I was asked to write a little something for our church newsletter about our prayer ministry. As I was searching thru some greeting cards to pick out just the right card for a special person (it takes me FOREVER to pick out a card 'cause the words have to be from my heart and fit the person!!!)....I came across one that had these words about prayer....so I included in my article.
No ocean can hold it back.
No river can overtake it.
No whirlwind can go faster.
No army can defeat it.
No law can stop it.
No distance can slow it.
No disease can cripple it.
No force on earth is more powerful, or effective,
Than the power of PRAYER!!!
This was the verse of scripture that I thought went right along with these words....
James 5:16b (NLT)
The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!
How Lovely♥ That is a beautiful description for what prayer can do. And it does match James 5:16
ReplyDeleteI too have to have an exact match when searching for a card. That's why I try to buy them up when I find good ones.
Thank you for checking into my Blog & for the comments. I will look into prayermarket.com.
Most of what I write is just theraputic writing for me. I dabble in stuff I feel & think. It helps me cope with some of what life has thrown at me.
I look forward to reading more of your blog~
Have a Merry Christmas!
Love In Christ♥
Hi Sandra, this is Danya from He Adopted Me First! Thanks for stopping in to read my blog! You wanted my opinion on the on-line Christian prayer network and so here are some of my thoughts... I'm initially struck that this service lacks some intimacy between the persons praying for one another. Although I don't think that's a bad thing, I believe that some level of "knowing" makes the prayer more heartfelt and sincere. That being said, I have no problem praying for example - orphans around the world or unborn children at risk of being aborted, even though I have no personal knowledge of who they are. I guess when it comes down to it, I try as best I can to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit when I pray for someone. This site doesn't feel inspired to me - but it may to others. I don't think a prayer is ever wasted - truly. BUT...I'm not going to pray for sports teams or silly whims or consequences of bad decisions to go away, so I DO have my "prayer standards" - so to speak. I think in the end I'd rather pray in quality over quantity. For example I'll offer up ONLY my aunt with cancer during mass, or one of my children at adoration, or my deceased grandfather for a few minutes during the day. One at a time...perhaps it's a simple strategy, but it's one that I love!
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Chris and I write @ fishformen. Recently you sent me a comment with a request. I do not intend to write about that subject, but would gladly email you my thoughts and allow for some dialog as time permits. My email is Chris@fishformen.net
Hi Sandra!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my blog! Recently you posted a question about the prayer exchange website. I agree with you that some Christians might find it questionable. When I saw praying being promoted as a source of income, I couldn't help but think of Jesus' words to the moneychangers in the Jerusalem Temple: "My house will be a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers" (Luke 19:46 NIV). I pray for others as a ministry to them, not for personal gain.
I certainly believe in the power of prayer. Prayer is powerful because we have a prayer answering God, not because we have come up with a technique to get his attention.
When I have a prayer need, I believe that with my church, email and Facebook, I can let the people know who would be concerned to pray for me. And, as James said, "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective" (James 5:16).
I see you are also involved in ministry and I am praying that God will increase your effectiveness and joy in serving our Lord Jesus!
Sandra,
ReplyDeleteI replied to your comment on my blog with some thoughts on that site you mentioned. Check out that blog post for the comment. And, although I didn't mention this in my comment, I agree with Christian Becker above: Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the Temple; I think if he were on earth today he'd be tempted to drive that site off the internet.
Rory
Hi Sandara I am the owner of Goodnewsmessenger.blogspot.com; i just happened to see your comment cheezzz 7 months later sorry for not responding.. but on the site about the site being something about prayer and when you click on it it was Louis Vuitton site; don't like what they have done there using that in there website and then pertains nothing to do with Prayer..
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