Music: You Alone Are God – Hillsong
Mood: Serene
From Question About Prayer on About.com:
It shows humility and trust in God to admit we don’t understand his perfect will. So, I often pray, “Lord, this is what my heart desires, but what I truly want is your will in this situation.” Other times I pray, “Lord, I am not certain of your will, but I trust you will do what is best.”
This just heightens my love for prayer, because He listens. And He grants when my prayer is according to His will. Also it does say according to Matthew 21:21-22, that:
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
If you find yourself not knowing how to start a prayer, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. He’s the one who guides our steps when we’re clueless. It’s true! Yesterday I was told to print out an A2-size event poster in colour and have it mounted on a foam board. On my own! I haven’t mounted anything on any board since my MMU days! It’s been like, what, 2 years? I was so terrified of screwing it up, I ended praying to the Holy Spirit to guide me how to do it. Outside I was keeping my cool, inside I was crying of fear. Then I suddenly remembered seeing my colleagues did it a long while ago. While God had my patient colleague answering whatever questions I kept throwing at her from where I was standing, I followed the same steps. Knowing how clumsy I am with my hands and betting on my life I’d screw up, I didn’t.
I actually did a perfect job and got a thanks for it. OH THANK GOD!!!
The feeling when the Holy Spirit is guiding you is a feeling of calmness and subconsciousness. When you’re set to do something, you pray for guidance while keeping a calm heart and clear head; the first thing that comes to mind, that’s the Holy Spirit. The Father and Jesus speak through the Holy Spirit. The Spirit speaks all the time, in a variety of ways. That’s how it works for me. And I can’t stop praising and thanking Him afterward, because things turn out better than I expected. And because He is really an amazing God. In many conversations with my youngest sister, I came to believe that our Heavenly Father doesn’t rush us into something. He takes His time because He knows our strength and capabilities. A perfect example is: God knocks on our hearts to invite Him in, He doesn’t bang on them for entrance. He waits. Our God waits. We should too when it comes to praying. Because prayers do get answered.
As Jesus said in Revelations 3:20, and in the words of our dear Pope John Paul II:
… It is stated: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock”. God himself takes the initiative, he comes and is already at the door. He knocks. He wants to be in communion with the master of the house, shut up in his home. “If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me”.
If you have difficult people that you have to put up with everyday, turn to the Holy Trinity, rely on the Holy Trinity. People change, even the ones you thought impossible to crack. And with the help of Mother Mary’s intercession, it is absolutely a divine joy to walk with God in our daily lives.
And a dear friend once said:
Our faith is a matter of going on our way, getting on with our lives and remembering that God is our salvation.
Worshipping our dear God is a lifestyle, it’s not only restricted to going to church on Sundays. God knows our hearts, whether we go to church or not.
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And you might want to read this – Why do the Catholic Church have so many rules? I believe I achieved the same level of self-awareness as the dude who asked this question. Yep, that was the Holy Spirit indirectly answering my questions whilst revealing how I’m like. Praise you, God :D
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