Prayer
As I am thinking how to write this Post, I am listening to a song entitled “Prayer”. Today my heart is down, my mind is confused. This song helps to clear my mind; it reminds me to pray to God for Jesus says:
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks find; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Sometimes I really wonder what God has in store for me. I also wonder if I can go back to the original state; perhaps I will not be in such a state of confusion like now. I really wonder what God wants me to learn this time. I remember a Bible verse which says:
“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
I remember one of my friend told me, when she was a ‘baby’ Christian, God heard her prayer, whatever she asked for God will provide; but she also discovered that as she growed up spiritually, things were not so smooth.
I once shared with a friend that life is like a bus journey. At each stop, some people will get in, some people will get down; likewise, at different stage of our lives, things happen, whether positively or negatively. If I were to apply my friend’s sharing rigidly to the situation now, everything seems so fine at the beginning, but now temptations, obstacles and tests have filled in.
In my heart, there is fear. I fear that one of the things that I treasure will be jeopardised. I fear that my heart will be broken once more. I fear that I am not able to cope with the challenge. Oh Lord, please show me Your light, please guide me in paths of Your righteousness.
Deep inside I know my heart hurts, my mind is confuse; all I can do is to pray hard, just like the song, for God is there for us at all times. I hope, and I really hope that ‘it’ can be saved and in fact will grow stronger as ‘we’ go through the challenge unitedly.
Dearest Abba Father,
I [we] cast this obstacle unto Your hands. Please show me [us] Your wisdom so that I [we] will walk in Your path with the guidance of Your light. Holy Spirit, please be with me [us] at all times so that I [we] will rely not on my [our] own understanding, but on Your wisdom and strength. Please help me [us] to keep God’s commands in my [our] heart[s]. Please help me [us] to let go, and let God take charge of my [our] life [lives], for You alone know what is best for me [us]. Please guard my [our] heart[s] and my [our] mind[s], so that I [we] will love the Lord with all my [our] heart, my [our] mind, my [our] soul and my [our] might. Jesus, I [we] need You because I [we] am [are] insufficient. I [We] seek Your presence in whatever I [we] do, wherever I [we] go, however I [we] am [are] and whenever it is. Please walk with me [us] so that I [we] will not stumble.
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come, Your will be done.
on earth as it is in Heaven,
give us today our daily bread,
forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors,
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever, Amen.
Dear Lord, please listen to ‘our’ prayer and lead us through with Your Love, Joy Peace, Grace, Hope, Strength and most of all, Your Wisdom. As we pray ‘unitedly’ we seek the Holy Spirit to purify us so that we will be moulded into God’s desired child.
In Jesus’ precious name we pray, Amen.
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