Hi TripleL and Little Italy,
Thanks for the kind words, but you know the praise and glory for any inspiration Goes to the Lord. There are certain conditions that I have to honor, but in doing so, my hands, on certain links that I normally use are something that ties my hands in what I can post. So I will do my best with these limitations.
When I do have to use the links, I may pm the person, where I will free my hands and make full use of what they wish to restrict me from on the open forum. If you are familiar with my posts, you will see what is missing.
TripleL, I would have to say, because I am undergoing the same thing, that is; finding a home church can be tough. I know that if you go to any church seeking to find Him you will find Him. In fact, I find Him in nature, animate and inanimate objects, like the sky, clouds, stars, etc. I look at this way; you are the church. God's church is unlimited as to places of worship. The whole planet is His.
As for your manner of prayer, God sees all and knows your heart better than you know yourself and I see no problem with your manner, it is your approach to prayer.
Humble child like faith is always a good thing. Great expectation to the hearing and answering of prayers, and open hands in that expectation of receiving the answer to prayers and blessings is another really good thing.
The relationship that you have with God is a very personal matter, but we also have very good models on matters of prayers. One that always blows me away is the prayer of Solomon at the temple dedication. What a powerful prayer! I love that passage. 1 kings 8:22, et seq. Look at what he does: "spread forth his hands toward heaven" Hmm, sound familiar?
http://www.holybible.com/resou...=1%20Kings&Chapter=8
You can pray any way you want, but if you want to make sure you receive an answer to your prayer; go with a clear conscience. In other words, confess your sin(s), pray for God's forgiveness, forgive your debtors and seek forgiveness of those offended by you so that you are not weighed down with issues that present obstacles to receiving blessing, and raise you open hands.
Look at Solomon's humility in which he opens and the boldness and expectation, as he proceeds. Then read on regarding what happens, and then read the next chapter. This is so inspiring to me.
I hope I didn't bore you with this account, but really it is important. This was the wisest man in the world praying in an open demonstration and example of how to pray.
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G-man...Maybe, you need to talk to the administer about this matter...I know that I would...There is no way that I would settle for less...We are all here rooting for you. Maybe, all of us need to come together on this one...Each of us could post a complaint telling the administrator how inspiring the songs are...What do you think everyone???
Anyhow, bub, I am sorry that this happened to you. I pray you don't give up the forum, and stop posting, as I did..I am sure you will live to regret your decision...Please..Just keep posting...We can always use the Biblical things you send us...But, I sincerely pray that you can get the administrator to reconsider...
And, I am sure Satan is working overtime to try and win this one...God Bless...Your Sis...
Anyhow, bub, I am sorry that this happened to you. I pray you don't give up the forum, and stop posting, as I did..I am sure you will live to regret your decision...Please..Just keep posting...We can always use the Biblical things you send us...But, I sincerely pray that you can get the administrator to reconsider...
And, I am sure Satan is working overtime to try and win this one...God Bless...Your Sis...
Oh Little Italy...You must be "born again"....You had you natural birth from your mother's womb, but you must receive your "spiritual birth" from Jesus Christ....
I remember how I used to go outside and look up into the clouds and pray so hard. But, I felt like I was praying through so many layers of clouds and that Heaven was so far away. I wandered how on earth could Jesus hear me, and Him so far away. Those were the days when I was seeking the Lord. I sought him for about 6 months in this fashion. I would say.."Jesus I hope you can hear me, but, you are so far away"...Then one day, about 6 months later, I found Him, or He found me....I was in a depression like state...You might call in a fog..I needed the Lord more than anything in this entire world. This day was different from all the others. It was like a voice spoke to me, and told me to go and kneel beside my childrens' bunk-beds...Always, before, I had prayed from my head, but, this time was different...I knelt and prayed from my heart. I meant every word I was saying from my heart, and not my mind. I was as broken-hearted as a little child, and I wanted Jesus more than anything in this world. You must seek His face and come onto Him as humble as a little child and want Him more than anything in this world...
Anyhow, I prayed and I can still remember that prayer...I was as humble as a little child...I was crying so hard, and I meant every word that I said from my heart. I said the most simple prayer...I said, "Jesus I need you more than anything in this world, and I know that you died and arose for me on the third day, and I meant every word of it from my heart...Can you see the difference? Always before, I was praying from my mind, that was when I was seeking (salvation)...This time was sooo much different...I prayed straight from my heart...I got up from prayer, and as of yet, had never been filled with that great peace and love that surpasses all understanding...I remember walking into my living room, and then, when I least expected it, I saw a light really close to my chest...It all happened in a blink of an eye...I could feel my PHYSICALLY feel my chest being opened up, and my soul being filled up with the most "perfect peace"....I could physically fill my soul overflowing with this perfect peace...It is so hard to explain...but, it was the happiest day of my entire life...I cannot remember my natural birth, and, I CANNOT forget my Spiritual Birth....Not everyone sees a light...but, believe me, there is a feeling in Salvation, and it is the most AWESOME experience of one's lifetime...You will never forget it, if you live to be 100 years old....
As far as how one prays before Salvation is between you and God. Remember you are seeking Him, and I honestly do not think it matters one bit in what position you are in when you pray.
After you receive your "Spritual Birth" then, I still think it is between you and God. If God wants you to kneel and pray, then, I am sure you will know it in your heart, since, He now lives in there....Remember God looks on the heart, and that is what He sees...If you have been saved (borned again), then, He sees nothing but His precious blood which has been applied to your soul. If you have not experienced your "Spiritual Birth"...then, you still need to pray in the position that God and you are comfortable with...To me, before Salvation, that was standing up and praying into the clouds...Now, I kneel and pray because I feel this is the most humble position, and after all I am talking to the Greatest King that was ever born!!!!!
I can tell you the difference in how I felt before and after my experience with "Salvation"...I no longer have to look up into the clouds and wander if He is hearing me, because He lives within me; therefore, I feel Him in my soul...Before Salvation, I believed there was a Jesus in my mind...Now, I know Him...See the difference...I have a personal relationship with Him, since He lives in my heart. I no longer have to worry about my prayers not being heard...I no longer feel like he is miles and miles away...He is right here...His Sweet Holy Spirit lives in my heart!!!! I pray that this doesn't further confuse you, but, help you....The Bible says," No man cometh unto me except my Father which art in Heaven draw Him...It also says,"Come onto me as humble as a little child, and I will in no like-wise cast you out"..The Bible also says, "Seek me and ye shall find me."
I DID ALL OF THE ABOVE AND JESUS ACCEPTED ME, AND I ACCEPTED HIM...THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT...I PRAY I HAVE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION...GOD BLESS!!!!1
I remember how I used to go outside and look up into the clouds and pray so hard. But, I felt like I was praying through so many layers of clouds and that Heaven was so far away. I wandered how on earth could Jesus hear me, and Him so far away. Those were the days when I was seeking the Lord. I sought him for about 6 months in this fashion. I would say.."Jesus I hope you can hear me, but, you are so far away"...Then one day, about 6 months later, I found Him, or He found me....I was in a depression like state...You might call in a fog..I needed the Lord more than anything in this entire world. This day was different from all the others. It was like a voice spoke to me, and told me to go and kneel beside my childrens' bunk-beds...Always, before, I had prayed from my head, but, this time was different...I knelt and prayed from my heart. I meant every word I was saying from my heart, and not my mind. I was as broken-hearted as a little child, and I wanted Jesus more than anything in this world. You must seek His face and come onto Him as humble as a little child and want Him more than anything in this world...
Anyhow, I prayed and I can still remember that prayer...I was as humble as a little child...I was crying so hard, and I meant every word that I said from my heart. I said the most simple prayer...I said, "Jesus I need you more than anything in this world, and I know that you died and arose for me on the third day, and I meant every word of it from my heart...Can you see the difference? Always before, I was praying from my mind, that was when I was seeking (salvation)...This time was sooo much different...I prayed straight from my heart...I got up from prayer, and as of yet, had never been filled with that great peace and love that surpasses all understanding...I remember walking into my living room, and then, when I least expected it, I saw a light really close to my chest...It all happened in a blink of an eye...I could feel my PHYSICALLY feel my chest being opened up, and my soul being filled up with the most "perfect peace"....I could physically fill my soul overflowing with this perfect peace...It is so hard to explain...but, it was the happiest day of my entire life...I cannot remember my natural birth, and, I CANNOT forget my Spiritual Birth....Not everyone sees a light...but, believe me, there is a feeling in Salvation, and it is the most AWESOME experience of one's lifetime...You will never forget it, if you live to be 100 years old....
As far as how one prays before Salvation is between you and God. Remember you are seeking Him, and I honestly do not think it matters one bit in what position you are in when you pray.
After you receive your "Spritual Birth" then, I still think it is between you and God. If God wants you to kneel and pray, then, I am sure you will know it in your heart, since, He now lives in there....Remember God looks on the heart, and that is what He sees...If you have been saved (borned again), then, He sees nothing but His precious blood which has been applied to your soul. If you have not experienced your "Spiritual Birth"...then, you still need to pray in the position that God and you are comfortable with...To me, before Salvation, that was standing up and praying into the clouds...Now, I kneel and pray because I feel this is the most humble position, and after all I am talking to the Greatest King that was ever born!!!!!
I can tell you the difference in how I felt before and after my experience with "Salvation"...I no longer have to look up into the clouds and wander if He is hearing me, because He lives within me; therefore, I feel Him in my soul...Before Salvation, I believed there was a Jesus in my mind...Now, I know Him...See the difference...I have a personal relationship with Him, since He lives in my heart. I no longer have to worry about my prayers not being heard...I no longer feel like he is miles and miles away...He is right here...His Sweet Holy Spirit lives in my heart!!!! I pray that this doesn't further confuse you, but, help you....The Bible says," No man cometh unto me except my Father which art in Heaven draw Him...It also says,"Come onto me as humble as a little child, and I will in no like-wise cast you out"..The Bible also says, "Seek me and ye shall find me."
I DID ALL OF THE ABOVE AND JESUS ACCEPTED ME, AND I ACCEPTED HIM...THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT...I PRAY I HAVE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION...GOD BLESS!!!!1
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Psalm 13:6
Psalm 13:6
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To All of You 
...Thanks for welcoming me back on the forum...You all are the greatest!!!! God Bless...
And, I do praise the Lord with my hands up in the air!!!! But, I pray either standing in a "prayer circle" holding hands with my brothers and sisters in the Lord, or I just kneel and make my requests known unto Him???? I pray this is the answers you were seeking for...I Love You All!!!
...Thanks for welcoming me back on the forum...You all are the greatest!!!! God Bless...And, I do praise the Lord with my hands up in the air!!!! But, I pray either standing in a "prayer circle" holding hands with my brothers and sisters in the Lord, or I just kneel and make my requests known unto Him???? I pray this is the answers you were seeking for...I Love You All!!!
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Hi all,
I am in full agreement with T-sis says about Salvation. But, In love for all, I am going to have to interject, God hears the prayers of the saved and the unsaved. If you read the account of the temple dedication by Solomon, listen as Solomon prays that all who go to this temple or face in that direction as they pray; that their prayers be heard and answered.
Sometimes, in our zealousness and excitement, this example of prayer that Solomon gives us is sometimes overlooked. God surprises me in so many ways everyday. It just shows me how small we all are, how we all too often may slip to capture the fuller meaning of God.
The song Great Expectations on the album: Speechless is so, all encompassing, when it comes to trying to even try to describe how expansive God's love, mercy and grace is. It really just staggers my mind.
That's what I love about these songs they help you to see and understand or even try to capture so many things about God and they also make for a great teaching tool especially when you listen in combination with scripture. If you do this, God will reveal Himself to you a way that is so powerful that you too will be staggered by these things.
By the way, as you can see I am using the links, but I have been told this is under consideration, but if someone in the forum complains, admin will notify me and of their contemplated action to remove the post.
I am at the mercy of all here, to please not complain or my posts may be removed. I am going to write SCC and ask him to remove the buy link from the pages, as that is apparently what admin or someone that complained finds objectionable, that I use to directly link people to the albums mentioned in my replies or topic starters.
Hey wouldn't it be cool if he (SCC) joined us on this site. I wouldn't have to do any more postings anymore. That's all right with me. Because it is not about me. It is all about giving all the praise and glory to Him that guided me here. Praise God, Amen!!!
Have a bless day full of GREAT EXPECTIONS BEING FULL FILLED. You know, those daily suddenly's
I am in full agreement with T-sis says about Salvation. But, In love for all, I am going to have to interject, God hears the prayers of the saved and the unsaved. If you read the account of the temple dedication by Solomon, listen as Solomon prays that all who go to this temple or face in that direction as they pray; that their prayers be heard and answered.
Sometimes, in our zealousness and excitement, this example of prayer that Solomon gives us is sometimes overlooked. God surprises me in so many ways everyday. It just shows me how small we all are, how we all too often may slip to capture the fuller meaning of God.
The song Great Expectations on the album: Speechless is so, all encompassing, when it comes to trying to even try to describe how expansive God's love, mercy and grace is. It really just staggers my mind.
That's what I love about these songs they help you to see and understand or even try to capture so many things about God and they also make for a great teaching tool especially when you listen in combination with scripture. If you do this, God will reveal Himself to you a way that is so powerful that you too will be staggered by these things.
By the way, as you can see I am using the links, but I have been told this is under consideration, but if someone in the forum complains, admin will notify me and of their contemplated action to remove the post.
I am at the mercy of all here, to please not complain or my posts may be removed. I am going to write SCC and ask him to remove the buy link from the pages, as that is apparently what admin or someone that complained finds objectionable, that I use to directly link people to the albums mentioned in my replies or topic starters.
Hey wouldn't it be cool if he (SCC) joined us on this site. I wouldn't have to do any more postings anymore. That's all right with me. Because it is not about me. It is all about giving all the praise and glory to Him that guided me here. Praise God, Amen!!!
Have a bless day full of GREAT EXPECTIONS BEING FULL FILLED. You know, those daily suddenly's
All for His praise, glory and the joy it gives Him.
Hugs, In His Love >:D<
Gman9259
"He who dwells in the secret place of the most
high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"
Hugs, In His Love >:D<
Gman9259
"He who dwells in the secret place of the most
high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"
Hi all,
I knew about this account of Solomon's prayer and temple dedication, and it always puzzled me as to why this account is given to us twice. I gave the account in 1 kings chapter 8, the other account comes to us in 2 Chronicles chapter 6. What I now realize is, the importance of these accounts to all of God's children; the saved and the unsaved in Christ with matters in regard to prayer.
I know that many would be puzzled or even shocked, to hear that God hears and answers the prayers of the unsaved and even the prayers of an atheist; I am convinced that God's mercy endures forever, and surpasses all human understanding.
God can not tell a lie. Is 55:11 tells us that, His word shall not go out without being prosperous. The bible is His word. The above citations serve to be His 2 witnesses to serve and demonstrate to us, the majesty and grace of our heavenly Father.
I had to share this information. It is food for all souls. Alleluia, and Amen.
I knew about this account of Solomon's prayer and temple dedication, and it always puzzled me as to why this account is given to us twice. I gave the account in 1 kings chapter 8, the other account comes to us in 2 Chronicles chapter 6. What I now realize is, the importance of these accounts to all of God's children; the saved and the unsaved in Christ with matters in regard to prayer.
I know that many would be puzzled or even shocked, to hear that God hears and answers the prayers of the unsaved and even the prayers of an atheist; I am convinced that God's mercy endures forever, and surpasses all human understanding.
God can not tell a lie. Is 55:11 tells us that, His word shall not go out without being prosperous. The bible is His word. The above citations serve to be His 2 witnesses to serve and demonstrate to us, the majesty and grace of our heavenly Father.
I had to share this information. It is food for all souls. Alleluia, and Amen.
All for His praise, glory and the joy it gives Him.
Hugs, In His Love >:D<
Gman9259
"He who dwells in the secret place of the most
high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"
Hugs, In His Love >:D<
Gman9259
"He who dwells in the secret place of the most
high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"
I totally agree..G-man that God hears the prayers of the unsaved and the saved...I know God was hearing me when I was praying through the clouds..He heard my feeble cry for help, and He had mercy on me and saved me...I do not believe that I would be saved today, if, he did not hear my cries for help....Thanks for the added information....God hears us when we pray always....Just a simple misunderstanding, Bub.....I totally agree with you...Your Sis...God Bless...Originally posted by Gman5256:
Hi all,
I knew about this account of Solomon's prayer and temple dedication, and it always puzzled me as to why this account is given to us twice. I gave the account in 1 kings chapter 8, the other account comes to us in 2 Chronicles chapter 6. What I now realize is, the importance of these accounts to all of God's children; the saved and the unsaved in Christ with matters in regard to prayer.
I know that many would be puzzled or even shocked, to hear that God hears and answers the prayers of the unsaved and even the prayers of an atheist; I am convinced that God's mercy endures forever, and surpasses all human understanding.
God can not tell a lie. Is 55:11 tells us that, His word shall not go out without being prosperous. The bible is His word. The above citations serve to be His 2 witnesses to serve and demonstrate to us, the majesty and grace of our heavenly Father.
I had to share this information. It is food for all souls. Alleluia, and Amen.
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G-man...Honestly, I have no idea why anyone would want gospel music links removed from the site...That doesn't make any sense at all to me...The lyrics in the songs are very uplifting...I wish I could understand why someone would do this, but, honestly, I have no idea...Again, I am soooo sorry that this happened, since, those lyrics are very inspirational....You Sis....God Bless...