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Just found this...and it inspires me so much...I felt so much that I was losing my faith several months ago...I stopped walking, one of my best friends, my mother and 2 cats died...I felt so lost...and I started to pray again...small silent reconnections...feel more at peace now...thanks again for the reminder...and you will be in my prayers this morning...J

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Originally Posted by Rrae (Post 729987)

Thank you for this! :hug:

As one who has been in and out from under a 'depression cloud', I certainly know the feeling of 'emptiness' that can settle in..... A writer could equate this feeling as that of 'writer's block'...... it just 'ain't there'.

I've heard things said such as "If you've prayed twice for the same thing, you've already prayed once in doubt"......
And others sometimes imply that prayer has to somehow be politically correct...

But, in my humble opinion, I truly believe "PRAISE" to be the way to go.
Sing Praises....'Dance' Praises.....
....and if STILL that 'emptiness' is there, or if I'm too down and out to have the 'energy' for that,...or I've sparked a pain flare from trying to 'dance' :o......I never go wrong by simply crawling up in my Father's Lap "Abba Papa".....and don't say anything at all.
Just curl up in His Lap.....and cry if we must. Those tears will pretty much say it all to Him.

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Thank you for your sharing on this. I try to remember when I wake up to say hello to God and simply ask Him to make me a good girl today (I'm 63!, but I am still His child) and let me be a blessing to others.

There are too many to pray for, so I just ask blessings for us all over the world, especially those most in need of His comfort.

I love the way you shared about curling up in our Father's lap, I do that, too. This way I accept how little I am and so in need of help, so I say Abba, Papa, ( just like you!) hold me. I even know what chair we sit in. It was an old overstuffed chair that was my father's for as long as I can remember. There are pictures of him in it, and all of us kids, over the years. I got it when they got new furniture and had it for years, too. It's name was Squash. There we are, my heavenly Father and I, where I can just be His child, in a gone, but not forgotten chair.

Praise, as you say, is really all I can give Him. He saved my from a deathly addiction, so what do I have to give Him, but gratitude and praise?

The reason that I believe that we must pray for others is not so much for Him or the recipient, whom He already holds in His loving hands. But so we learn to care for and love each other. It's a gift given us so that we can feel a part of God's work in the world. I need to learn to love and care for others by practicing it in prayer. We can hold up each other all over the world to our Father. It's like an exercise for us in which we just do the the best we can, even if we just say "God bless us all and let me do Your will today, with Your support and love. Please forgive me for an imperfect job, but I will try."

That focuses my day, and if I forget what I wanted to do, I can start over anytime during the day

Sorry for the ramble, Love, Linda :grouphug:

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Originally Posted by July63 (Post 730127)

I wish prayers worked. Even Mother Theresa suffered. When I pray, I feel like I am pretending.

Mother Theresa was spiritually dry and suffered, a great deal of her life, as you said, to be able to feel her love of the Lord. Many of the saints suffered these deserts of the soul. I can't remember from which one I got the prayer, "Lord I believe, help my unbelief". I say that so many times. Keep on "pretending", if that is what you can do. God hears your prayers, even if you can't feel them. He loves you all the more for it, when you carry on with no gratification. You are precious to Him, and He is with you all the time. Blessings to you, Linda

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Originally Posted by KajunButterfly (Post 728067)

I have been in church all my life..accepted Jesus into my heart at a young age and I have seen the power of prayer! Lately I feel prayed out so to speak...I dunno what to ask for anymore...I have thanked God for his blesssing on me and my family even thru tragedies, I just feel like giving up on prayer since God knows whats in my heart and the needs I have. I hope I can get to the point of praying again. Anyone ever feel this way? :icon_cry:

Bless you today and everyday, KajunButterfly. You're right, God does know what's in your heart. You are His blessed child and he holds you in His arms. All of us here at NT do too! Linda :circlelove:

I used to pray for what I wanted. Now I pray for what God wants for me. I have accepted that sometimes His will is not my will and what He wants for me is not always what I want for myself. God knows what's best for me because He created me and knows the plans that he has for me.

For those of you who are struggling with reasons why God is not answering your prayers in the way you wish Him to, please remember that:

Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not for God to remove our adversity but for Him to help see us through it and many times the change is not in your circumstance but in how you handle it.

God Bless Everyone!

Shari - Your post makes me think of what I said to one of my boys when they were little and asked why God didn't answer one of his prayers. I told him that God answers all prayers, but sometimes the answer is no. Just like he doesn't always understand why I don't say yes to everything he wants, sometimes we don't understand why God says no, but have to trust that He is the Father and knows what is best.