tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post972030098205959586..comments2023-05-02T05:40:29.838-07:00Comments on AscendingTheHills: An Evolution to Prayer?Jessica Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450820269367184046noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-694797156454081332010-11-07T14:19:10.762-08:002010-11-07T14:19:10.762-08:00Thank you George for your comment :) It's a go...Thank you George for your comment :) It's a good reminder that prayer can come in so many various forms...really perhaps infinite forms because it is experienced and pursued oftentimes very differently by each individual. God is amazing :) Thanks again. ~ Many blessings.Jessica Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450820269367184046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-20882359504491355172010-11-07T12:29:14.122-08:002010-11-07T12:29:14.122-08:00Great thoughts Jessica... awesome subject.
I have...Great thoughts Jessica... awesome subject.<br /><br />I have prayed in tears, in shouts, with scripture, in ecstasy, while writing, in sweet worship, on my face, with song, in agony, in sorrow, in terror, in anger, with fervor, while sleeping, with great joy, but the most memorable time of prayer is when I sit with my Friend at my side and say little, but just listen, and let the waves of Grace break over me, and if I say something its often just, "Abba" (Daddy), or "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus..."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465889844374565212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-80239341545590745072010-11-04T10:33:12.792-07:002010-11-04T10:33:12.792-07:00Thank you so much for your comment hikariboshi. I ...Thank you so much for your comment hikariboshi. I have to say that I never really thought of prayer being that way...and I kept reading your message a few times mindfully to digest it...and when I did ,it does make a lot of sense! I found the notion, "If we're not getting what we think we've asked for then could it be we don't understand what it is we've really asked." Really thought provoking...I feel like I want to say more but I need to think more about this! You present new and refreshing ideas...thank you :)Jessica Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450820269367184046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-16503084727562106292010-11-04T09:36:45.559-07:002010-11-04T09:36:45.559-07:00I have been taught and it has become my experience...I have been taught and it has become my experience that God gives us what we ask for (as Jesus said). We have exactly what we want because God always gives us what we want. Look at what you have reaped to know what you have sown. If we're not getting what we think we've asked for then could it be we don't understand what it is we've really asked. If we are not getting what we ask for immediately, what we think we are wanting now, then we have a bigger prayer out there that is superseding the one we currently have. <br /><br />This is at the very heart of our struggles with praying for ourselves that you speak of. It takes an introspective heart, a desire to see more clearly the very things, the darkness within us that keep us separated from God manifesting in our lives. To quote a friend who just posted on my page, "We always have prayers going, we are constantly creating whether we are aware of it or not." All thought is prayer. So, what are you thinking about?<br /><br />In Lovehikariboshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452377725559812357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-88428659714569507502010-11-03T06:07:06.261-07:002010-11-03T06:07:06.261-07:00Ruth...that's beautiful that you have so many ...Ruth...that's beautiful that you have so many conversations with God throughout your day :) It definitley helps one grow into a deeper and more rich relationship with God. God is amazing :) I think that's great that you seek God in moments like travelling...that actually could be a great suggestion for others too-those moments in our day when we find ourselves alone are great opportunities to open ourselves up to God and converse with Him.<br /><br />Thank you for your comments :) ~ blessingsJessica Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450820269367184046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-47488097034670291172010-11-03T06:04:24.762-07:002010-11-03T06:04:24.762-07:00Hi Bongo...I can certainly relate to your prayer s...Hi Bongo...I can certainly relate to your prayer struggles! It took a long time for me to really learn to pray...I could pray for others, as you mentioned it's easier for you to do as well. Sometimes it's hard to come before God with our own needs, or exposing to Him our own feelings because it really does lead to some self-reflection and opening up of emotions-sometimes raw emotions. <br /><br />Sometimes I hear people say some pretty long, flowery prayers...and that can be all good and fine but I really think it's the intention of the one praying that matters, the opening up of one's heart to God, not the amount of words one says. <br /><br />I will admit that I didn't pray to God for about 8 months or so and when I finally did I remember it clearly. I was upstairs putting away laundry, with a million concerns and worries in my mind and then heard my children starting to bicker and I just felt so overwhelmed. I wanted to reach out to God but I didn't know what words to say. So I just simply said, "God, please help me, I need you." And then opened my heart up to Him and knelt down. It was amazing what happened, with just those few words God's spirit seemed to come flooding in and washed my soul in only the peace He can give. A peace I desired for so long but I believe He most likely kept back because, up to that moment I hadn't come to Him in humility, in need...I just had felt a callousness in my heart and my heart had just refused to open up to that point. <br /><br />So I'd just suggest, if you have a hard time praying, don't worry about the amount of words you say, just open your heart to God...and wait...and you might just be very much amazed at what happens! :) I will pray for you...for prayer is a very essential thing. It is our connection with God, where we can have a conversation with Him or just feel His intimate presence in the corridors of our heart, sweeping it clean of junk and clutter and filling them with His light and love.<br /><br />I pray you walk in peace today :)Jessica Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450820269367184046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-70031785092402850812010-11-02T15:57:53.030-07:002010-11-02T15:57:53.030-07:00To me prayer is like having a conversation with Go...To me prayer is like having a conversation with God. I prayer everyday sometimes without even trying to, it just comes out. Especially when traveling at night in the rain or during a snowstorm. I feel like this, it is a great way to communicate with God, even though sometimes unanswered prayers are what we really need at that moment.Ruth Tygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886402251102796478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-61056305841503471032010-11-02T14:12:21.119-07:002010-11-02T14:12:21.119-07:00Jessica this was an awesome post...I am a Christia...Jessica this was an awesome post...I am a Christian but have to admit I have a problem with prayer...I envy people who can pray so easily so fluently...It's so hard for me and it doesn't matter what it's about.. I seem to have an easier time to pray for someone else and struggle praying for myself.. a work in progress for sure ..I look forward to reading more and connecting through blogging.. :)Bongohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476508632697640785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-11194588728267553312010-11-02T11:13:11.401-07:002010-11-02T11:13:11.401-07:00Thank you Kevin :) ~blessingsThank you Kevin :) ~blessingsJessica Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450820269367184046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583035984896584839.post-79049986625556228012010-11-02T06:34:44.118-07:002010-11-02T06:34:44.118-07:00A well written and interesting search for answers,...A well written and interesting search for answers, I like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com