Being a Prayerful Person

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In life we are confronted with so many things. Often we do not see any more how to cope with the matters of daily life.

Lots of people think they do not need a god or the God of Abraham and Jesus. But also by those who believe in that Divine Creator, some people think they can cope independently until bad luck strikes them.

We all aspire too much. We do hope for a lot of things to happen. Furthermore, we would love to look at a life without problems, but that is nearly impossible. We cannot hope always to avoid illness, but prayer can help us think differently about the illnesses we get.

We can choose merely to hope to be good to others, or we can elect to pray about goodness and thereby become more likely to actually do the good that we intend.

There are so many things that happen in a lifetime, that many do forget to see what causes all those things to go one way or the other. They forget to notice how lucky they were in many cases or what benefits come their way.

We can « walk sightless among miracles » of the everyday, or we can utter blessings that capture the moment and captivate the heart.

We can eat our food as the animals do or bracket meals with the will to do our messianic work in the window of opportunity we call our lives.

Likewise, we can let each day become the same as every other, or we can fill our year with the prayers evoked by the spirit of our time and the consequent feel of the seasons; and thereby remain deeply human, warmly empathetic, on fire with courage, and renewed in hope.

We can live in homes with nothing sacred, true, and noble, or we can fill our lives with prayer and blessing at every turn. We can mark time only in secular birthday parties, wishing we were not getting any older, or we can repeat on each and every occasion,

“Blessed are You, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who has given us life, sustained us, and brought us to this season.”

Becoming a prayerful person is about the choices we all make. Finding the way into prayer can be the first step on a life-changing and life-enhancing journey.

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Additional readings

1. the Bible – God’s guide for life #2 Needs in life
2. When things run differently than expected
3. Sometimes we face trials
4. What We Want or Need?
5. If we, in our prosperity, neglect religious instruction and authority
6. Walking alone?
7. Talks about freedom, righteousness, impurity and exclusion from the kingdom
8. Actions to be a reflection of openness of heart
9. Sometimes we pray and pray and it seems like nothing happens.
10. If you think you’re too small to be effective
11. 7000 to 20000 words spoken each day
12. Preventing us from going window-shopping in prayer
13. Change
14. Establish your hearts blameless in holiness
15. Listening and Praying to the Father
16. Worship and worshipping
17. If you do pray you shall not be disappointed
18. Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways
19. Needs Beyond the Sacred Page
20. Quit griping about your church
21. God doesn’t call the qualified
22. Aim High: Examples of Godly Characters to follow
23. Give your worries to God
24. Does God answer prayer?
25. A Living Faith #7 Prayer
26. Being sure of their deliverance
27. Today’s thought “Plea for Vindication or for Protection against Oppressors” (January 07)
28. Today’s thought “All night he continued in prayer” (March 15)
29. Today’s thought “Ask and it will be given you” (March 20)
30. Today’s thought “… and to the end of the earth” (April 30)
31. Today’s Thought “I remember you constantly in my prayers” (May 25)
32. Today’s thought “He who walks righteously …” (June 9)
33. Today’s thought “Blessed people …” (July 27)
34. Today’s Thought (August 08): The importance of prayer
35. Today’s thought (September 03): “That was to make us rely … on God”
36. Recognising Jehovah’s sovereignty
37. As always God has a Plan
38. Concerning prayer and thought for the day
39. Prayer, important aspect in our life
40. People who know how to pray to move God to take hold of our affairs in a mighty way
41. Prayer Bible verses to help us to get a deeper conversation with God
42. Biblical Prayer at Tabernacle Site Shilo
43. Our prayer and a listening Father
44. Genuine prayer
45. Effective, fervent prayer
46. Prayers as a way to serve those in difficulties
47. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #10 Prayer #8 Condition
48. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #11 Prayer #9 Making the Name Holy
49. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #13 Prayer #11 Name to be set apart
50. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #15 Exposition before the Creator
51. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #17 Sorts of prayers
52. Posture in Prayer
53. Prayer to protect those who have nowhere else to lay their heads
54. Prayer for the day
55. Praise Jehovah
56. Preparing for the Kingdom
57. I remember you in my prayers
58. In October-November People often too busy with death and the dead
59. Let’s Think About Redemption Differently
60. Living in peace through restoration
61. Work with joy and pray with love
62. Prayers but also financial support requested
63. Melt the Ice of Form and Become a Blessing to the World
64. Call for prayer to help with unity crisis
65. Prayer has comforted us in sorrow
66. Communion and day of worship
67. Prayer request opportunity
68. Prayers for Rulers
69. Old Man of Prayer
70. Try driving forward instead of backwards
71. He who kneels before God can stand before anyone!
72. Prayer Journal
73. What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits