[Faith-talk] Some thoughts on prayer

[Doris and Chris]

God is sovereign and thus does not have to explain himself. Along the 
same lines, I do not have to and cannot really understand God. We are 
probably intellectually as far or further apart than a human being and an ant.

Yet in Jesus being born a human being, entering the world as any of 
us as helpless baby boy depending on Mama Maria for his milk and his 
diaper, God makes it very clear he wants to relate to us, wants to 
walk with us just as he did before the fall in the Garden. and in 
Jesus, we can get on the same level with God. Just think of the honor 
and privilege that he comes to us and asks us to pray - not just for 
our own needs but that he entrusts us with his own, the people in the 
body and out. What a wonderful and humble God. and in time, sometimes 
we understand God and his greater plan, and sometimes we do not. It 
doesn;t  matter. In the end, at dinner time, we have all eternity to 
ask him every question we ever wanted to ask - if it still matters. 
*g* in the end, we will be home and as it is with for little ones 
with their earthly daddy or maybe their beloved spouse, being with 
daddy or hubby is all that matters. Just like with daddy and hubby, 
it takes time and some effort to build the relationship, spend time 
and learn to trust.

For me, it took quite some time and compromise on both sides to get 
to know one another to learn that trust. I have been blessed with a 
gentle and patient husband and a "daddy picture" to unlearn a lot of 
the fears from my human and finite earthly daddy from when I was a little girl.

I wonderful book I very much recommend on prayer is "The Papa Prayer" 
by author and psychologist Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Crabb.

Be Blessed and Merry Christmas

Doris in Llutherland




At 09:44 AM 2013/12/22 +1000, you wrote:
>  Hi all,
>I want to offer some thoughts I'd been having lately, and want to 
>know what you all think.
>For me right now, it seems prayer is just a way to ask for what we 
>want. It seems that God is going to do what he wishes, regardless of 
>what we pray or don't pray. Life is like a deck of cards, and you 
>have to deal with the hand you have.
>So, what's the point of prayer?
>I know the pat answer is that it's to get our will in line with God's will.
>But God is just going to do what he wishes, anyway, just some thoughts.
>Steph
>
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