tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374186690102644486.post1049105458377902989..comments2023-10-03T12:50:48.299-04:00Comments on The Power of Your Love: A Quiet Time With God--The Beginningsailorcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14378552999540084798noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374186690102644486.post-31683046313155155692008-10-18T05:59:00.000-04:002008-10-18T05:59:00.000-04:00Hi Sis..Quiet times with the Lord in prayer are ti...Hi Sis..<BR/>Quiet times with the Lord in prayer are times when one can just be fully soaked in his presence as the holy spirit speaks not just to the heart but goes deeper into the soul. I love reading these posts on quiet and prayer. I never realized how close to the Lord I would become until I made this effort.I love the thought of just talking to him one on one as a friend and knowing even if I can't see him he sees me and his presence is all around me. Intimate times with him reflects how I go about day..<BR/><BR/>Hugz LorieJoyfulsisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288063897551319116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374186690102644486.post-59919524028088166612008-10-17T12:47:00.000-04:002008-10-17T12:47:00.000-04:00WOW! BETH...LOVE ALL YOU ADDED!Having read today&#...WOW! BETH...LOVE ALL YOU ADDED!<BR/>Having read today's (Fri.) and then come to see what you are sharing, leaves me in awe!!! You've come a long way!!! This is a beautiful prayer from your heart!!!<BR/>"Abba--I love you. You are mighty and powerful and hold the entire world in Your hands.<BR/>I confess to you my sins, some of which I have committed knowingly, and some unknow-ingly. Please forgive me and help me to learn to have faith and trust in You completely.<BR/>Help me to surrender my total life to You, not holding back any part, not even the smallest part. I want to be totally Yours in all ways.<BR/><BR/>Help me to find the quiet time to spend with You, not squeezing You in at the end of my busy day when I am too tired to listen to what You have to say to me.<BR/><BR/>I pray for my children who do not know You. I fear for them, Lord. Please let them see You shining in my life, see the changes You have made in me, and bring them to You.<BR/><BR/>Please help me to bring my anxieties, concerns and fears to You before they overwhelm<BR/>me, not after!! Help me to seek You more and more each moment of my life."<BR/><BR/>Almost every word I could utter as well. You have taken these verses And internalized them & prayed them back. You almost followed exactly the basis of a prayer formula...but you know...when I pray, I hardly follow that exactly...when I pray back God's words...I would just take what's written & pray it as is but you have applied the verse to your own...that's how I prayed on the 16th in your comment...take the Word & pray it back. His Word never returns void. I think HE likes your style & prayer...I do! The prayer formula I learned in the 80s was:<BR/>ACTS...A for Adoration, C for Confession, T for thanksgiving & S for Supplication...which is where you list all your prayer requests.<BR/>Truthfully, many prayers seem like just that...others have called that a "give me" prayer. But I find other prayers just focused on A...<BR/>ADORING, PRAISING, WORSHIPPING, THANKING!!! Then others when I've really messed up are BIG "C"...that comes out of my Catholic upbringing, the heavy guilt of the confessional...supposed repentance and acts of contrition...PENANCE!<BR/>From this I developed a deep sense<BR/>of a very critical spirit & self condemnation. I held myself in a prison, I built up a great deal of<BR/>guilt (false guilt)and very unforgiving of myself for any sin,<BR/>in (catholic terms) grave(mortal) or (venial)little ones and it took me a long time to realize sin was sin. God hates the sin not the sinner. And if God can forgive me as far as the east is from the west, why can't I? I was even told that is PRIDE because I think I'm above GOD, to not forgive myself.<BR/>WOW...the lessons I've learned and yet to learn...for I'm learning daily. My notes are in my One Notebook so it's hard going back & forth. My list is almost like YOURS<BR/>except different order!!! I added PEACE instead of surrender(but I probably need that the most) & I had THANKFULNESS since I saw that<BR/>in Phillippian's verse. From Romans<BR/>I talked to God about the SUFFERINGS, INJUSTICES, Thankfulness for inheritance, being an heir...HIS SPIRIT & HIS GLORY!<BR/><BR/>My children are not my own, but I constantly have to pray for them.<BR/>Their biological mom probably never said a prayer for them, so I need to pray for her...or I did many times while I was raising them. My kids both accepted the Lord but neither that I know of are in church or walking with Him!They need my constant prayer but there are many others that need prayer as well!!! I do grow weary in praying for things I've prayed for a long time & see little evidence so from Psalm 86 I too find great relief & HOPE & TRUST that is all I have to cling to since I have no evidence that anything for them(or my husband) is changing. I do believe that I am changing and that's all God wants me to take care of...ME!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07178137619890142365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374186690102644486.post-82272621198493971922008-10-17T00:44:00.000-04:002008-10-17T00:44:00.000-04:00I am planning to join along with you.... will be a...I am planning to join along with you.... will be away on holiday until the 31st of October although.<BR/><BR/>BlessingsBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13449062262343459416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374186690102644486.post-73223802270561834022008-10-16T11:14:00.000-04:002008-10-16T11:14:00.000-04:00Blessings Beth...this is so precious!Your teaching...Blessings Beth...this is so precious!<BR/><BR/>Your teaching and sweet spirit is a beautiful reflection of His Spirit<BR/>living in you! ""The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit<BR/>that we are God's children." I'm so glad to have this quiet time with God & you! <BR/><BR/>I will join as often as I can.<BR/><BR/>I probably will not be posting my reflections but who knows, where the spirit will lead. I'll let you know if I do. I may post on Friday and put your button for more people to join in. So is the plan to do this on Mon.,Weds., Fri.? ....I'll go back & check but I do not recall you saying that except for see ya on Weds. and now Fri.<BR/><BR/>I will lay down my anxious heart & come to the cross with my thanks giving to honor & worship Our Lord!<BR/>All that is within me, I give Him my praise. I live for Him alone. Every breath I take, every moment<BR/>wants to be filled by Him. I will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus with the peace of God! May whatever I do today bring glory to the Lord, for He suffered & died on the cross to give us eternal life.<BR/>How can I stop thanking Him!!!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07178137619890142365noreply@blogger.com