....PRAISE HIM IN THE MORNING PRAISE HIM IN THE NOONTIME PRAISE HIM AT NIGHT AND ALL THROUGH THE DAY...

angelheart

Angel Heart,

I always enjoy reading your posts. You have a gift of encouragement.

I like the way you put it..........


I will pray for your health. and the other requests.

Thank you for your ministry.

God Bless you Miche and all who read

angelheart

Adding, and in general

‘" ... the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit
together, increaseth with the increase of God" (Col. 2:19).
The verse chosen deals with the Unity of the Spirit which derives all its nourishment from the Head, the Lord Jesus Christ.
But from a natural and geographical standpoint, we are anything but united, being scattered in groups all over the world, often with little knowledge of the needs and problems of each other.

‘Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving’ (Col. 4:2.)
The word translated ‘continue’ is interesting. It occurs again in Romans 12:12, ‘continuing instant in prayer’. It has the note of urgency about it. In chapter 13:6 we have it again. Referring to the higher powers, the apostle says ‘they are God’s ministers attending continually upon this very thing’. There is concentration stressed here. In Mark
3:9 it occurs in a non doctrinal setting. ‘He spake to His disciples that a small ship should wait on Him because of the multitude’. The little ship was placed at the Lord’s disposal, awaiting His use as He willed.
These verses throw a vivid light on prayer that is effectual. There must be urgency about it, a concentration on the outworking of the glorious deposit of truth that has been entrusted to us by the Lord, and all must be along the lines of His will. ‘If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us’ (1 John 5:14).
Shall we persevere in intercession in this way, looking to the Lord to answer as He sees fit? Let us never forget we are dealing with One who is ‘able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us’ (Eph. 3:20).

In Colossians
4:12 Epaphras labours fervently in prayers for the Colossian saints.
This word is literally ‘agonise’ and has in its composition the word ‘race’ (Heb. 12:1). It brings before our mind the intensity of effort expended by the athlete running in a race. Our praying should be like this and yet how slack and feeble it often is! Another point is brought before us in Colossians 4:2. We are exhorted to watch in prayer. This word means to refrain from sleep, to be on the alert. It is the word that is constantly used by the Lord, urging those there of the end time to be ready for His Coming (parousia), Matthew 24:42,43; 25:13. How easy it is to pray and then forget!
It is even possible to be surprised when the answer comes. The Pentecostal Church had prayed for Peter’s release from prison (Acts 12:5). Yet, when God answered their prayer, they refused to believe it, charging the girl that brought the news to them with being mad (Acts 12:12-16). Fancy being surprised when God gives the answer to our requests! This is not faith but unbelief and is the cause of much unfruitfulness.
We must not only labour in prayer but watch for the Lord to work His will. Habakkuk said ‘I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me’(Hab. 2:1). Let us continue in this labour of intercession for all who need our prayers in this witness and for all the sowing of the seed of a rightly divided Word, whether by speaking or the printed page, and then watch for the increase or growth which only the Lord ca n give (1 Cor. 3:7).

‘Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving’ (Col. 4:2)
We have seen that this important verse stresses concentration, intensity and watchfulness in prayer. The apostle Paul adds another ingredient ‘watch in the same with thanksgiving’.
It is significant that the early nations departed from God when they refused to recognise Him as such and ceased to be thankful (Rom. 1:21). A truly thankful heart is a great preservative against declension. It is when we begin to forget ‘all His benefits’ (Psa. 103:2) and cease to praise, that we begin to lose touch with Him and prayer becomes
less and less vital.

A friend was over last eve, at sunset. I live a few houses from the whitest and finest sand beach in the world. We were listening to music, standiing outside, looking at the glorious colors as the storm on the mainland <i am on an island> came closer while the rose color inhebreated everything. AS the colors saturated our being and every green tree, turning from rose to purple and shining, My friend proclaimed:

Wow, a full surround experience. How much for this?

Truly, when we look around, can we really say that the Lord has withheld anything that we are in need of from us?

Eph 1:15
. Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Eph 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Eph 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Eph 1:19
And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph 1:20
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],
Eph 6:16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19
. And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

‘Giving thanks always for all things unto God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (Eph. 5:20).
‘In everything give thanks’ (1 Thess. 5:18).

Sometimes we arrive at the point in our prayer life when we are perplexed as to what to pray for. We echo Romans 8:26, ‘we know not what to pray for as we ought’. This is owing to our weakness and lack of wisdom or knowledge. But the context should give us great encouragement. ‘The Spirit also helpeth our weakness’ (infirmities).
God does not need to be informed of our frailty. We are assured of the mighty power of the Holy Spirit in aiding our prayers. He Himself and the Lord Jesus Christ make intercession for us, and do so ‘according to the will of God’ (verses 26-28, 34). There is therefore no need for us to cease praying because we do not know what to pray for.

Very often our difficulty is due to the fact that we cannot express our deepest feelings in words. Even this need not be a barrier. For ‘He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the spirit’. That is to say The Spirit Himself can read and understand all the secret longings of the new nature that He has given us, and can therefore interpret these desires ‘according to God’.
Not only does the Holy Spirit give us His Divine aid in prayer by His intercession, but Christ Himself also intercedes for us at the right hand of God (verse 34). The Saviour and the Holy Spirit are both using their almighty power on our behalf.

What a strong position we are in then! And how glad we should be as we realise the greatness of God’s provision for our natural weakness so that our prayer life may be really effectual!

Sail2awe, Thank you so much for your reply. I so enjoyed reading it as a matter of fact I am going to save it so I can print it. You see in the past few months I have felt a calling to start a prayer ministry. I am still praying about it because I want to make sure that it is His calling and I need to be in the place in my journey that I can without a doubt commit to this ministry. I wanted to begin one at the church that I am attending now but am unsure if this is actually the church that God is leading me to. Because I have just recently moved to this town and (came home to God) My life has chanced so much since I have been back here. It is because of PRAYER that I have grown so much in Christ, now I have committed my home time to prayer. This brings me to another question for who ever can advise me. I have Fibromyalgia, it is a cronic pain disorder and arthritis. It is very difficult to get on my knees for very long at a time. Therefore I sit on my bed and pray. However there are times when I do get on my knees and pray until the pain is just too much. My question is two fold. Is there anywhere in the Bible that says that God won't hear your prayers unless you are on your knees? I personally beleive that He hears you any where you pray. Also, I spend so much time in prayer..(I am not boasting just giving explaination) because my prayer list is so large. I usually write all my prayers out in my PRAYER JOURNAL, because when I start praying from my prayer list, I find myself falling asleep if it is at night and in the morning I wake up so early as not to be disturbed by my granddaughters who lovingly jump on my bed first thing in the morning...what a blessing to get angel kisses and hugs and smiles and laughter first thing in the morning..GOD IS SO GOOD...anyway, what is any ones oppionin on writting prayers. I also do pray usually all through the day. But when it comes to my prayer list like I said because it is so long I choose to do it it form of prayer journal. Which when looking back at it I can go back and mark all the answered prayers and praise the Lord. And lateley there have been many prayers answered. I am sorry for babbling on and on but I am trying to get it al out. I love you all and it is my prayer that God is the venter of your lives. Please continue to pray because it is when we pray that we have a personal time with God.


Love to all and Christ be with you,
angelheart

Some of that is excerpts from Stewart Allen and the church of the open book in England.


About Prayer:

What did the Jews pray, and why was it fulfilled?

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. {Jam 5:16-18}

We may think that that was alright for Elijah, but I couldn't do a thing like that. This man knew how to pray. But why. Why could Elijah shut the heaven, and then open the heaven?

Well, he did it, not because he was a man of tremendous power, but he did it because he knew the word of God. And he knew God's plan, something of it, God's promises. And all he was doing was praying to claim those gracious and wonderful promises. Deut, the 11th chapter:

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. {Deu11:13-14}

<The corn and the oil and the wine have additional spiritual significance, as well as the former and the later rain. God speaks to us on multiple levels, so there is always more to any verse than is possible to fully plumb, but I stick to the subject of prayer.>

What are we who are not Jews instructed to pray and why? It is evident that in Acts 28:28, Paul makes the transition complete given the 2nd portion of what the Lord would reveal to him in Acts 26:16, therefore no longer being in bonds for the hope of Israel, but a prisoner of the Lord for the hope of you gentiles <gentiles=ethnos=nations ||| = same word and without the article> So the letters Paul wrote afterwards are the epistles where we are given an apostle who declares what was 'hid in God' 'from ages and from generations, BUT NOW'...

Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

IN Eph 1 the prayer is that we pray that we may know what is the hope of our calling, in Eph 6 Paul prays that he be prayed for to be given utterance that he make speak boldy as he ought to speak, to make known the mystery, the very same mystery <secret> which 'fulfills' ||| literally 'completes' the word of God <Col 1:25>.

The Jews knew what is their hope, and needeth no man tell them, <as it is written in the OT> but we never knew God, were strangers and foriegners, seperate from the Circumcision and without God in the world, BUT NOW <see Eph 2:15 and surrounding, as this middle wall of partition was definetly standing strong during the Acts period> where we read <make = create> one new man <anthropos = mankind, literally body, HIS BODY>. But now includes the fact that we never were told what our hope is to be, that we must pray for this knowledge: Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
.

Fundamentally, Eph is the first letter written after Israel is set amidst the nations without any preimmenence. The first 3 chapters are the doctrinal, the remaining 3 are the practical aspects, that is to say, first the root, then the fruit. first the course in knowledge, then the application which results in the worthy walk. Of course, we all want a transporter beam, but this is too important to skim through, as all the words are different that any which came before these prison epistles. Doctrine is not scarry or ichy, its just the textbook of instruction so that in application, the result would be what is given us in the practical section. We cannot do the practice before we undertake full study on the doctrine, based upon holding 'fast the form of sound words'.

2Bcont.

Firstly, although this may be well known, it never hurts to place it in the forefront of our minds. Now, when the translators did their work, they often added their own words. These are those we see in italics. Like they, we oft cut our sentences short, and in our minds, we supply the ellipsis. This, they attempted to do for us, for ease of reading. We are in no way compelled to indorse archaic and obsolete words, in fact, we don't have to use any of the italicized wordings, and we can go further than that, and supply the ellipsis outselves. This is one of my favs:

Psa 109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I <THE ELLIPSIS SUPPLIED =give myself unto> prayer.

REMOVED:
For my love they are my adversaries: but I prayer.

or for me:
For my love they are my adversaries: but I <am> prayer.

One more overlooked one:
Act 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear <it>

"IT" is not in the manuscripts, so, I prefer to read it, being that it was really the Acts of the Holy Spirit, rather than the Acts of the apostles:
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear HIM.
.

Undoubtedly it is good to ‘enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret’ (Matt 6:6). To retire from the noise and bustle of everyday life and lift our hearts to the Lord in praise and communion is a wonderful experience and one that we should practise whenever possible. On one occasion the Lord said, ‘Men ought always to pray and not to faint’ (Luke 18:1) and we have this exemplified in the witness of the apostle Paul. In Romans 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Ephesians 1:16, Colossians 1:9, and 2 Timothy 1:3 he declared that he prayed without ceasing. Does this mean that the apostle was on his knees day and night? By no means. Hence Ps119 above quoted.

When ought we to pray? The answer is always. WE are to become prayer. ‘Pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess. 5:17)


Paul always prayed to the Lord, then for others, then to the Lord, rarely for himself save that he may be prayed for by others. Very telling isn't it?

Effective praying is based upon the Word of God. But here we must be careful to apply the great principle of 2 Timothy 2:15. It will be useless for us to pray, in a dispensation of reigning grace, according to the conditions of a dispensation of law. What we need therefore, is to get to know the particular Scriptures that are addressed to us Gentiles, namely the epistles of Paul. These reveal our high calling, its practical walk and its hope. Then, having this word of Christ dwelling richly within, our thoughts, desires and aspirations will be moulded by the precious truth revealed within, and we shall be able to say in our measure, as David did: ‘Lord, Thou hast said ... do as Thou hast said’. We are dealing with a God Who always honours His own Word and the exceeding great and precious
promises which are centred in the Lord Jesus Christ.

It is certain from the Word of God, and also from our own experience, that "we know not what we should pray for as we ought." But "the Spirit Himself helpeth our infirmities" (Rom. 8:26). He knoweth what we should pray for. He knoweth what we need. He maketh intercession for us and in us. He teacheth us how to pray, and in Eph. 1:17, we have His prayer set forth in these words: "that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in
THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM."
This, then, must be our greatest need: A true knowledge of God.
If the Holy Spirit thus puts it before all other things, it must be because it is more important than any other thing; yea, than all others put together.
This, it is, that lies at the foundation of the Christian Faith; at the threshold of Christian life. It is the essence of all trust.

We cannot trust a person if we do not know him. At least, it is safer for us not to do so; and as a rule we do not. But on the other hand, when we know a person thoroughly well, we cannot help trusting him. No effort to trust is required when we perfectly know a person. The difficulty then is, not to trust.
Why, then, do we not thus trust God? Is not the answer clear? It is because we do not know Him!
Thus we see how this knowledge of God is our greatest need; the very first step of our Christian course. Our trust will ever be in proportion to our knowledge.

If we knew, for example a billionth part of God's infinite wisdom, we should see our own to be such utter folly, that we should not merely be "willing" for His will, but we should desire it. It would be our greatest happiness for Him to do and arrange all for us. We should say, 'Lord, I am so foolish and ignorant; and I know nothing, and can do nothing; I can see only this present moment; I know nothing of tomorrow. But Thou canst see the end from the beginning. Thy wisdom is infinite, and thy love is infinite; for, our Saviour and Lord could say of us to Thee, as Thy beloved Son--"Thou hast loved them, as thou hast loved me" (John 17:23). Do, then, Thine own will. This is my desire, the desire of my heart. This is what I long for above all things.'

This is far beyond being "willing". We may be willing for a thing, because we cannot help it. It may be even a low for m of Christian fatalism. A Mohammedan may be thus resigned to the will of his god.
But what we are speaking of is far, far beyond the modern gospel of holiness; far in advance of merely being "willing".
Those who are in the still lower condition; not "willing," but "willing to made willing," do not see that his condition arises from not knowing God; not knowing how infinite is His love, how vast is His wisdom, how blessed and how sweet is His will. If they did but know something of this, they would yearn for His will. It would be the one great earnest desire and longing of their hearts for Him to do exactly what is pleasing in His own sight, in us, and for us, and through us.
Not knowing this secret, Christians everywhere, are striving and laboring to be "willing" by looking at themselves; and by some definite "act of faith" to do something of themselves. Instead of thinking of His wisdom and His love, they are thinking of themselves and of their "surrender".

But this is labor in vain. Even if it should seem to accomplish something, it is only like tying paper flowers on a plant. They may look natural and fair; but they have no scent, and no life; no fruit, and no seed. It is an artificial, fictitious attempt to produce that which, if they did but know God, would come of itself, without an effort: yea, the effort would be to stop or hinder the mighty power of a true knowledge of God.
The trouble with us is, if we prove our hearts to their depth, that, at the bottom, we think we know better. We would not say it for the world, we would hardly admit it to ourselves. But there it is; and the difficulty of being "made willing" is the proof of it.
If we really knew Him, and believed that He knows better than we do what is good for us, there would be no effort whatever, but only a blessed irrepressible desire for His will.

Here the truth is taught that, before any one can get to know God, he must have a spiritual understanding imparted to him. With this agrees 1 Cor. 2:14. "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he get to know them." Why not? Because "they are spiritually discerned." The naturall man has no means of getting to know spiritual things. A spiritual understanding must first be "given" to him. Then he is able not only to discern, but to love and delight in the revelation of spiritual things, and to get to know Him, "the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent." "This is life eternal" (John 17:3).
The importance of getting to know God is thus again wondrously emphasized as our one great need. This knowledge is not only the basis of trust in God; not only the foundation of Christian faith; but of Christian life. Practical life and walk will be in direct proportion to our knowledge of God. Look at Col. 1:9,10, where we have the practical outcome of hte prayer in Eph. 1:17. In Eph. 1:17 we have the prayer itself. In Col. 1:9,10, we have it applied for our correction and instruction. Carefully weigh the words. "For this cause, we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire" --- Desire what? "that ye might be filled with the knowledge (the noun from No. 2, i.e., acquired knowledge) of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding." Why? For what purpose? To what end? "THAT YE MAY WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD UNTO ALL PLEASING, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD."
Then, to walk worthy of the Lord, I must know Him? Exactly so. If I would please Him in all things I must know how to please Him. Is this all that is required? All that I have to do? Yes, this is all. Then I have not to rush hither and thither; from Convention to Convention? No, I have to sit down before God's Word, and get to know Him through that. There is no other way of getting to know Him. And He has given us His Word, and revealed Himself therein, on purpose that we may study it and find out what it is that pleases Him; what it is He loves; what it is He hates; what it is He does. To get to know His wisdom, His will, His infinite love, His almighty power, His faithfulness, His holiness, His righteousness, His truth, His goodness and mercy, His long-suffering, His gentleness, His care, and all the innumerable attributes of our great and glorious God.
See how this knowledge is absolutely necessary, if we would please God.
We cannot please any of our friends unless we know what they are pleased with.

It is even so with our God. How are we to find out the things that please Him? How are we to discover the things He approves?
ONLY FROM HIS WORD.

Hi angelheart...In reply to your post about praying.....
if it helps at all I paray sometimes kneeling but never for very long as my legs go numb......i usually start on my knees to say hi and thanks and then sit in my comfy chair(it's a camping chair with arms so i can sit and pray with my arms resting open on the arms. or i've sat on the edge of the bed dangling my feet over the edge like a little kid! Or i've just sat in the car ...whever i have felt comfortble and quiet and can speak to my Dad without distraction.....
I used to get so hung up on praying properly no matter what the pain etc and have heard stories about little old ladies crippled with arthrytis praying in pain for hours....
My attitudes changed listening to Jesse Duplantis when He went to heaven and saw Jesus walk into the father and listening to Andrew Wommack talk about grace and God's love...he talked about a dog he had that he was given that had been mitreated in the past...so whenevr he came near the dog or called it ..it would crwl cowering on it's belly to him shaking....one day He got fed up and shouted at the dog"For once why don't you just run up and jump on me instead of cowering all the time...and the Lord spoke to him and said "Thats just what i think!!!!!!".
Sometimes when I pray iget up sit on the bed and imagine sitting on our Fathers knee just talking and asking Him and praying...no fear...no disrespect...just love as a son would to his Dad...
I'm sure that when we get to heaven....I will fall at His feet..praising and worshipping Him but I'll get up and give Him the biggest hug ever(although I expect you will already be their giving Him the biggest one!!!).
I thank the Lord for your growth in Him since march...Isn't it graet that we are His joy and gladness...it's amazing that we give Him joy and gladness, we give Him pleasure...we are His pleasure..He loves us even when we slip up, He loves us when we stand up...He just loves us period...Awesome
In respect of your prayer ministry.....yoalready know where you going with that as the Lord has already shown you...just follow the spirit/love...
I have found the tapes by Andrew Wommack on intercessary prayer very helpful for me....in getiing answer to pray...in patience in waiting for the answers to manifest and also why some failed(without me feeling guilty or let down)
Stay iin the faith and Love of god
Mark

THanks Mark I really needed to hear that today, you see Satan is trying to attack my homefront again and I said a few things that was mean and cruel to a man yesterday. Again someone who is out for revenge on my son-in-law has called the welfare on my daughter. Thye are already being seen by a case worker. And everything that was brought up was false. I am so mad and so sad and so tired. But I know that GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME> I know that this is Satans way of trying to trip me up and cause me to say GOD WHERE ARE YOU and why are you allowing this to happen, But I am NOT GIVING UP MY FAITH IS TOO STRONG. I know that it is because I am Praying and praying and praying and praying and SATAN IS MAD. Well he can stay mad because I am mad too but my maddness is only going to cause to me pray harder and more and deeper then I ever have before if I have to go sit on the mountain top or sit in the valley GOD IS GOING TO HEAR FROM ME. I am going to praise Him and thank Him for all that He is and for all that He is doing in and through my life I may not be perfect and I have lots of faults, But my Father and I are working on them and Satan is mad. It is when we are closest to God when Satan trys to bog one down. In the moment I sometimes forget to see that but in the stillness of the night when I am talking to my Father I am reminded. I LVOE HIM SO MUCH, and all of you too....

angelheart..please keep my family in your prayers they need the Lord so much thanks

Thank you for blesing me with your post. It is such a joy to hear you are staying in faith...not just staying in faith but going higher in faith..
I know how you feel when there is an onslaught of attack....The only thing you can do is go deep into God(as pslm 91 says He is our Refuge.._amplified- on Him i lean, rely and trust). It's like it has got to the very bottom of the line and you can't take or cope with any more and all you have is the word and your faith left...i describe it as going "offworld"..it's as if you are in your own time and space and you you are with God in a different dimension insulated from whats happening waiting for him to deliver you...as you are praying for the situation to change (praying in tongues does help greatly here for me)....and then something happens and the situation changes and your through it .....and youve moved up a notch grown in faith and patience and are even more dependent on God and more at peace cos you can trust Him.
the more times it happens the sooner you run to Him....
in my daily verses i read..Isaiah54:15 & 17 helps when people come against you
and even get to the stage of vs 14.It works and those scriptures where brought to life when i had to attend a meeting with social workers over y sons schooling.
they really had a go at my wife but no-one had a go at me...i didn't really notice it until my wife said after and i said about the verses i had been reading. She prayed about it and the Lord told her that i had my armour on!!!!!!!!
it's possible to get to the point of vs 14 (amplifies) where even the thought of oppression doesn't come near you.
Being lazy or seeking the easiest way...to my mind it's best to prevent the hassle starting in the first place so i pray vs 14...if the thought doesn't come....it can only come if the oppression comes or evil etc....Well thats the theory and i'm still letting God perfect that one in me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But just read theose verses pray them command them into being...and it saves a lot of grief....( in my case hasn't helped other family members getting into scrapes that effect me, where i have to help but gives me peace and has helped them out of them quicker)...i just do what you do..run to the Lord wholeheartedly and stay with Him ....the greater the hassle the deeper I go with the Lord....it is now just a way of life and part of my character that I go to God in trouble..just as you do.
and as the scripture says ..resist the devil and He will flee......thats why things always seems worst at first as the devil(thats with a very very small "d") throws all he's got at you at first and He soon runs out of ammunition....You and i stay with God (as we've got nowhere else to go and realise we can't fix it ourselves as it's tomuch for us, or to big for us...thats why we rely on Jesus...'cos He's BIG ENOUGH to handle it!!!!)he overcame the world (john 16vs33ampl)He deprived it of power to harm us and conquered it for us. he came into this world, suffered in it conquered it, took away it's power just for You..so you don't have to be hurt by it...isn't His love SOOOO great!!!!
I had a free tape from andrew Wommack Called the Victory procession...it was talking about the romans that when the conquered an enemy that was scaring there people the would drag the enemy king naked, chained(sometimes with his eyes poked out so he was blind)through the streets of the frightened people so they could see how defenceless the enemy now was..totaly powerless...thats what Christ did when He smashed open the gates of Hell, leaving them hanging off their hinges..stripped satin of all his power and paradined Him powerless in front of the heavenly realm and spiitual world..so they coul see how powerless He was...
Next time you are attacked remind him of how powerless he is and how defeated he is and where he's going..to burn...stand in the rightoeusness you are in Christ.
as it says in ps91He (thats You and me shall call on me AND I shall answer him).....
i've been reading this daily with a load of other scriptures(i suffered badly from M.E. and got totally burned out with life emotionally and mentaly and physically)as they are my life source now and renew and refresh me daily...if i miss a couple of days reading i really start to go downhill fast!!.....sorry i digress.....i was reading those verses in ps91 when they really suddenly came alive with revalation...it just exploded in me....he shall call on me...the creator and supreme being over all creation physical and spirit...the most utterly powerfull being known wants me to call him and wants to answer me!!!!!just the thought of him wanting to know me or even entertaing the thought of thinking of me is mind blowing enough..but that He wants me to call on Him and I WILL answer!!!!not maybe but will!!!!!!!!!!!awesome!!!!!once i got to understandng that it's not an attitude ishould have of...If i say this God has to do this or Has to answer .....it's he loves me and You with such fervant passion he is soooodesiring us to ask Him so he can answer..it is His pleasure to answer....it's like our kids asking us for something(when we've got plenty of money and are in a good mood!!!!!!!)we love and enjoy and want to bless them with what they want and want to give the more!!!! The good sorry, brilliant thing is our Father is in a permanent good mood with you and me...we've accepted jesus and given our lives to him...were bornn again...he's created a new angelheart, a new mark, a new spiritual creation made of the very same life as christ.....awesome...our spirit is 100% Holy Spirit..wall to wall Holy Ghost!!!!!
a third of You and me is perfect, totally perfect and complete for all eternity....
just got the other two thirds to go...the body and soul(emotions,conscionsness,mind etc)but thats what were doing daily renewing our minds drawing from our spirits being renewed, growing in who we are in Christ.....
we've tasted the Holy spirit weve tasted the almighty...thats why we run to Him when were in trouble, thats why were forever going on about him, seeking him ,praying to him etc...
sorry i'm getting carried away abit..sorry for going on a bit ..once you start to flow in God ..you don't want to stop!!!!
i'll pray for your situation and stand with you for the deliverence which is yours......
It's slowly clicking with me that we are the delivered claiming our deliverence...i don't have to beg God to deliver me..He did that whith jesus on the cross...He's given me everything(The spiirits got it..i just got to walk in it)thats the tricky bit but i'm geting their...the train has definately left the station but hasn't got to the destination yet...still a few stops to go!!!!!!!Still more slip ups to go but at least my spirit (in Christ) is 100% perfect so when i slip up(get in the flesh, letting my flesh or physical self rule...be it telling a lie or saying something i shouldn't or worse...i just say sorry to God knowing he still loves me totally and with such a passion i will never understand in this world,before,during and after i sinned!!!cos he sacrificed his son when i didn't even care about Him wallowing in my own sins....isn't he just the greatest...He's got me on course most of the time now...
sorry starting to garble on again...
will pray for you
Mark ( your brother in Christ...will race you onto our fathers lap when we get to His throne!!!!!!!!)
stay in faith and love of our Lord.

Mark thanks you so much. We often need to be reminded of all the things you have posted, when I get a chance I am going to print it out so that I can read it over and over when I need the blessing of it. I do that I love our Father so much yet I fal short of His glory and I feel so ashamed, Many times old Satan tries to trip me up and say wel you sinned you lied you did something bad and now you aren't His child any more...well foooy on Satan, I AM HIS CHILD AND I AM ON MY WAY HOME, there will be many more rodas to cross many more mountains to climb many more valleys to come out of, but in everything my Father which is in Heaven is rigt here leading and guiding me and directing me in every step I take even when I slip and get off course HE is right there to remind me and I am on my knees, (well not always because I have too much pain in them but you know what I mean) I love you my friend and if I never see you hear on earth I will see you in heaven, gotta go for now, god be with you always,

angelheart

I see you standing in the faith, standing on faith, henceforth:

Matthew 25:21
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Let me add further that it is a wonderful thing for a Christian to suffer for the sake of Christ, WHILE holding fast to the faith which is in Christ, "I prayer":

2 Corinthians 1:3-7
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

Matthew 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

A COUPLE OF VERSES:

Hebrews 11:1
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

We will come to God's Word as those who are foolish in the eyes of the world, because we desire to be made wise unto salvation (2 Tim 3:15);
and because we remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, "Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures" (Matt 22:29). "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter" (Prov 25:2)

Proverbs 16:32
"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."