A New Dimension 
Fresh ways to deepen your prayers for your loved ones
I'd be lying if I claimed to be an expert on prayer. While it's natural for me to shoot up prayers for my friends' and family's health or progress in school or work, I know enough about God to realize this isn't all he desires when he invites me to carry my loved ones to him in prayer.
As I've begun connecting the things I readily pray about for the people in my life—their physical health, their ...
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Tracy Pace
I don't feel prayer is a magic trick to ask for specifics, or blessing always looks good. Many blessings come later out of pain and hardship. It's natural for many troublesome things to happen, and something I learned from Buddhists- it's our attachment to the outcome we desire which hurts us, when we choose not to accept things. When I pray 'God give me strength' or study Jesus or other people who have walked close with God I am always uplifted, I strongly believe every time we remember another in thought, deed or prayer we move closer to God. 'Profession of faith' is interesting, we moved away from the Jewish teachings of Jesus to substitute confession/sacrament for personal sacrifice- confession alone isn't enough to be a Jew even today! In the trials of others we are blessed by the opportunity to help/show love. I'll pray for Marita's b-i-l, I don't worship Jesus as God either. We can turn people from God & prayer by imposing our interpretation of things, faith is personal growth.
Carol
I was able to relate to your friend, Nina's, prayer for Carrie. There is a saying that I learned a long time ago which I try to keep in mind when I would like nothing better than to speak to one of my children: "Don't push, don't prod, don't plead, JUST PRAY." The Lord is listening and He will accomplish His will in His way in the lives of my children and loved ones.
Patricia
I don't understand what "profession of faith through baptism" means. My profession of faith was and is through the Grace of Jesus Christ who paid the price for my sins. My baptism came afterward as a symbol and public display of my descision to follow Christ. Baptism cannot save a person. The thief on the cross beside Jesus was never baptised. Many are saved on their deathbed. Others are saved but for medical reasons cannot not be immersed. You will probably say well they could be sprinkled. Jesus wasn't sprinkled. Even if one does go through what they refer as sprinkling as their baptism, it just proves that baptism has nothing to do with whether a person is saved or not. No more than the bread and juice are Christ's body and blood. It's symbolic and a reminder of our promise to follow Christ.
Marita
I fully understand. I've gone through many things where I have asked for my own "agenda", and then asked that His will be done. Right now, my brother is going through a "nervous breakdown", something we watched our mother go through, and I don't want him to go through it one minute longer, but... First of all, he is one who wants to "fix everything by himself", AND he is in a "religion" that claims Jesus was a "great man". So, my prayer is that he will come to know Jesus as God, first and foremost. He says he is praying more now than he ever has, and he is praying that His will be done, that, too, is my prayer.
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