prayer question

lutherangerman · Mar 25, 2014

Hello,

I wanted to ask, is prayer a gift that not all christians have? I used to have prayer faith some years ago, but since some time I'm not good at praying anymore. I try to remember to make a morning and evening prayer, but I don't easily get into prayer mood anymore and sometimes it feels really hard to pray. For example, there is a thread here about prayer for a child in hospital and I just don't have any faith that God would heal the child. What I still have faith in is that God would comfort us and be with us, such prayers I can do, but I don't have faith in healings anymore. I know that they have happened and that many of us have a strong faith that Jesus can heal, but I don't quite have it. Would that be a failure on my part that has to change or are healing prayers a gift that not all of us have?

Thanks for your answers, God bless you!

Daniel

Christian Soldier 777 · Mar 25, 2014

lutherangerman said:
Hello,

I wanted to ask, is prayer a gift that not all christians have? I used to have prayer faith some years ago, but since some time I'm not good at praying anymore. I try to remember to make a morning and evening prayer, but I don't easily get into prayer mood anymore and sometimes it feels really hard to pray. For example, there is a thread here about prayer for a child in hospital and I just don't have any faith that God would heal the child. What I still have faith in is that God would comfort us and be with us, such prayers I can do, but I don't have faith in healings anymore. I know that they have happened and that many of us have a strong faith that Jesus can heal, but I don't quite have it. Would that be a failure on my part that has to change or are healing prayers a gift that not all of us have?

Thanks for your answers, God bless you!

Daniel

1 Corinthians 12:7-11, " The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all. To some people the Spirit gives the message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives the message of knowledge. To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing. To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages. All of the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives them to each person, just as he decides. These are gifts from the Holy Spirit that edify the body of Christ and like the scripture says, "He gives them to each person, just as he decides," but pray is not a gift of the Holy Spirit. Prayer is simply speaking with God. Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God God challenges us to pray in Jeremiah 33:3, "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Is it possible you are letting the flame of you faith become an ember? Try to go to a worship service or praise service. Maybe get out of your denominations and see how other worship Jesus. This can sometimes spark your faith in Christ, but know that pray is one of the greatest weapons we have against the devil and it is available to all who put their faith in Jesus. God Bless you Daniel!! I'll be praying for ya

Radagast · Mar 25, 2014

lutherangerman said:
I wanted to ask, is prayer a gift that not all christians have? I used to have prayer faith some years ago, but since some time I'm not good at praying anymore. I try to remember to make a morning and evening prayer, but I don't easily get into prayer mood anymore and sometimes it feels really hard to pray. For example, there is a thread here about prayer for a child in hospital and I just don't have any faith that God would heal the child. What I still have faith in is that God would comfort us and be with us, such prayers I can do, but I don't have faith in healings anymore. I know that they have happened and that many of us have a strong faith that Jesus can heal, but I don't quite have it. Would that be a failure on my part that has to change or are healing prayers a gift that not all of us have?

Some of us have a "gift" for praying easily; some us don't. But we are all commanded to pray.

And I don't know that there are "healing prayers." We can pray "Lord, if it is Your will, heal this child." But we can't order God to do it.

Autumnleaf · Mar 25, 2014

Kneel down, bow your head and pray in the morning when you wake up and do so at night. The change happens when we change.

Most people sort of pray when they are in a jam and its more like Santa prayers which tend to work or not based on how things will turn out anyways.

Bjornke · Mar 25, 2014

Radagast said:
Some of us have a "gift" for praying easily; some us don't. But we are all commanded to pray.

And I don't know that there are "healing prayers." We can pray "Lord, if it is Your will, heal this child." But we can't order God to do it.

I agree with this.

This is one of those things that I think has caused many to lose faith in healing. A lot of leaders and pastors pray with authority such as "I just pray father that you heal this child" but in reality, that is an order, and God is the last person to take an order from us.

This is one of those things that I give Muslims credit for: Praying for the will of God. If anyone is familiar with how Muslims pray, they usually always ask for it to be done, if it is the will of allah, and they accept it even if it wasn't allah's will.

I think a lot of us can learn from that. We must stop praying as authoritative figures, but as lowly figures. Sending our requests, not our orders, to the Lord.

GuusVA · Mar 25, 2014

Radagast said:
Some of us have a "gift" for praying easily; some us don't. But we are all commanded to pray.

And I don't know that there are "healing prayers." We can pray "Lord, if it is Your will, heal this child." But we can't order God to do it.

Amen, I have times at which I find it hard to pray but I make myself pray, I pray for me having a hard time praying, for me praying turned into a non obligated conversation with God. In prayer I feel close to God and I know he hears me. Just know that prayers will be answered, Maybe not on the time you want it to or in the way you want it to.

praying for you :prayer:

seeingeyes · Mar 25, 2014

lutherangerman said:
Hello,

I wanted to ask, is prayer a gift that not all christians have? I used to have prayer faith some years ago, but since some time I'm not good at praying anymore. I try to remember to make a morning and evening prayer, but I don't easily get into prayer mood anymore and sometimes it feels really hard to pray. For example, there is a thread here about prayer for a child in hospital and I just don't have any faith that God would heal the child. What I still have faith in is that God would comfort us and be with us, such prayers I can do, but I don't have faith in healings anymore. I know that they have happened and that many of us have a strong faith that Jesus can heal, but I don't quite have it. Would that be a failure on my part that has to change or are healing prayers a gift that not all of us have?

Thanks for your answers, God bless you!

Daniel

Pray the honest prayer of your heart, and give the rest up to your Father.

Albion · Mar 25, 2014

There are formal prayers and there are informal prayers, but we're engaged in prayer every time we turn our thoughts to God and his will for us. IOW, prayer in the humblest and most inglorious way, using whatever language comes to mind, is "good" prayer.

TPeterY · Mar 25, 2014

lutherangerman said:
Hello,

I wanted to ask, is prayer a gift that not all christians have? I used to have prayer faith some years ago, but since some time I'm not good at praying anymore. I try to remember to make a morning and evening prayer, but I don't easily get into prayer mood anymore and sometimes it feels really hard to pray. For example, there is a thread here about prayer for a child in hospital and I just don't have any faith that God would heal the child. What I still have faith in is that God would comfort us and be with us, such prayers I can do, but I don't have faith in healings anymore. I know that they have happened and that many of us have a strong faith that Jesus can heal, but I don't quite have it. Would that be a failure on my part that has to change or are healing prayers a gift that not all of us have?

Thanks for your answers, God bless you!

Daniel

It's all about a personal and intimate relationship with Father God. Being in prayer is the best way to spend quality time with Him. There's many ways to be in prayer.

Source: Power for Living by Jamie Buckingham (page 67-68) Power for Living: Jamie Buckingham: 9780842318167: Amazon.com: Books

"Prayer is nothing more than a child talking to his Daddy. It can be:

1) A cry for help in time of need.
2) A squeal of delight for receiving a gift.
3) A plea in behalf of someone else.
4) A quiet time of adoration.
5) A period of listening as God talks.
6) A gentle time of receiving God's love.

Prayer is basically conversation with our Heavenly Father. For example:

"Forgive me, Father. I really blew it this time. I didn't want to explode at my son, but I did it anyways. Will You now give me strength to ask his forgiveness also?"

Knowing what praying is really all about, you can spend up to 16 hours a day in a relationship with Him just by listening to Him as He educates and give you wisdom while guiding you and lead you to all things that makes your life meaningful and prosperous.

Praying is for everyone that wants a relationship with Father God, but you need Jesus in order to start the relationship. When Jesus said "No one comes to The Father except through me," He was also referring to having Eternal Life here and now, not after you pass away, for that's Everlasting Life.

John 14:6 [NKJV]
Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 3:15-16 [NKJV]
15) that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Eternal Life vs Everlasting Life: Eternal Life - Article - Andrew Wommack Ministries

Only through Jesus can anyone have a real relationship with Father God.

lutherangerman · Mar 26, 2014

I'm not sure you're right. It is not that I am abandoning God, because I am one of those who thinks of God and spiritual things almost all the time. If I were a catholic and didn't like earthly things too, I could easily imagine myself as a monk. So it's not as if I am forgetting God. The thing is that I experience prayer as hard and burdening sometimes. Why making a request, when before making the request I felt tranquil and alright? I have had times of trouble when it didn't seem good for me anymore to make requests to God for fear of what would happen next. I guess I have to explain that a bit, I have schizophrenia which manifests as bad disturbances in my mind sometimes. So mentally, when I pray for God's mercy or for something else for me, this feels like I am wanting to put my hope in God and expect something good to come for me, but the schizophrenia makes it seem as if immediately something bad would happen, an emotional crush, an evil voice, a sudden scare, a depression, an oppression, whatever. That's why prayer feels "risky" for me. In my mind I am always going to God and thinking of Him, but for spoken prayer I feel like I am not always capable of doing this. It's the same with prayers for other people ... I have seen a bit of life and how people suffered no matter if they were prayed for or not. So it's like I am thinking, why should I put my hope in God for the healing of someone, or ask someone else to do the same, when this hope will only be disappointed eventually? Like others here said, some people have great confidence in their prayers and they exude this. I don't have the same confidence because many times I have seen prayers UNANSWERED. At least, I didn't see prayers for Germany's welfare become answered or prayers for someone's betterment be answered. I did have success with more general prayers like God be with me, or God please be gracious to us, or God help my friend, or God bless us, but prayers like God do XYZ for us rarely worked out. And as I said, sometimes it's just hard from the soul to get into prayer. If you have an undisturbed mind you maybe can't fathom this, but as a schizo I have special difficulties. Maybe it might interest you that I sometimes do written prayers. IE, I open wordpad and write down a prayer and then I pray it in spoken words and it's ok. But I can't have a prayer life where I would pray every 10 minutes or so. That does not work for me and that's why I ask if such a prayer life perhaps is only given to some people while other people can be naturally more relaxed about it. I would also still say that healing prayers can be a gift. Apostle James tells us that we need to put faith in receiving what we pray for, so if someone wants to pray for a sick person he needs to have faith that God will do as we ask Him to. Logically this seems problematic because like you said we can't order God to do something and in reality not everyone who gets prayed for does receive the healing we desire from God. But those who have the gift of healing (and that gift is described in the bible, the gift of miracle working too), probably have the faith that God will heal someone supernaturally. But I don't (always) have this faith and that's why sometimes when I read prayer requests for healing I only pray for God to be with us and that His will be done, and that's it. May other people pray healing prayers, I am not having this gift although I consider it a blessing for us that some people have that gift, and if I were seriously sick I'd ask such a person to pray for me too.

parsley · Mar 26, 2014

I find it helpful to read scriptures aloud, for spoken prayer. Also you might get a hymnal that has prayers in the back, and go through some of these out loud. Hymns have such a great way of expressing what we feel in our hearts.

In my mind I am always going to God and thinking of Him, but for spoken prayer I feel like I am not always capable of doing this.

You did what was asked of you. Faith doesn't come automatically -- faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of God... that implies time and practice and reading.
This morning I saw an inspirational that brought up how many scriptures showed people preparing for three days -- before trips, battles, etc... that they allowed time, and planned thoroughly.

I didn't see prayers for Germany's welfare become answered or prayers for someone's betterment be answered.

I try to look at it as activation. If I don't pray, God has no reason to respond to my ideals -- I need to communicate my wishes with Him, so He can respond.

It's like wanting to be promoted but watching a coworker get promoted because they asked to be put on an assignment-- it doesn't pay to be coy, or to say, "They'll never promote me, so I'll just work and hope they eventually notice."

With massive prayers like government and world, there are so many intricacies in what goes on, that things probably were set in motion, and decision-makers could have been given insight and wisdom.

It is God's decision, and God who acts on things. But oh, so important to connect with Him!

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