Hello everyone ......God bless you....

Hello I hope everyone is having a good day....

Today we will be discussing how to Pray change into your life...I know sometimes it can be difficult to pray and stay praying until at least you see some answered prayers..although prayer is important ...it is also a good to read scripture and of course share God with others in your life...sharing can also be difficult but it is wonderful to have a place like wondercafe to read how others keep a Personal Relationship with God rewarding and fun....yes communication can be very exciting once we renew our minds to the Mind of Christ and begin seeing changes and growth into our lives...listed here are some ways to change your daily way of prayers into an exciting journey....

Locked into fixed prayer patterns, many people need new variety and spiritual vigor in their conversations with God....by definition , wholeness requires growth, which always necessitates change...Our task therefore is to overcome our natural reluctance to change and to try unfamiliar patterns of prayer so that we can grow into what God calls us to become ...the issue: how can creative changes be prayed into my life......

1......Pray Yourself Happy....while it is true that intercessory prayer  is serious work that carries heavy burdens close to its heart, the wonder of God's Love generates gladness..consequently, prayer must be more than a kind of restatement of fretting worries or a mulling over problems...Our petitions must move beyond gloomy desperation, which deals mostly with calamity or despair ..the cornerstone for happy prayer is gratitude for simple blessings like shelter, air, water, health and family...a joyous conversation with the Father frees us to soar and sing, even as it breaks the chains of our failures and hurts..the Faithful One , who taught us laughter stands beyond all our drab notions and weary anxieties...take delight in God's Goodness as you rejoice that prayer is neither black magic nor a blank check, but rather a celebration of a relationship with a Friend...Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior...

2......Keep alert to Gods Surprises....there are so many surprises along this holy way ..amen and amen ...that often occur at amazing times..one writer tells about a little boy who , when urged to write his Christmas letter to santa , kept procrastinating until his family wondered if he had caught on to their yule pretending...." He said ...if I write and tell santa what I want I'll never know what He just wanted to give me"...there is a pearl of wisdom in the child's thinking process..God has many intriguing surprises planned for every sojourner...

3......Take prayer into the details of life....never be content with superficial spirituality..one old spiritual veteran suggested that we pray about our praying ..lol...push yourself to new depts of relationship with the Father as you open every corner of your life to Him..enter His Presence with expectancy and respond fully to the assurance of His Faithfullness...We are justified by Faith....amen ....one satisfying way to take prayer into the details of life is to form a mental picture of the petitions already being answered...so that sick friends are seen as well and troubled marriages are viewed as emotionally healed..or when asked a probing question or meeting a new friend, you may want to cultivate the practice of taking a short break and ask God for wisdom and grace before you speak...yes this works...another well tested spiritual exercise begins and ends each day with a prayer..turn your thoughts to God first things in the morning ...I ask Lord that you show me you walk with me and I pray for a wonderful day full of lifes surprises, healings, wisdom and knowledge...IJNIP...amen and amen...at the end of the day ...offer thanks to the Lord for answered prayers etc....ask yourself....What was the worst today...and what was the best thing that happen to me today...what a great way to end the day by giving God the achievements , by rellinquishing frustrateing failures or unfinished tasks...then your mind and spirit will be renewed as you sleep...even as your body is being refreshed....amen and amen...works for me....Praise the Lord....

4......Use Bible and hymnbook prayers....try personalizing the Lords Prayer ...think deeply about the meaning of the brief materpiece of devotion...ponder the Fatherhood of God as you allow the reassuring idea to influence your life...talk to God tell Him I know you love me more than any earthly parent does...then ask how you can be a better son or daughter....think about heaven as you phrase Who Art in Heaven....what a wonderful place heaven is ...when we learn about heaven and the inheritance God has in store for us it renews and strenghtens us...here is an example of deep meditation on scriptures...seek out all the scriptures you can find on heaven...exciting .....

The Lord is My Shepard...

The Lord is my Shepard...

The Lord is My Shepard...

The Lord is my Shepard..

This can be done with most scriptures ....this is meditating on the Word of God...

very simple....St. Francis's prayer , which has been set to music...

Lord make me and instrument of Thy Peace...

Where there is hatred, let me sow love,

Where there is inquity , pardon;

Where there is doubt ...faith,

Where there is despair ..hope,

Where there is darkness, light,

 Where there is sadness , joy..

These are simple scriptures that you can incorporate into your own life...do some searching ...ask God first though for the wisdom and knowlede in the scriptures very short prayer but effective...

I am weak but You are Mighty: Hold me in Thy Powerful Hands...it sure is worth exploring and the outcome can be life changeing .....

5......Cultivate thanks for trifles and troubles....prayer helps us sort out the differences between inconvieniences...and real problems...since thousands of small blessings add up to make life wonderful, express gratitude for routine provisions like the taste of a meal..(some people cant)..a friendly letter, a baby's smile, a picnic, a dinner with friends...these are the things to be thankful to God for ...for God is the giver of Abundant things...in all things....think about the growth opportunity with difficulties...a sprained ankle slows your down for a reflections, rest, a misunderstanding allows you the grace of giving and receiving forgiveness and a financial problem teaches us deeper dependency on God ..a failed business, a wait in the doctors office, or a traffic snarl can be turned into a channel of grace to draw you closer to Christ , to slow you down ...or to increase your patiences...trials often provide teachable moments and valuable lessons...

" The dark night is one of ways God brings us to a hush, stillness so that He may work an inner transformation upon our Souls...Richard Foster...

6......Listen more intently to God ....in our impatience and inexperiences with silence , we somtimes make prayer a monologue rather that a dialogue  we fill the time of prayer with a string of high sounding works rather than letting Scripture resonate within us...the ability to listen in both the inner and outer life requires a willingness to hear and a discipline to listen..." For one soul that exclaims ..speak , Lord, for Thy servant heareth"...this is God speaking with us ....hear Lord for Thy servant speaketh.....amen and amen....it is difficult to live with the stress and business of our lives...time..alarms..news, traffic jams....we must " learn to be still and know that I am God"...to be Spiritually healthy we must take the time to withdraw from life ....and be with God...to really know God we must start first with the bedrock foundation of everything else and take stillness and time...

7......Pray all the time.....

We can talk to God anytime...He is available day and night ...at our beckon call so to speak...we need to tune our minds into the inner voice/consiciousness to the Creator...nearly every situation however tense , can be turned into an inner converstation with God...ex..Lord I am so upset right now give me peace, wisdom and knowledge in this situation and give me the patience to listen...simple prayer..this can be done anywhere anytime...stuck in traffic ...think about what you need and ask God...someone having difficulties in your life..pray for them...a relationship is strained ask God to heal it ...very simple ....and " It Works"...

8.......Recognize a need for prayer breaks....in the previous paragraph we seen how simple it is to pray when you are in curcumstances beyond your control..anger, stress, sickness, frustration, unforgiveness..are all opportunties to pray to Our Father who will apply upon you what you ask...anger ask for peace..stress ask for strength ....unforgiveness ask for forgiveness...as we keep alert to God our surroundings, internal message remind us when we need a prayer break....Awesome God we Pray too....

9......Expand your prayer repertoire....one learnes to pray by praying...it is like learning to play the guitar if we dont practise we wont learn...experiment with different types of praying...(Open Table,Religion Faith) try adoration, confession,, petition, gratitude, and intercession...at least one of these prayer patterns maybe unfamiliar to you ...commit yourself to a different kind of prayer each day of the week ...you will find Spiritual Developement deepens as your Prayer patterns expand...which type of prayer do you most need...which prayer pattern is the most unfamiliar ....then you can start there ...use variety in prayer to help satisfy your Quest to Be Like Christ.....

10....Pray correction into Your Life....in our most insightful moments, it is refreshingly amazing to realize that we are unfinished products being drawn to completion by God...Awesome ....during pryer God often identifies improvements He wants us to make as He calls us to something more than a sentimental Faith..and lukewarm devotions ...every change the Father poses must be seen for what it really is ..For Our Good...Gods insistent nudges toward improvement usually comes during quiet prayer, while reading scripture , during a chance encounter , a sermon, or while thinking about a Psalm or the text of a hymn...prayer is an offering of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His Will...caught up in the Glorious possibilities of Spiritual Developement , during prayer we discover Gods's enablement for every correction...ex..unforgiveness, anger , envey, etc..so our requests can be shaped into things agreeable with His Will.....

I pray you will print this teaching ...so it will be available when you stray from the prayer life God wants you to have...we must also believe that others in our lives are put there by God (as myself) to help other fellow travellers on the Road of Life..following Gods will to Eternity and Love...watch and listen to others...one of the big corrections God taught me was to listen...(activate the ears lol lol)..although it is easy to say ...it does take many tries to truely listen.....

Thankyou for dropping by ...although it was quite a long sitting today and ten pots of coffee later lol lol...but it is well worth the while if it helps one person to find The Almighty God..the Creator of the Universe who's Purpose is to Love and Show us the Way...also remember along with prayer...when someone blesses you ...take the time to see that blessing at work...that is why I always look forward to Gods surprises....

Awesome God we Serve....Gods Mighty blessings upon you...

In Jesus Love Betty-Jean...bygraceiam...I am not the Great I Am, but by the Grace of God ...I am what I am....amen and amen....Your  Glory Shines from Heaven My Lord and Savior....

Dear Lord I ask today for You to expand those who are seeking More Spiritual Growth with You Through Prayer...Give them the Wisdom and Knowledge when they search for you with their whole hearts...give them Your blessings of Love, Peace, Happiness, Joy, Healings, Purpose, Visions, Forgiveness, Faith, Honesty, Correction....bless their daily lives as they grow closer to you...In the Name of Jesus I pray...amen and amen.....

information taken from Growing Your Soul ...Neil Wiseman...excellent read for getting closer to God....highly recommended...