tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post5872106878841330589..comments2024-01-20T06:33:12.603-08:00Comments on Created to Give God Glory: Praying Like You Mean ItCreated to Give God Gloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298394573836878999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post-40621986589835342572013-04-26T05:32:54.198-07:002013-04-26T05:32:54.198-07:00Cont. From above
The latest I am pondering is th...Cont. From above<br /><br /><br />The latest I am pondering is this: I keep getting this - the outcome is dependent on what goes in. In my work (secular work), it shows up, and I had to repeatedly say it to people; I shared it in my comment to Ps Prentis' preceding entry, I had a vision recently, of a teapot filling up a cup to the brim; and when I recently scanned the Internet, somehow, I ended up on a page reading about the need to receive God's love, and then one is able to (and should) live out a life of loving thy neighbor, in agreement with God. The words or concept or idea is not deep, simple enough to understand, yet to get there, is "chim" or deep - how to get to "I get filled like teapot filling the cup to the brim"? How do I get to "so much to go in, so that so much could be gotten out"? How do get to the place of "God filling my heart with His love that I would move out to love with His love"? How to get there?! It is possible at times, not often for my case, one can "hear" from God when one is praying for people; can it be more than often, that we will know what and how to pray, that our prayer would be exactly what God would next do! How do we get to "we moving for God to the extent it has become He moving through us", for any sustainable period!?<br /><br />God is sovereign; could we ever move God? Love Him; sincerity; anything possible? Nothing? How? Persevere, but be not restless? <br /><br />Still, meanwhile, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things (Phil 4:8); and put it into practice. And the peace of God will be with you (Phil 4:9b). Should you ordinarily pray for people coming to you for prayer? Yes. Without malaise, we pray, for we ought to do unto others what we would like others to do unto us. When we are in need of prayer, we would want others to pray for us, isn't not? So, it is still we need to act in love (pray, unless God tells otherwise); the outcome, we leave it to God; let God be God, we just do our part - that's just my belief.<br /><br />Pray in love; and mean what you pray.<br /><br />Anthony Chia, high.expressionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post-49379580794560003462013-04-26T05:30:40.799-07:002013-04-26T05:30:40.799-07:00Of late, I ponder about this thing you are talking...Of late, I ponder about this thing you are talking about. Perhaps, for the past several years, the Lord had been kind, and encouraging to me. Although I am not a pastor, not a full-time church ministry leader or worker, I had had much occasions to pray for people. For the better year, I would have prayed for about 250 - 300 people, in person (those I interceded in my private time, excluded); that is about 20 - 25 people per month. <br /><br />The kindness and the encouragement were not just the privilege to pray for those needing prayers, it was more that, there were enough who were healed of physical unwell, made whole, ministered to, comforted, and encouraged. Those blessed, they included the old, the prime, and even youths. How do i know God had come into the ministees' situations? Because some came back to tell me in person, some relayed by others, to me, some even, left written testimony. And there were some instant manifestation of healings, or people were slain. But are all healed? But are all made whole? But are all ministered to? No, at least, not going by what I could see on the spot, or via feedback. Of course, I honestly do not think, for my case, it had been 100%. I know of people who eventually died on me. The "I know for sure", cases, were probably closer to the percentage seen the 10 Lepers Healing account we read in Scripture - 1 out of 10. But of course, I do think those who benefited were more than 10%; it is just that I don't know, but God knows. <br /><br />Then, why the pondering, which I said? It is because both the numbers that I get to pray for, and the "I know for sure" numbers, have dropped - hit a drier spell. In those exciting years, I really felt that I was really working when I was ministering to people; the work that I did for a living, on the other hand, felt like i was not really working, but was on a break from work! I looked forward to weekends, from Fridays to Sundays, the days I ministered or prayed for people, the most. With this drier spell, I kinda of wonder if I am now being placed aside by the Lord. Or to say it plainly, "hello, where am I headed, or where is all of this headed? I just want to work for the Lord, if it is only 10%, I will do it. My rationale is very simple, I just work for the Lord, the outcome is up to Him; and if 1 out of 10 receives from the Lord, because I am there to pray, it is all worth it.<br /><br />Of course, I want to be more "productive", especially, I realize all these times, it was grace that I was granted favor by God, and with favor from God, I have enjoyed favor of men, that I could be at privileged positions to minister and pray for people. No merit of my own, I got on the platform, purely by grace and divine favor, and I was and am to glorify Him and Him only while I act as His minister on such platforms that he placed me. This thing is "chim", meaning deep. I have been telling and writing that we have to be led by the Spirit, be in agreement with God; be righteous, with simple meaning of being right on, with God in what He wants done, and at the time He wants done; but that is simple to say, not easy to execute. A simple thing, yet a deep thing. And so, I ponder; I meditate on how I can be acting, including and especially, praying, according to what God wants done at the time He wants done, consistently.<br /><br />Cont...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com