Day 46: When Prayer Works

Last

semester, many of us students started praying the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles. It was our theme for the semester with our social club, and I really wanted to test this confident and aggressive way to pray to God. God started opening so many doors and giving so many opportunities to grow that I lost my faith in Him! I started controlling things on my own that I would have previously trusted God with because I had more things happening than ever before. My world was bigger than ever before because of God, and I forgot Him in the hugeness.

Prayer of a seasoned Christian is a conscious realization that you can’t live without God. When my prayers mean little to me is the time that I am living life without God. These are the times when I am taking opportunities on my own shoulders and walking through doors in front of Christ, instead of taking His yoke (Matthew 11:29-30) and following his steps (John 21:19).

The thing about prayer is that it works. The hardest thing for me is when it works and I have to grow my world and my outreach from it.

A couple months ago I realized I had lost real faith in God from distrust, and I have been praying and studying ever since to regain our relationship.

Real prayer takes real faith, because real prayer is God in the process of controlling our life.
May God give faith to those that feel hopeless and trust to those in complete control.

Written by Colton Shannon, a college student at Mt. Juliet

# posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Comments:

Awesome post! There have been times when I attempted to control things happening in my life and leaving God out of the picture when all along (as in everything) I needed Him the most.

Your words were well taken and meaningful to me. Thank you.

Nick

# posted by

Anonymous : December 29, 2010 at 9:14 PM

I think back to times when I have constantly prayed this prayer, which were followed by greater opportunities God gave me to serve in the kingdom (just as you mentioned). And yet I know what you mean in your post... these are the times it is so easy to get discouraged, burned out or simply really tired. These are the times when it is easy to see the negative, instead of the gift from God. It is easy to oneself instead of Him. This post helps me see more clearly the fact … My heart, attitude and life has to be humble and focused not only to pray it - but to receive the answer from this prayer! Thanks for the great post.

# posted by

David R. Shannon : January 1, 2011 at 1:12 PM



Day 46: When Prayer Works Last semester, many of us students started praying the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles. It was our theme for the semester with our social club, and I really wanted to test this confident and aggressive way to pray to God. God started opening so many doors and giving so many opportunities to grow that I lost my faith in Him! I started controlling things on my own that I would have previously trusted God with because I had more things happening than ever before. My world was bigger than ever before because of God, and I forgot Him in the hugeness. Prayer of a seasoned Christian is a conscious realization that you can’t live without God. When my prayers mean little to me is the time that I am living life without God. These are the times when I am taking opportunities on my own shoulders and walking through doors in front of Christ, instead of taking His yoke (Matthew 11:29-30) and following his steps (John 21:19). The thing about prayer is that it works. The hardest thing for me is when it works and I have to grow my world and my outreach from it. A couple months ago I realized I had lost real faith in God from distrust, and I have been praying and studying ever since to regain our relationship. Real prayer takes real faith, because real prayer is God in the process of controlling our life. May God give faith to those that feel hopeless and trust to those in complete control. Written by Colton Shannon, a college student at Mt. Juliet # posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Comments: Awesome post! There have been times when I attempted to control things happening in my life and leaving God out of the picture when all along (as in everything) I needed Him the most. Your words were well taken and meaningful to me. Thank you. Nick # posted by Anonymous : December 29, 2010 at 9:14 PM I think back to times when I have constantly prayed this prayer, which were followed by greater opportunities God gave me to serve in the kingdom (just as you mentioned). And yet I know what you mean in your post... these are the times it is so easy to get discouraged, burned out or simply really tired. These are the times when it is easy to see the negative, instead of the gift from God. It is easy to oneself instead of Him. This post helps me see more clearly the fact … My heart, attitude and life has to be humble and focused not only to pray it - but to receive the answer from this prayer! Thanks for the great post. # posted by David R. Shannon : January 1, 2011 at 1:12 PM Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37122-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: November 2010 December 2010

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