Comments on: Prayer Is Communion With God http://sonnycable.com/2009/01/25/prayer-is-communion-with-god/ Just a few things I want to say Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sonny http://sonnycable.com/2009/01/25/prayer-is-communion-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Sonny Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:26:29 +0000 http://sonnycable.com/?p=976#comment-820 Connie and Shannon Thanks for the comments. I am trying to do my part in the current COG emphasis on prayer. I thought I was doing okay in this area already but now I am not so sure. This relationship that God wants with us is so much more than just talking about Him. We really need to be talking to Him. And we can't say enough about how important that is. Love you all Connie and Shannon

Thanks for the comments. I am trying to do my part in the current COG emphasis on prayer. I thought I was doing okay in this area already but now I am not so sure. This relationship that God wants with us is so much more than just talking about Him. We really need to be talking to Him.

And we can’t say enough about how important that is.

Love you all

]]> By: Shannon Mimbs http://sonnycable.com/2009/01/25/prayer-is-communion-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Shannon Mimbs Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:19:13 +0000 http://sonnycable.com/?p=976#comment-819 I was talking with a friend recently about prayer and he made some interesting points concerning how our culture teaches us to communicate only horizontally. Think about some of your favorite TV shows (esp. the ones we consider to be "good or wholesome"), he said, and consider the times persons' lives are shown to be led or in contact with God. It is rare (unless you're watching something like Supernatural). Oftentimes, shows portray life without the open line of communication between persons and God. And sadly, such horizontal communication characterizes our culture which is influenced quite a bit by secular humanism. I think that vibrant faith in Jesus Christ compels one to communicate with him. If he is with us by his Spirit at all times, then why not talk with the one who holds our lives in his hands? Sonny makes a great point in urging us to talk to God in our own way. Such conversation is to be as "natural" as possible as one becomes more and more aware of the ever-present concern of their loving Father. A helpful practice is to write out one's prayers for a few weeks (months) and then go back and reread the prayers the following year. Has your view of God changed any? How were your prayers answered? Was there a common theme in your prayers, e.g. concerning God's providence, compassion amidst suffering, deliverance, etc.? Has your understanding of that theme changed?... Just some thoughts :) I was talking with a friend recently about prayer and he made some interesting points concerning how our culture teaches us to communicate only horizontally. Think about some of your favorite TV shows (esp. the ones we consider to be “good or wholesome”), he said, and consider the times persons’ lives are shown to be led or in contact with God. It is rare (unless you’re watching something like Supernatural). Oftentimes, shows portray life without the open line of communication between persons and God. And sadly, such horizontal communication characterizes our culture which is influenced quite a bit by secular humanism.

I think that vibrant faith in Jesus Christ compels one to communicate with him. If he is with us by his Spirit at all times, then why not talk with the one who holds our lives in his hands? Sonny makes a great point in urging us to talk to God in our own way. Such conversation is to be as “natural” as possible as one becomes more and more aware of the ever-present concern of their loving Father.

A helpful practice is to write out one’s prayers for a few weeks (months) and then go back and reread the prayers the following year. Has your view of God changed any? How were your prayers answered? Was there a common theme in your prayers, e.g. concerning God’s providence, compassion amidst suffering, deliverance, etc.? Has your understanding of that theme changed?…

Just some thoughts :)

]]> By: Connie http://sonnycable.com/2009/01/25/prayer-is-communion-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Connie Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:17:49 +0000 http://sonnycable.com/?p=976#comment-817 Does prayer matter? Yes, Yes and Yes. I am a living example of the changes that prayer can bring about. My son prayed for my salvation for five years. God did answer his prayers. I believe it was because he was faithful in praying and patient for God's timing. Are prayers always answered? No. Thank goodness. 'Cause sometimes I pray for the wrong thing. BTW...don't ever pray for patience, because God will usually put the most annoying person or situation in your life :WOW: I do pray everyday. Several times in fact. And as Sonny said, I do it my own way. God knows me and how I do things. Sometimes it may just be having a conversation with Him about my daily concerns, etc. And sometimes it is that knee bending kind of communication. Just do it! :pray: Love and Peace to everybody. Does prayer matter?
Yes, Yes and Yes. I am a living example of the changes that prayer can bring about. My son prayed for my salvation for five years. God did answer his prayers. I believe it was because he was faithful in praying and patient for God’s timing.

Are prayers always answered?
No. Thank goodness. ‘Cause sometimes I pray for the wrong thing. BTW…don’t ever pray for patience, because God will usually put the most annoying person or situation in your life :WOW:

I do pray everyday. Several times in fact. And as Sonny said, I do it my own way. God knows me and how I do things. Sometimes it may just be having a conversation with Him about my daily concerns, etc. And sometimes it is that knee bending kind of communication.

Just do it! :pray:

Love and Peace to everybody.

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