Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Learning to Pray


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June 12,
2013
"Learning to Pray"

Scripture Reading:    
James 4:2 (HCSBO) You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.
 
Devotion And Meditation:
Do you know who prayer intimidates the most?  Christians!  A lost person who wants to be saved can pray a prayer of repentance and forgiveness without giving much thought to form or style.  He or she simply cries out to God, and asks for what is needed.  many Christians do not have because they do not ask.  They do not know how to pray because they do not know how to pray!  George Beverly Shea had a dream one night that he was in Heaven.  As the Lord was showing him around, Bev says they came to a large room filled with seemingly endless compartments, each one bearing a persons name.  he then asked, what the compartments were, and God replied, " These belong to every person who has ever lived and been my servant."  He then asked to see his compartment and God did so.  As they opened it and looked through its contents together, Bev was overwhelmed.  It was full of wonderful things.  Fabulous things.  It was literally a treasure chest of blessings.  "I don't understand, " Bev said.  "these things are fantastic, but are you sure they're mine?  I don't remember having any of them."  God nodded in agreement.  "You didn't have them, but I would have given them to you if only you'd have asked".    We do not have because we do not ask.  In other words, we don't know how to pray.  But the secret to prayer is this:  we learn to pray by praying.  When Jesus' disciples asked Him to teach them to pray, He did not give them a step by step how to list.  He said to them, "Pray, then in this way...".  How do we learn to pray?  By praying.  Begin today.  Begin now.  Ask.

Win or lose, I want to make sure that I make God's name great
Pastor Ben J Lahay 
Galatians 2:20

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