Pre-Weekend Thought…Amen.
October 19th, 2006 @ 6:53 am
I am posting my weekend thought a day early since I’ll be quite drugged this weekend. They actually moved my gall bladder surgery to happen at noon 9:30 am Friday (Central Time) instead of the early morning slot I had before. So…prayers are appreciated. For guiding my incredibly young surgeon’s hands, and that my body won’t freak out that it is missing an organ. This week hasn’t been too bad in the pain department up until last night, when I lost some of my self control. I took in about 18g of fat instead of 10g for the day and paid the uncomfortable consequences at bed time.
As far as the weekend thought…
WHY PRAY?
Have a great weekend, and thanks for your prayers. I’ll have Chris update after we get home later Friday.
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Rosemary D said,
October 19, 2006 at 9:03 am
Hi Anne,
greetings from Bonnie (rainy) Scotland. I’ll be praying for you tomorrow and for Chris too as he waits. Glad its getting sorted, then you can look forward to your next visit to Edinburgh!
Love, Rosemary
kat jacobs said,
October 19, 2006 at 9:19 am
“Why pray?”
Because we can change the world from our knees through prayer. I love this quote:
“I must learn to move men through God by prayer alone.”
-Hudson Taylor
Lilia Rivera said,
October 19, 2006 at 9:41 am
I pray all goes well in your surgery…and recovery.
Gwen said,
October 19, 2006 at 9:48 am
Praying all goes well tomorrow and thereafter.
Why pray? Because it has the power to change everything.
nobody said,
October 19, 2006 at 9:50 am
BUT does prayer really change anything? Doesn’t GOD already know what is going to happen?
Maggie said,
October 19, 2006 at 10:57 am
Life is a training field. The war is won. God CAN limit himself because the end is established…won.
1. Stories in the OT prove that we can change the heart and mind of God for a season, or except our families and ourselves from his wrath.
2. Because God commands us to pray. God rewards obedience.
3. Because prayer is relationship with God. To have him know my heart in a real way is what he means by “worshipping in spirit and in truth”. If we want to know God and hear him, and be used, we must learn to stay in communication with him.
4. It’s mind comforting, heart soothing, and the best meditation known to man. It reminds us to center back to truth when we are anxious, confused, and cannot “figure life out”. It assures us of his presence, and invites him to make himself known to us when nothing else makes sense.
5. It makes us more “efficient” by doing only things he wants us doing.
6. It helps us to think on what is good and pleasant and lovely and full of good report, as scripture says, so that we are not constantly depressed by the sin of the world. We can learn to live in thanksgiving instead.
7. Jesus prayed. (Now, why did Jesus had to pray, when he was essentially praying to Himself? This is a good question. Even He longed for communion-fellowship with the Father that much. Even He needed directives for the day. Even He did nothing unless he saw the Father doing it first. He limited himself by what He saw the Father doing. Is that incredible?
Jesus limited himself. He didn’t just get up and say, “I think I’ll go out and “just do it” today. Or “Be the best that I can be”. Obedience and servanthood to the Father was his starting point for the day. Not just serving people in general, but walking in the Father’s time frame for servanthood.
Sorry this has gotten long, but it just strikes me more and more that I have to learn to listen more in prayer to have a purposeful and effective life.
Thanks for the real estate! (open to opinions on it)
Praying for your surgery and recovery. You are in His hands. He’ll make you an overcomer, no matter what you face. Take heart.
haleyeah said,
October 19, 2006 at 11:32 am
why not?
Kevin Leggett said,
October 19, 2006 at 12:19 pm
Good response Brian. I can’t come up with something better than that.
West Wheeler said,
October 19, 2006 at 12:33 pm
hale yeah took my comment, but I was also thinking of a lessong from church a few weeks ago….Luke 11:5-13 topic was “Being Good At Being Annoying” If we keep asking and keep asking, honestly asking with the purest of intentions, He will be faithful to us. With that in mind, I was reading in Matthew 2 where Joseph kept being warned by an angel about Harod wanting to kill Jesus. He went by “faith” to where God wanted him to go, right? My final point, once we have been annoying, we need to live by faith that all will be done, right? OK, well, it may not be that simple, but that’s what I was thinking at the moment. I will be praying tomorrow around mid-day for you. I have a job interview around the same time…….in His love
Gwen said,
October 19, 2006 at 3:21 pm
God does allow us to intercede on behalf on someone else and chage his mind. Abraham did it in Genesis 18. God allowed Abraham to chang his mind more than once.
sharibrown said,
October 19, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Hey Nobody,
Perhaps prayer isn’t about changing God, but changing us…
love you,
shari
Rich said,
October 19, 2006 at 3:48 pm
I think CS Lewis said this
“Praying doesnt change God, it changes us”
That’s a good reason.
mekar said,
October 19, 2006 at 3:53 pm
hi, anne! i just want to say that i have sent a prayer to the Divine hoping that everything will be fine and that you’ll be able to fully recover.
from: xanga.com/seeker4_truth
Maggie said,
October 19, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Why not? That’s funny!
I think some people say, “No.” because they have prayed and bad things in life still happened to them?
I’ll let ya’ll deal with that. I’ve already taken my share of real estate rambling.
hale-yeah said,
October 19, 2006 at 10:29 pm
Bye bye bladdy!
Deana said,
October 20, 2006 at 12:15 am
praying for a safe surery and quick recovery Anne.
Kristiapplesauce said,
October 20, 2006 at 6:46 am
I pray to communicate and connect with the only person who makes sense in and of my life.
sharibrown said,
October 20, 2006 at 7:30 am
Praying for you this morning.
Maggie said,
October 20, 2006 at 7:57 am
praying for you.
mag
Kevin Leggett said,
October 20, 2006 at 10:40 am
lifting you up for a quick recovery.