This kind of ties to my post on Prayer and to the topic on Love and Service which I will be talking about at YDJ in two weeks.
My take from this: Life is not all about me. Love needs action and prayer.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Prayer
At YDJ we talked about prayer today. Our theme this semester is Fellowship and attributes of it. Prayer is something I am lacking in. It is not like I am not doing it but it is not my priority either. I do a quick prayer in the morning and evening, at least sometimes. I realized, however, that I don’t do as well when I don’t pray. Jesus taught his disciples the importance of prayer, though, through the Lord’s Prayer. It is a simple prayer but it contains and says everything I would need to say to God. This prayer is more for myself. At YDJ I learned though that prayer for others should be an essential part of my life. 1 Samuel 12:23 says, “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.” WOW! Not praying for others clearly is a sin. Until today I didn’t know this. I always thought praying for others is important but I wasn’t aware that not doing so would be a sin.
When I notice that someone is not doing well I try my best to remember them in my prayers, but I often pray for them once or twice and then stop for no particular reason. Isaiah 62:6 and 7 says, I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” The bold part is important. And ties to what I said before. I give up or stop praying, but I am told to give myself and God no rest until he hears me if he wants to hear me. During our meeting someone talked about Daniel who fasted and prayed for days and weeks until Gabriel appeared to him and told him that if he hadn’t continued praying he couldn’t have come because the angels were in a battle with evil and couldn’t have come earlier. That is an amazing story, and it comes to show how powerful prayer can be. The prayer we talked about in our meeting was more focused on praying together as a group, but a lot of what we talked about is very relevant to my personal prayer life.
When I notice that someone is not doing well I try my best to remember them in my prayers, but I often pray for them once or twice and then stop for no particular reason. Isaiah 62:6 and 7 says, I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” The bold part is important. And ties to what I said before. I give up or stop praying, but I am told to give myself and God no rest until he hears me if he wants to hear me. During our meeting someone talked about Daniel who fasted and prayed for days and weeks until Gabriel appeared to him and told him that if he hadn’t continued praying he couldn’t have come because the angels were in a battle with evil and couldn’t have come earlier. That is an amazing story, and it comes to show how powerful prayer can be. The prayer we talked about in our meeting was more focused on praying together as a group, but a lot of what we talked about is very relevant to my personal prayer life.
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