Topic for Thursday, June 11 - Prayer

Someone once read a neat saying to me. It said, "when life is too hard to stand....then kneel." How true is that? So many times we try to tackle life's difficulties head on, on our own strength; then we are discouraged when we fail. We have a powerful resource. We have a powerful advocate. We have a powerful aide. We have a powerful friend. We have the almighty God of the universe. The creator and judge over all things seen and unseen. And He created a means for us to commune with Him when He tore the veil in the Temple when Christ died as the sacrifice for our sins. What an honor! What a privilege! What a blessing to be able to have direct communication to the most high God!!! ......but how often do we use this blessing? How often to we view it as a privilege instead of as a right? How often do we think of God as our magic genie who will come at our beckon call and grant us our wishes? How often do we get upset when our prayers aren't answered? Or, perhaps they are....just not the way we wanted them to be so we miss that. How often do we remember to thank and bless God when our prayers are answered?

The Bible has quite a lot to say about prayer, so that is what we are going to take a look at during Thursday's small group. I am in the process of getting the study guide from paper format into electronic - I'll get that sent out this evening.