Hello Carleeta, Thank you for sharing about prayer because we all have to prayed to God. This is really inspirational words of God. Addison Groups owner
O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleeta Manser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:41 PM Subject: {dbilg} Acceptable Prayer > > Acceptable Prayer > > And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when > he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as > John also taught his disciples. Luke 11:1. > > Jesus taught His disciples to pray, and He often urged upon them the > necessity of prayer. He did not bid them to study books to learn a form of > prayer. They were not to offer prayer to men, but to make their requests > known to God. He taught them that the prayer which God accepts is the > simple, earnest petition from a soul that feels its need. . . . > > God invites us to come to Him with our burden of guilt and our heart > sorrows. Sin fills us with fear of God. When we have sinned we try to hide > ourselves from Him. But whatever our sin, God bids us come unto Him > through > Jesus Christ. It is only by taking our sins to God that we can be freed > from > them. Cain, under the rebuke of God, acknowledged his guilt in killing > Abel, > but he fled away from God, as if he could thus escape from his sin. Had he > fled to God with his burden of guilt he would have been forgiven. The > prodigal son, realizing his guilt and wretchedness, said, "I will arise > and > go to my father" (Luke 15:18). He confessed his sin and was taken back to > his father's heart. > > If we would offer acceptable prayer, there is a work to be done in > confessing our sins to one another. If I have sinned against my neighbor > in > word or action I should make confession to him. If he has wronged me he > should confess to me. So far as is possible the one who has wronged > another > is to make restitution. Then in contrition he is to confess the sin to > God, > whose law has been transgressed. In sinning against our brother, we sin > against God, and we must seek pardon from Him. Whatever our sin, if we but > repent and believe in the atoning blood of Christ we shall be pardoned. . > . > . We have only one channel of approach to God. Our prayers can come to Him > through one name only --that of the Lord Jesus, our advocate. > > Christ is represented as stooping from His throne and bending > earthward > to send help to every needy soul who asks Him in faith. > >>From That I May Know Him - Page 260 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
