Do you know what to pray? How about how to begin?
Do you know how to pray?
I have been a prayer warrior for over twenty-one years and I have to admit, most of the time, I am rather clueless how to pray, what to pray, etc. So, there have been times I have chosen not to pray because I was too intimidated.
Or, I have another problem: Too much to pray. Where to begin?
This verse covers every facet of prayer:
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Romans 8:26 Living Bible (TLB)
26 And in the same way—by our faith—the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words.
-- Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Read this verse, pray it, prayer journal it and about it, then stop thinking, and pray. It really is that simple.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say you have to be the perfect pray-er for God to hear your prayers.
Nor does the Bible say they have to be perfect, eloquent, fancy prayers.
Just pray. And don't stop. It's really that easy.
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Pray First and 1 Kings 22:5
Pray first and foremost, all day and night long.
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1 Kings 22:5 Living Bible (TLB)
5 But,” he added, “we should ask the Lord first, to be sure of what he wants us to do.”
Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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1 Kings 22:5 Living Bible (TLB)
5 But,” he added, “we should ask the Lord first, to be sure of what he wants us to do.”
Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Prayer and 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Do you ever toss and turn at night?
Think you might have insomnia?
Do you ever wake up really early wide awake?
Have you thought how this might be a call to prayer by God?
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1 Thessalonians 5:6 Living Bible (TLB)
6 So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Watch for his return and stay sober.
Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Think you might have insomnia?
Do you ever wake up really early wide awake?
Have you thought how this might be a call to prayer by God?
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1 Thessalonians 5:6 Living Bible (TLB)
6 So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Watch for his return and stay sober.
Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Friday, June 19, 2015
Prayer and Romans 12:12
PRAYER
I pray this verse to help me gain as much wisdom from the prayer verse of the day as possible:
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James 1:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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PRAYER VERSE OF THE DAY:
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Romans 12:12 Living Bible (TLB)
12 Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and prayerful always.
-- Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Original source:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12:12&version=TLB
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Lord, help me to pray at all times, and to live the rest of the verse as well.
As I remember what you have done, and count my blessings for what You are doing, I am to pray at all times, always, without stopping. Lord, teach me how.
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IT'S YOUR TURN
Prayer journal your thoughts and a prayer about this verse.
I pray this verse to help me gain as much wisdom from the prayer verse of the day as possible:
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James 1:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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PRAYER VERSE OF THE DAY:
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Romans 12:12 Living Bible (TLB)
12 Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and prayerful always.
-- Living Bible (TLB). The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Original source:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12:12&version=TLB
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Lord, help me to pray at all times, and to live the rest of the verse as well.
As I remember what you have done, and count my blessings for what You are doing, I am to pray at all times, always, without stopping. Lord, teach me how.
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IT'S YOUR TURN
Prayer journal your thoughts and a prayer about this verse.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Prayer and Psalm 5:3: A Daily Devotional and Bible Study
MAY I ASK YOU A FAVOR?: PERSONAL EACH BLOG POST AND PRAYER JOURNALING ENTRY
Readers and friends, as you read this blog, can you personalize it for yourself?
I am writing this blog as a prayer journal. Everything shared and learned about prayer will be a prayer journaling entry. So, when I say I, me, my, put yourself in there in the blog post and prayer journaling entry and turn the prayer into one you offer to God.
After all, the theme of this blog will be: Life is one continual, never-ending prayer.
As we learn about prayer, and what the Bible says and teaches about prayer, we will pray.
The beauty about doing this blog in this manner, me writing the posts and you reading them, is each blog post and journal entry will be timeless.
Thank You, Lord.
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Psalm 5:3 Living Bible (TLB)
3 Each morning I will look to you in heaven and lay my requests before you, praying earnestly.
Living Bible (TLB)
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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How do I pray, Lord?
When should I pray?
What should I pray?
Psalm 5:3 answers all of these questions in part.
Lord, this tells me to pray each morning and it gives me an example of how. I am to look to You, literally and figuratively. If I actually look up toward the heavens, it puts my heart and mind into the attitude of prayer. It is a physical reminder. It acknowledges You, Father.
Then, I pray my prayer requests, and I do so earnestly.
Here is another version or translation of the verse:
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Psalm 5:3 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
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Lord this verse, in this version or translation of the Bible, adds another component as to prayer and when to pray and how to pray.
At daybreak.
This suggests getting up early intentionally to pray.
Pausing. I am letting that sink in for a moment.
What would be wrong, Lord, with me making this a practice--and an intentional one at that?
And, I am to present my requests to You like I am pleading a case.
Pause.
As I write this on June 17, 2015, the Aurora Movie Theatre Shootings Trial is now entering its thirty-third day and we just found out the fifth juror was released today. I live in Colorado and have family who lives near the theater, so this means something to me.
Have I prayed eight hours a day for thirty-three days about my requests, like the trial and pleading a case suggests? (Never mind without ceasing.)
No. I have not prayed this earnestly. Nor have I prayed with expectation to Your response.
There are several things here that I have learned and been reminded of, Abba, and I thank You for this. Please help me to learn all the lessons, all of the information, this verse teaches--and help me to apply all of them to my life and my prayer life. To You be all of the glory. Thank You, Lord.
IT'S YOUR TURN
Prayer journal your thoughts, along with what you learned, and present your requests as a case in a court of law.
And, plan on praying earnestly early in the morning each day.
Readers and friends, as you read this blog, can you personalize it for yourself?
I am writing this blog as a prayer journal. Everything shared and learned about prayer will be a prayer journaling entry. So, when I say I, me, my, put yourself in there in the blog post and prayer journaling entry and turn the prayer into one you offer to God.
After all, the theme of this blog will be: Life is one continual, never-ending prayer.
As we learn about prayer, and what the Bible says and teaches about prayer, we will pray.
The beauty about doing this blog in this manner, me writing the posts and you reading them, is each blog post and journal entry will be timeless.
Thank You, Lord.
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Psalm 5:3 Living Bible (TLB)
3 Each morning I will look to you in heaven and lay my requests before you, praying earnestly.
Living Bible (TLB)
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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How do I pray, Lord?
When should I pray?
What should I pray?
Psalm 5:3 answers all of these questions in part.
Lord, this tells me to pray each morning and it gives me an example of how. I am to look to You, literally and figuratively. If I actually look up toward the heavens, it puts my heart and mind into the attitude of prayer. It is a physical reminder. It acknowledges You, Father.
Then, I pray my prayer requests, and I do so earnestly.
Here is another version or translation of the verse:
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Psalm 5:3 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
~*~
Lord this verse, in this version or translation of the Bible, adds another component as to prayer and when to pray and how to pray.
At daybreak.
This suggests getting up early intentionally to pray.
Pausing. I am letting that sink in for a moment.
What would be wrong, Lord, with me making this a practice--and an intentional one at that?
And, I am to present my requests to You like I am pleading a case.
Pause.
As I write this on June 17, 2015, the Aurora Movie Theatre Shootings Trial is now entering its thirty-third day and we just found out the fifth juror was released today. I live in Colorado and have family who lives near the theater, so this means something to me.
Have I prayed eight hours a day for thirty-three days about my requests, like the trial and pleading a case suggests? (Never mind without ceasing.)
No. I have not prayed this earnestly. Nor have I prayed with expectation to Your response.
There are several things here that I have learned and been reminded of, Abba, and I thank You for this. Please help me to learn all the lessons, all of the information, this verse teaches--and help me to apply all of them to my life and my prayer life. To You be all of the glory. Thank You, Lord.
IT'S YOUR TURN
Prayer journal your thoughts, along with what you learned, and present your requests as a case in a court of law.
And, plan on praying earnestly early in the morning each day.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
A new blog
I am going to focus on a new blog on everything you ever wanted to know about prayer.
Check out the link below.
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
Email:
agodlyvision@gmail.com
rememberingyourpresent@gmail.com
Blog:
http://prays247365.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Check out the link below.
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
Email:
agodlyvision@gmail.com
rememberingyourpresent@gmail.com
Blog:
http://prays247365.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Welcome to a new blog
Welcome. This is a new blog about everything you ever wanted to know about prayer (including prayer journaling and what's the Bible says about prayer).
It's my goal to make this blog a collection of thoughts, journaling, daily devotionals about prayer and links to blogs, blog posts, and books about prayer.
Welcome to Prays 247365, where it is my/our goal to learn to pray morning, noon, and night and about all things.
It's my goal to make this blog a collection of thoughts, journaling, daily devotionals about prayer and links to blogs, blog posts, and books about prayer.
Welcome to Prays 247365, where it is my/our goal to learn to pray morning, noon, and night and about all things.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Marriage Journaling #002
There is only one person you can control.
There is also only one person you can change.
You.
I learned long ago that if I ever feel frustrated, upset, insecure, unfulfilled, or stressed about my marriage, the very first thing I should do is work on me. I work on myself. I do what I can to find contentment with the Lord, and then suddenly, like a magic word or potion, my marriage ends up being better and even my husband starts to feel the same way--content.
It's a magic formula. If your marriage is out if sorts in any way, get in the Bible, pray a lot, and journal about your Bible reading and prayers, and then, POOF! Your marriage will take on new growth and life. It stokes the flame, so to speak.
Always look at self first and foremost. This is the only true place of real change that can be achieved.
And, always remember: Our earthly marriage is a represent of our relationship with the Lord.
When we remember that, we will see our marriage in a whole new light and will act on it.
Journal your thoughts.
A marriage journaling prompt or exercise: How can you draw nearer to the Lord and His Word today--and through doing so, growing your marriage and deepening it?
There is also only one person you can change.
You.
I learned long ago that if I ever feel frustrated, upset, insecure, unfulfilled, or stressed about my marriage, the very first thing I should do is work on me. I work on myself. I do what I can to find contentment with the Lord, and then suddenly, like a magic word or potion, my marriage ends up being better and even my husband starts to feel the same way--content.
It's a magic formula. If your marriage is out if sorts in any way, get in the Bible, pray a lot, and journal about your Bible reading and prayers, and then, POOF! Your marriage will take on new growth and life. It stokes the flame, so to speak.
Always look at self first and foremost. This is the only true place of real change that can be achieved.
And, always remember: Our earthly marriage is a represent of our relationship with the Lord.
When we remember that, we will see our marriage in a whole new light and will act on it.
Journal your thoughts.
A marriage journaling prompt or exercise: How can you draw nearer to the Lord and His Word today--and through doing so, growing your marriage and deepening it?
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