Abi Akka

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Pour out your concern

Some good questions to consider:
1. How much time have I spent in this past week seeking God in every aspect of my life?
2. How much of my prayer has been outwardly focussed?

Praying for other people is a very important part in praryer.

Look at Job for a good example. Job's entire prayer hinges on the forgiveness of his friends. God only restored Job's losses AFTER he had prayed for his friends. If there was no prayer, there would have been no restoration.
Prayer is the only way to restore our relationships. Don't let grudges remain.
Job had to be set right with God & his friends, it also required humility on the part of his friends as well.

Setting our problems right through prayers heals grudges - when we pray for others we seem human ourselves. Pour out your heart for others, pray for the people that frustrate you. Pray for the things that affect your relationship with others.

Don't talk about other people's problems, pray about them and you're find that you're wanting to see the situation from a completely different perspective and try to help them.

John 17 - in the middle of Christ's hugest trial he focussed on the issues of those around him. He prayed not only for those present then, but also for those who were going to come to him in the future. We out to pray for each other as Christ prayed for us.

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