Tuesday, October 1, 2019

The ACTS Of Prayer!

Okay!
Now It Is Time To Consider The Act or The ACTS Of Praying!

What Four Words Can We Use

To Create An Acrostic For ACTS!?!

Adoration!


Confession!

Thanksgiving!

Supplication!

Those Are All Excellent Choices
And
Perfectly State The Case
When Before The Lord We Attend!

Here's Our


ACROSTIC

   
A doring The Almighty God
C onfess Christ And Your Sins And Indulge
T hanksgiving To The Eternal Before
S upplicating Him For Others And Self!


But, Brethren 

We, You, Me ... We Have A Problem! 

We Can't Bring The Father Down:
We Must Go Up to Him! 

We Must Not Be Like Discourse
And
We Must Not Be Like Shopping List!

The Lord God Of Grace 
Is Not 
A Heavenly Ebay, Wish, Or Amazon
So Change Your Attitude
If It Is Your Desire To Enjoy Eternal Bliss! 

If It Is Our Desire
To Really Attach Ourselves To Our God
We Must Indulge Intercourse
And
Not That As Promulgated By The Agents Of King Fraud! 

We Are Warned:








Saying Prayers To Our God Holy 
Should Never, Ever, Involve Repeating A Word
A Phrase, A Chant, Or A Mantra Multiple Times! 

I Guess Then That Prayer Beads
Rosaries And The Like Are Given The Kibosh! 

You Got It In One! 
No Beads, No Rosaries! 

The Lord God Is Creator, Savior, Provider, Healer 
And
Friend ... Best Friend
And
He Has Given Unto Us His Outline For Our Prayers
Because
He Loves Us And He Sacrificially Cares For Us
And
Upon His Love, We Can Surely Depend!

Indeed!

If We Diligently Follow The Lord's Leading
We Will Never Go Astray! 

Well Said!
When We Speak To The Lord ... No Appointment Necessary
We May Speak To Him Of Joy, Sorrow, Desire
Pain, Hope
And 
Ask For Help 
And
Listen To His Response ... I Beseech You, Please
And
Give Thanks And Praise 
And
Bless His Holy Name! 
He Is Worthy!

So What You Are Really Saying Is, For Example 

If I Was Telling My Best Friend About
Oh, New Shoes, New Store, New Mall
I Would Talk Color, Purpose, Heel Height, Price
Distance To Mall, Good Time To Go
Ambience ... Smells, Sight, Sounds
Service, Satisfaction, Pleasure Derived
And Tell Of Problems Endured
And Request Commiseration Aka Expect Commiseration
Offer Thanks And Appreciation For Listening
Exchange A Loving Look
Experience A Tender Touch
Enjoy A Hug
Relish A Laugh
Wallow In A Companionable Silence
And Listen Raptly ... Each To The Other 
As Exchanged Thoughts Are Conveyed! 

Wow! Just Wow!

I'm Shook!

Indeed! 

Before We Totally Get Carried Away, Though
Let's Just Bear In Mind
And
Remember Never To Forget 
When We Have Our Real Conversation With Our God
That Above All Else
He Is Holy!

Our God Knows Everything!
You Can't Fool Him!
You Can't Lie To Him!
He Knows What You Need Before You Do 
And 
Before You Express It
And 
That He Loves You Best! 
Remember The Sacrifice!

I Hear That!

The Lord Desires To Hear Our Prayers
Petitions
And
Praises
He Desires Us To Make Big Requests Of Him! 
He Desires Us To Prayer With The Power Of The Written Word ...! 

... What Do You Mean By That!?! 

Simple! 
Dare To Believe His Word
And
Pray Back To Our God 
The Very Promises That He Has Given To Us! 

For Example!?! 

Come Unto Me 
And I Will Show You Great And Glorious Things 
About Which You Know Nothing! 





Create In Me A Clean Heart, Oh, God!

Nice! I Like That!

Have Hope, Brethren
Believe The Lord At His Word
Trust Him And Obey Always
And
Pray With The Power Of 
Your Daily Gift Of Faith ... Unceasingly!
Blessings Be Upon You All!

AMEN!!!


1 comment:

  1. When The Acorns From The Tree That Is Called Mortal Life And Carnal Strife Are Falling Upon My Head, I Shall Not Be As Chicken Little Saying: The Sky Is Falling! I Shall Say My Prayer Of Faith And Ask My God Holy, Jesus Christ The Lord, To Provide ... As Usual ... His Strong Arm And Mighty Hand For My Perfect, Protecting, Never-Fail Umbrella! Jesus Christ Saves!

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