Scripture does tell us to be thankful for all things as well. see:
ep esians 5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
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From: Doris and Chris
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:09 AM
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Subject: Re: How to pray
i also find this attitude of constant gratitude very helpful while
going thru things.
i am also grateful that scripture says to be thankful in all things
though not necessarily for them.
for example, i do not think the lord expects me to be thankful for my
diabetes - nor for my blindness- but i can defininitely see how i
have been blessed thru both or in both. already with than before I
was diagnosed and went into the hospital.
In his loving grip!
Doris
my diabetes, i came out of the hospital being able to eat and
tolerate so many more foods than I ate before. i eat so much
healthier, enjoy At 04:09 PM 3/10/2014 -0500, you wrote:
>I agree that Angel gave us a wonderful way of looking at things to be
>thankful at all times for what we do have. I, too try and make it a habit
>to offer thanks, especially at the end of the day, for everything good that
>happened to me that day and for the things I am always thankful for. I was
>just reading a devotional about how scripture tells us we should give
>thanks along with our petitions to the Lord. The writer was saying that as
>we petition for things, we need to make a practice of thanking the Lord for
>His answers to our petitions.
>God.
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>From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Pat Ferguson
>To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 11:20 AM
>Subject: Re: How to pray
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I like that.
>
>One thing I neglected to mention and should have mentioned, is that I
>really try to Thank God every single day for the many Blessings He has
>given us.
>
>We are truly blessed, and shame on me for not even mentioning that in my
>last email.
>
>I also try to thank God for things, even before He provides them. I think
>He loves that when we do that.
>
>One thing I try to do every single morning when I get up is to say:
>
>Lord, This Is The Day That You Have Made, I shall Rejoyce And Be Glad In
>It.
>
>I'm praying for all of you, and loving each of you, as well.
>
>
>Thanks much.
>
>Many Blessings,
>
>Pat Ferguson
>"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians 4:13.
>
>At 07:35 AM 3/7/2014, you wrote:
>>It seems to me you are on the right track regarding prayer. I have found
>>a basic problem with receiving what it is we should have from God is that
>>we don't recognize God's time isn't our time. We often grow impatient
>>when our prayers aren't answered as quickly as we feel they ought to be.
>>Many of us lack patience. Which God understands. As we are children
>>compared to his great knowledge. A lot of help to me regarding this as
>>well is to look at our children for help to pray effectively. Look at how
>>they ask us for things, and what it is they expect from us. We prey in
>>much the same way to God as they ask us for what it is they want. In the
>>same way we never fail our children God never fails us. He has already
>>promised we will have all we need. So what else he gives to us is
>>frosting ion our cake, so to speak. Sort of desert after we have eaten
>>our spinach. Of course, I am different than most, I believe, in that I
>>truly want no more than what I have, or am given. Even when I was a
>>child, I never at all asked for anything my parents didn't give to me. I
>>never even went in to their refrigerator for snacks without their express
>>permission. Of course, there are convenient things I want, such as space
>>to do my laundry with older laundering machines with knobs I might more
>>easily use. As I enjoy independence. When I was faced with the prospect
>>of moving, I told God this was a concern of mine, and was a preference. I
>>was able to afford not to live in those subsidized apartments with the
>>inaccessible laundering machines. So this example is one of how I prey.
>>I tell God of my concerns, and ask him to either give to me what it is I
>>believe to be the most effective thing to promote thriving either
>>physically or mentally. Or to demonstrate to me how to deal with what
>>doesn't seem as convenient for me at a given time. Or to show to me how
>>my thinking is wrong regarding the best way to accomplish things. It has
>>worked for me. My late husband didn't suffer when he was preparing to go
>>to live with God. He left us peacefully. Though he inconvenienced our
>>household when his mind left him, we weren't too terribly disrupted to the
>>point we weren't able to function. I find, if we are faithful to do as
>>best as we can to follow God's prescripts, and understand his promises to
>>us are always kept regarding us, and how especially he wants to give good
>>things to those who please him, as Jesus said. Why should we worry. We
>>shall be satisfied in the end. Because, in the end, we will all be
>>brought to live with him. What else could we even want I ask? I know I
>>want nothing from God except the chance to thank him for all he does for
>>me each day. Which I do constantly. I am among the most fortunate of
>>people to live in this great land of the free, and the home of the brave.
>>Where so many have sacrificed that I might benefit myself of all sorts of
>>technology to make my life easier as a blind person. When I could just as
>>well have not lived at all. If I had been born in a less well developed
>>country. I am healthy, without having to take medication. I have a
>>secure home in which to live. Food to eat for more than one day. When
>>God only promised food for each day as it comes. So having more than a
>>single days worth of food is a plus right there isn't it? I truly would
>>be benefited if I lost a few pounds in any case; and clothes enough to
>>ware that I don't freeze in the winter. Plus, I have a computer to write
>>to all my fine friends as are you. As God knows it would be difficult to
>>get to the library to use the computers there. With good friends who love
>>us, and Gods love to reassure us through his word what else is there for
>>any of us to want. At least there isn't for me. So perhaps I am
>>an exception to the rule. But, that is how I look at things.
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>>From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Bev
>>To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:10 PM
>>Subject: How to pray
>>
>>Hi All!
>>
>>Something I've always struggled with is how to pray. What I mean is I've
>>always struggled with should I keep on praying about something until I get
>>an answer, or should I pray about something and then try and leave it with
>>God? I've been taught both schools of thought, which has confused me over
>>the years.
>>
>>One concept I learned recently that has helped me tremendously is the idea
>>of asking God to show us what He wants for us and then ask Him to help us
>>to want what He wants for us. I had the opportunity to listen to a really
>>neat seminar while at my Mom's house over the holidays that her pastor
>>did. It is called, "Discovering the Real You." It is all about how
>>salvation through what Christ did on the cross isn't just for our eternal
>>well being, but it is for our peace and well being here on earth. One of
>>the main concepts my Mom's pastor taught in this seminar is that the basis
>>of our sin nature is selfishness. we are all selfish to some degree and
>>because of our selfishness this is why we've gotten ourselves into some of
>>the messes we've gotten into. Satan wants us to be selfish, because that's
>>how he gains the upper hand with us. According to Pastor Ron, the key to
>>working through our selfish nature is to ask the Lord to help us not be
>>selfish by showing us what He wants for our lives and then asking Him to
>>cause us to want what He wants for us. If we know there is something God
>>wants us to be doing, but we don't necessarily feel like doing it or want
>>to do it, then the key to joy and well being is to ask God to change our
>>attitude about what it is we know He wants us to be doing. Along with this
>>we should continuously ask the Lord to show us our short comings and when
>>He does show them to us we then ask Him to help us with those issues. I
>>started putting this into practice as soon as I heard the seminar and I
>>can tell you when you let
>>God have that kind of control in your life things do start to happen. God
>>immediately began to show me things about myself that needed changing, and
>>that wasn't easy to take. He also, because of my prayers, began working in
>>the lives of people around me, showing them what they needed to change in
>>their lives. It's difficult for me to explain the gist of the entire
>>seminar, but I hope to eventually hold a phone conference where people can
>>all participate and listen to and do a study on it together as soon as I
>>get the work book scanned. The concepts he shares in that seminar have
>>worked wonders in my life in just a short time.
>>
>>Bev
>>
>>John 5:24 Jesus said, "I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person
>>whose ears are open to My words, who listens to My message and believes on
>>Him Who sent Me has now eternal life." "And he does not come into judgment
>>and will not come under condemnation, but he has already passed over out
>>of death into life." )Amplified Bible)
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