PRAYER CHAIR PROMPTS!

SCRIPTURE PROMPTING PRAISES!

He tends His flock like a Shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. (Isaiah 40:11)

PRAISES for a LORD who keeps us close to His heart!

VALLEY OF VISION!

Puritans strength of character came from their prayers and meditation.

Oh that such words could be used to describe all present day Christians! Recently, during Monday Prayer for Revival mornings, Carolyn Wynn read aloud one of the prayers, "Divine Promises" to us.

"All thy promises in Christ Jesus are yea and amen, and all shall be fulfilled."

Oftentimes, I use their prayers to prompt me into prayers and ensuing meditation of my own. 

A gift from Martha Banks in 2011,continues to be a treasure of an oft-needed vision for me.

SUNRISE TO SUNSET

From sunrise to sunset the earth shows forth the wonder of our creator!

PRAISES! SONGS OF JOY!!

So grateful for a church whose prayer prompt for Sunday is PRAISE!

PRAISES for a Serene Sabbath with a choir loft filled with symphony members and angelic voices joyfully singing to our Lord.

Praises began early this morning and are still lingering as the sun is starting to set on this glorious 3rd Advent Sunday of joy!

PRAYER PROMPTS

P.R.A.Y.

There are many prompts which can help one with the structure of prayer. 

The one I've been most familiar with is.... 

Praise

Repent

Ask

Yield

This morning I found a new P.R.A.Y. on Lectio 365, a devotional my dear Ukrainian friend, Katya shared with me.

Possibly it's because I seem to find it difficult to first be still  and Lectio's P. stands for Pausing---as a gerund, a verb used as as the head of a noun phrase. Pausing is difficult for me.

Pausing to be still......I need to remember. 

Rejoicing....with a Psalm, my go to Scripture and Reflecting on Scripture gets me right into God's Word. Okay so it's 2 r's but it's a GR-R-E A T idea!

Asking God's help not only for self but for others.

Yielding to his will in our lives, come what may.

The prompt one chooses doesn't matter...but prayer does!

Prayer Protocol

Prayer Protocol. There isn't really one! Not a "serves all, every time" method.

Prayer prods. Prayer prompts. Prayer walks. Prayer circles.

Desperate prayers. Fasting prayers. Arrow prayers. Breath prayers. Silent prayers. Loud prayers.

For me prayer can be journaling. Even blogging becomes my praying with a keyboard.

Some THOTS (Trusting Him On This Subject) that "work for me" are:

• SEEK HIM who is the Answer not just an "answer" to a request/petition.
• There is NO one size fits all prayer method---it's not a "magic" approach.
• Revival begins one heart--one prayer at a time. Start with self!
• Sometimes when discouraged just "keep on keeping on" as Kay Arthur says. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
• Prayer is communication with God---anytime, any place..........Though sometimes a designated space can help.
• My visible prayer chair calls to me. 
• Praying friend, Bernie's visual prayer closet calls to her. (Matthew 6:6) 

My favorite prayer story is about DTS. In 1929, Dallas Theological was near closing due to lack of funds. On commencement day the faculty gathered in President Lewis Sperry Chafer's office in a prayer circle. When it was Harry Ironside's turn, he simply prayed from Psalm 50:10---Lord, we know you own the cattle on a thousand hills. Please sell some of them, and send us money." A knock at the door interrupted the prayer meeting and the president's sec'y handed him a $10,000 note. After reading it, he turned to his colleague, Dr. Ironside and said, "Harry, God sold the cattle." 

High school English teachers remind us that commas are for pauses, but in the spiritual realm they are providential. "My" Wednesday Wordsmith's always love a grammarian type quote so here's one for their own unique "prayer protocol."

Never put a comma where God puts a period, and never put a period where God puts a comma. (unknown)

Visual Payer Prompt

9/17/13
"One look is worth a thousand words" (Printer's Ink, 1921)

When I passed this scene today as I was leaving a funeral, it tugged at my heart. I stopped for a look. I felt compelled to snap a picture. 

Maybe the picture will say a thousand words to you or convey a message that prompts prayer.

Speechless, but prayerful. That's what it did for me as I lifted heart felt prayers for mercy and comfort for the victims' families of the Washington Naval Yard.