Regarding Jabezs Prayer I will say at once that I am a very poor Christian and indeed a bad man. My besetting sins are many and the least of them are the fleshlier ones the really deadly ones are pride and intellectual arrogance. But I can honestly say I have never sunk to confusing prayer the souls colloquy with the Creator mortal mans dialogue with the Deity with magical incantation and the ritual of the spell.

And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray.Everyday everyday everyday everyday

May your GodExtend to youThe same LoveAnd CompassionYou have ProvidedTo Others.

Man in his usual perversity turns the footstool into a throne from whence he would feign direct the Almighty as to what He ought to do giving the onlooker the impression that if God had half the compassion that those who pray have all would quickly be right

When Jesus said ast and youll get it He meant things of the spirit not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope forgiveness and all like that. Ast Hep us not be scared hep us not be greedy give us courage to tryAst any such and God will give it to you. But dont ast Him not to let fire burn or say spare me from death.

Has someone or something pushed your anxiety button Answer it with prayer

I write as far as I can tell because writing is a black sheep sibling of prayer an urgent struggle against a bad connection intent hopeful innocent never quite good enough.

...goals not bathed in prayer or brought in humility before the Lord turn out to be downright useless. They dont go anywhere. They dont accomplish anything.

Prayer makes coffee shops of our souls places that celebrate and savor the presence and lordship of God in our lives. It must be unceasing and constant. It must become who we are.

On surviving on the raft for 47 days We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.