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Unc James Lee said we must pray.

We must..
Cry out to God. Cry your whole heart out.
Cry la..

Every morning I jog around
there are a lot of things in my head.
You know..
Life..

blaahhh~

I'm tired of thinking about this and that.

Tiring lah..

So wanna buang it away from my kepala

How?

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We pray in the morning to give the first stirrings of our minds to God.

Before anything else, let the thought of God gladden you

Talk to God dudes.
Seriously it helps.
Cry out to Him.

"God, rest me. Let evil take no charge over me.

Come to my assistance. Make haste to help me."

Simple prayer will do. Be very sincere.

God doesn't expect much from you.
Your prayer may be short and simple,

but if you cry out to Him whole heartedly.
He listens.

It may be just a short prayer but it enables us to begin the day, not alone,

but with God.

It raises and gladdens our tired spirits that so easily lose their appetite for life.

It provides a strengthening grace so that we enter the day, not groaning,

but hoping in our Savior and our God.


Your prayer may be the best and long and bla bla bla,

but if you're not sincere.
You're actually talking to yourself..

"Pray always" St. Paul says in his letter to the Thessalonians.

(1 Thessalonians 5,17)

At the very least, Paul wants prayer to be part of our daily life.

But that's not easy.
As soon as our eyes open in the morning we're often in a rush.

Get ready!

Makan your breakfassttt!

Go bathhhh liao!

Go!

Quick!

And we're off to work or school or the chores of the day....

Agree? Think about it..

Morning prayer gets us ready for what the day brings.

Lets see..

What can we learn from the prayer of Jesus?

First, that true prayer should come from the heart.

He prayed from within, not with just words or gestures.

His prayer was not based only on feelings or passing emotions. Prayer comes from within, beyond level of feelings, from ourselves. "Go into the inner room," Jesus says, " and there pray to your Father, who hears you." Sometimes prayer from the heart, from the "inner room" takes the form of words, at other times it may be like his own wordless cry.

Secondly, prayer is fed by faith. Jesus prayed with an unwavering faith in his heavenly Father, a faith that lasted till his death. He taught us to pray also with childlike faith in God, believing that our prayers are heard by One who loves us.

Thirdly, prayer should be steady and persevering as his prayer was, even when no answer comes or when no relief is in sight."Watch and Pray," he says, "Seek and knock," till the door that reveals God's holy will be opened.

His disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. He did, and he teaches us too. Yet Jesus is more than a teacher. As Christians we believe that Jesus prays for us; he is our intercessor before God. As Savior he gathers our prayers, our needs, the cries of our hearts to make them his own and offers them to God who hears our prayers in the prayer of his Son.

That is why we complete our prayers so often with the beautiful phrase: "Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen." Jesus is our teacher and he is our Savior, who takes our prayers and makes them his own.

Simple, truthful words.

I cannot open my lips in prayer unless God give me the gift.

O God, come and assist me; help me that I may approach you.

And God does give this beautiful gift. In prayer God comes and helps;

God invites us into the divine presence where we can open our lips and our hearts.

There God welcomes our slightest word or cry, our smallest effort.

Delighting to give us the gift of prayer, God wishes that we come near to share our hearts and minds, our very life with One who loves us.

Prayer is God's precious gift; cherish it always.

Pray

G'deNittez

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Ron HM