Praise the LORD.
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
How often do my prayers focus on me? How often do I praise God simply because of who He is?
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
October 24, 2009
Psalm 147
How often do my prayers focus on me? How often do I praise God simply because of who He is?
July 20, 2008
Do I love it?
At church we were having a discussion about the idea of justification by faith alone, and thinking about times when it is implied that this isn't true. Someone mentioned that sometimes they felt that people say that to be saved we have to read the Bible everyday and if we don't then we arn't really a Christian. (This is one way of looking at it, of course someone who is a Christian should spend time in Gods word, and we should still even if we don't feel like it)
In answer to this Paul (one of our elders) said something really cool - I'll try and remember how he said it.
"We often turn good things that God gives us into obligations. If you don't read the Bible for a few days don't think that God is up in heaven angry and condemning us to hell, rather we have missed a wonderful opportunity to grow in our faith. Same with praying, if we don't do it we are actually denying ourselves the privilege of communicating with our God."
It was a way of looking at it that I hadn't thought about before. Before when I miss my quite times I beat myself up by saying things like "What kind of Christian are you? God must really hate me now." and then make myself do double what I normally do to make up for it.
When in fact God doesn't want me to spend time with him because I feel forced to, dragging my feet and hanging my head.
He wants me to love spending time with Him, He wants me to delight in what he is teaching me and to want to talk with Him.
photo courtesy of the bbp
In answer to this Paul (one of our elders) said something really cool - I'll try and remember how he said it.
"We often turn good things that God gives us into obligations. If you don't read the Bible for a few days don't think that God is up in heaven angry and condemning us to hell, rather we have missed a wonderful opportunity to grow in our faith. Same with praying, if we don't do it we are actually denying ourselves the privilege of communicating with our God."
It was a way of looking at it that I hadn't thought about before. Before when I miss my quite times I beat myself up by saying things like "What kind of Christian are you? God must really hate me now." and then make myself do double what I normally do to make up for it.
When in fact God doesn't want me to spend time with him because I feel forced to, dragging my feet and hanging my head.
He wants me to love spending time with Him, He wants me to delight in what he is teaching me and to want to talk with Him.
photo courtesy of the bbp
November 14, 2007
WFMW - Toddler praying
It's been a long day, so I'll make this quick.
Are you looking for a way to introduce toddlers to praying for people? Here is something my friends do. They got an inexpensive small photo album and filled it with photos of people they want to pray for; family, friends, a group shot of the kids at church, missionary photo cards.
They systematically go through the photo album, one photo a night and say a prayer for the person. When their son was really little, Mum and Dad would say the prayer, now Elijah is big enough to repeat it after them;
"Dear"
'ear'
"God"
'od'
"Please"
'es'
"look after"
'-ta'
"Grandma"
'ma'
"and Grand Pa"
'n pa'
Amen
'Uh-men'
So cute. When they get to the end, they just start at the beginning the next night. Elijah really loves it. I think it helps him to have a visual reminder of the person they are praying for.
Head over to Rocks in my Dryer for more ideas
Are you looking for a way to introduce toddlers to praying for people? Here is something my friends do. They got an inexpensive small photo album and filled it with photos of people they want to pray for; family, friends, a group shot of the kids at church, missionary photo cards.
They systematically go through the photo album, one photo a night and say a prayer for the person. When their son was really little, Mum and Dad would say the prayer, now Elijah is big enough to repeat it after them;
"Dear"
'ear'
"God"
'od'
"Please"
'es'
"look after"
'-ta'
"Grandma"
'ma'
"and Grand Pa"
'n pa'
Amen
'Uh-men'
So cute. When they get to the end, they just start at the beginning the next night. Elijah really loves it. I think it helps him to have a visual reminder of the person they are praying for.
Head over to Rocks in my Dryer for more ideas
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