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Username: kingnero21 Name: dahdah Location: Manila Country: Philippines Age: 19 Gender: Female Member Since: Saturday, Nov 11 2006 Last Visit: Tuesday, Nov 6 2007 |
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San Fernando City
Philippines
Malolos City
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“If someone approached you and repeated, ‘I praise you!’ 10 times, you would probably think: For what?”
The Psalms are full of praise to God, and almost every time there is a “Praise the Lord …” “Bless the Lord …” or “Give thanks …” there is something specific for which the honor is due. Usually it is something about the character of God – such as his kindness, his mercy, his faithfulness – or what he has done in history for the children of Israel, or what he has done specifically for David, the psalmist, in protecting him, and rescuing him from his enemies. There are always reasons for the praise.
This is important to remember lest we fall into what I call “prayer overdrive,” or praying without our mind being engaged. “Prayer overdrive” is when we rattle a bunch of words off in our minds without really thinking about what we are saying. I can only talk about this because I have caught myself doing it too many times.
Paul wrote, “I will pray in the spirit, and I will pray in words I understand.” (1 Corinthians 14:15 NLT). In other words, prayer and worship aren’t just spiritual things, nor is worship just an emotion; it needs to touch our heads as well as our hearts, our souls, and our bodies. We need to understand the words we are praying and why we are praising God.
Ever notice how much harder it is to pray out loud than to pray quietly in your mind? When I pray out loud, I have to think about my words. I hear myself praying and I am more apt to catch myself being lazy in my thinking. Usually others are listening when I pray out loud, and I am aware of that. Will my prayer make sense to them? I’ve also found it useful to pray out loud even when I’m by myself as a way of staying alert. Thoughts can be sloppy. I can start praying in my mind and then go off somewhere else in my thoughts and forget entirely that I have evoked the presence of the eternal wise God.
If you love someone, you engage that person in conversation. You pay attention to what the person says and what you say back. To be physically present during a conversation and not engage your mind in it is nothing short of rude and arrogant. If we’re not careful, our worship can turn into what Jesus calls, “Babbling on and on …” thinking our prayers will be answered by repeating them over and over again. (Matthew 6:7 NLT) But that’s not a conversation; that’s superstition. Worship is a conversation based on a relationship.
We need to pay attention to our praise.
San Fernando City
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San Fernando City
Philippines
Manila
Philippines
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San Fernando City
Philippines
Manila
Philippines
Angeles City
Philippines
Manila
Philippines
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hihi!! apir!!!