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Every single minute we spend with our knees bent and our heads bowed in prayer, we literally release ourselves from the bondage and burden of this earthly life. Thanks be to God.
This release is best described as a healing of anything that impedes our ability to love.
Think of what a gift prayer can be for the human soul. Do you want to experience peace in the midst of chaos, joy in the midst of adversity, patience in the midst of trial, and even love in the midst of rejection? Then become a person of deep, consistent prayer.
This does not mean all our earthly challenges go away; life’s challenges may well be part of God’s overall plan for our glorification, they may, in fact, be the very thing that drives us to prayer. Prayer opens us to the possibility of experiencing the larger reality of this life, which is to be freed and healed to love. From an eternal perspective, that is really all that matters.
But this statement might lead to a difficult question. If this is all true, why do we sometimes not feel any better after we’ve spent time in prayer? Why might we still feel the weight of the cares and the worries that often impose themselves on our minds? How is it that we occasionally still suffer some of the old regrets from our past mistakes or the burden of our fears about the future?
Or worse yet, why is it that for some, even after they pray, life’s succession of days, hours and minutes seems to drag on without any sense of enthusiasm, expectancy or purpose. Just what is it that seems to steal some people’s joy, peace, consolation and hope of a fuller life, despite their best efforts at prayer. After all, isn’t a full life exactly what scripture promised all of us?
Continued below.
This release is best described as a healing of anything that impedes our ability to love.
Think of what a gift prayer can be for the human soul. Do you want to experience peace in the midst of chaos, joy in the midst of adversity, patience in the midst of trial, and even love in the midst of rejection? Then become a person of deep, consistent prayer.
This does not mean all our earthly challenges go away; life’s challenges may well be part of God’s overall plan for our glorification, they may, in fact, be the very thing that drives us to prayer. Prayer opens us to the possibility of experiencing the larger reality of this life, which is to be freed and healed to love. From an eternal perspective, that is really all that matters.
But this statement might lead to a difficult question. If this is all true, why do we sometimes not feel any better after we’ve spent time in prayer? Why might we still feel the weight of the cares and the worries that often impose themselves on our minds? How is it that we occasionally still suffer some of the old regrets from our past mistakes or the burden of our fears about the future?
Or worse yet, why is it that for some, even after they pray, life’s succession of days, hours and minutes seems to drag on without any sense of enthusiasm, expectancy or purpose. Just what is it that seems to steal some people’s joy, peace, consolation and hope of a fuller life, despite their best efforts at prayer. After all, isn’t a full life exactly what scripture promised all of us?
Continued below.
Released and Healed Through Prayer
"Every single minute we spend with our knees bent and our heads bowed in prayer, we literally release ourselves from the bondage and burden of this earthly life. Thanks be to God."
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