Prayer

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17 Jul

I’ve been going through a series on prayer with my Bible study group at church, and one of the things that stood out in the past couple studies was how Moses, and Nehemiah responded when faced with difficult situations. Instead of just giving up in despair, they went to prayer and appealed to God’s past promises and asked for him to once again extend his grace and mercy into their current situation. That part about recalling past mercies really struck me, since I think it’s all too easy for me to just dwell on present problems and not remember all the ways God had been faithful and helped me when I needed it, especially when a situation looks like it’s going downhill fast. How great is it that we have access to a God through Christ that will listen and respond to our prayers, and will extend his mercy to us when we ask for it (and even when we think we don’t need it).

Posted on Tuesday, Jul 17th 2007 at 11:11 pm
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  1. # Adam Jul 18, 2007

    Hello-
    I came to your site to check out your Facebook Photos Plugin for WordPress…and ended up coming across your blog entry. It was really just awesome to me…How fantastic it is to hear from people who are passionate and hungry for God’s work in their lives…It was just inspiring to me…thanks for the awesome plugin too :)

  2. # Demara Sep 05, 2007

    Amen brother!
    God is graciously compassionate, and always there for us! He is the almighty ironman!!!
    :)

  3. # Tim Sep 13, 2007

    Neat to see you post about your walk. Folks who visit your site for wordpress and other stuff might read. Cool.

  4. # Pete Sep 18, 2007

    Thanks for not being a shame of the Name, Jesus Christ. God is a good God. Keep the good work. May the Lord gives you the godly wisdom that no man can’t have.

    PS. I will try to implement your Flickr plugin to my site.

  5. # Delores Sep 18, 2007

    That’s a nice observation but it’s also not good or healthy to dwell on the past. I just can’t see how mentioning every bad thing that once happened and were given mercy for can be beneficial emotionally or spiritually for every prayer request. True, acknowledging that God has helped in the past is fine but rehashing all of it sort of defeats the purpose of the mercy making one free of past sins.

  6. # DaJuan -Web 2.0 Station Nov 04, 2007

    This is my first visit to your site. I enjoyed the exhortation to trust God and remind him of his Word. Also downloaded your tantan plugin. Stay focused on the Word.

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