Hello Precious Family, Friends and Life Colleagues,
Yes, another new blog. :0)
This blog is still under construction, however I wanted to bring you to a place where I can teach you how I pray and how important it is to put God's Word and Christ's Teachings to work in a powerfully positive way.
As you have noted from my other blogs my style of prayer and prayer writing is quite unique. It's not something you have found anywhere else, is it? If so, please let me know.
There's so much teaching available concerning the words that we speak. We need to take them to heart and get a firm grasp on this particular teaching because we need to truly understand how powerful our words really are and how to help ourselves so we are better equipped to help make seriously necessary positive changes in our own lives as well as in the lives of all whom are part of our lives in one way or another. That's what this particular blog is about. We will be going through God's written Word of course and learning new things, gaining fresh perspectives and insights that may not be the norm across most pulpits, and most likely will not be standard speech. Such is the case when I formally pray as you have noticed in my other blogs.
No, I am not an authorized, educated pastor, elder or deacon in a church or some such. I am someone open to The Holy Spirit of God's Wisdom, Teaching and Insights, is all. There's so much happening in the world around us as well as within our own lives that we have lost sight of reality and given up on God's Truth. We see more evil around us than good more often than not and even actually participate in perpetuating more evil than good because of our own ignorance. And God does not want for us to be ignorant on any level. We need to be far wiser than our opponents and more cunning in our effectiveness to overcome and conquer and live victoriously productive lives.
Do I got all this down to perfection? Of course not. It takes a great deal of determination and practice to overcome what has been wickedly ingrained in us. However, it is highly possible to overcome, conquer and live victorious lives when we are properly educated in right and holy things. Do I know it all? Of course not. I know what I know and understand what I understand same as you. Besides that, I believe God made it so we have to communicate with one another because it was by His design to give each and every one of us only a portion of Divine giftings of spiritual insights and talents so we could bless, benefit and prosper each the other. It was God's infinite wisdom that made sure not a single one of us knew absolutely everything. He did this so that we would not become so puffed up with arrogance that we could not be effectively wise or lack sincere understanding, putting ourselves up on a pedestal instead of being humble. We each have been given a special sort of Divine grace that no one else has and it's so important that we absolutely need God as well as each other in order to gain full insight concerning our own special gift of grace. For me it's writing prayers. This is my best way of hearing God and gaining special insights. For some it's through singing, for others writing those songs, still for others it's making music or writing novels, and still for others it's speaking, teaching, acting, or being creative is some amazingly beautiful way. Still for others it's helping to protect, correct or cure, or design new and witty inventions to help those in need. We each have our own special something to contribute to the world to help make it a better place as well as to exalt Christ and glorify God at the same time. Everything about us is special in its own dynamic way yet it is not for ourselves alone. Whatever our special gifts or talents may be that we have to give as an offering unto God for the benefit of all concerned, it was never meant to be for the me, myself, alone. It was meant to share with others for the sake of blessing and benefiting us all.
Well, one such precious gift God so freely gave unto us was, is and ever shall be The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will never lead us astray or teach us wrong, and He will never lie to us on any level regarding anything. The Holy Spirit is the absolute very best friend a person could ever hope to have or the pleasure of getting to know in one's life.
I have been a prayer writer for most of my life. I only knew that I wrote prayers and that my communications with God were strongest, clearest and best through my writings. Through my writings I gained insights and wisdom that I had not gained otherwise. As I would read what I had written or paid close attention to what was being translated on the written page, I had come to understand that my writings were actually prayer lessons. And I trust that as you read my postings that you will also learn through them what it is you need to learn so that your life is greatly improved and richly blessed. But not too long ago after I had not written for quite some time I heard God call out to me. He called me Prayer Writer. It just never dawned on me that that's what I really was and that that's what my title was meant to be until God called out to me at that moment. It was a duh moment. Know what I mean? I should have known it all along but never had a clue till that moment. Go figure. But it seems to be that way with most of us regarding one thing or another. Anyhoo, prayer writing is my niche - my most favorite niche, that is. I had wanted to share with the world my heart for many many years and the writings produced through the works of my hands for some 20+ years. I just didn't know how and was not smart enough to figure it out on my own with the computer. It has taken me a very long time to get to this point. However, I am gradually increasing in my field of knowledge and wisdom governing how to put a decent blog together with stunning graphics (of someone else's design). Thank God for copy/paste and edit HTML modes. ;0). The background designs are very important to me and help to set the tone for my writings. I have yet to figure how to work such things regarding Google+ though. I would love to be able to change the plain background into something more lively, colorful, dynamic and worthwhile. Google+ should be able to be edited as easily as the blogger HTML is, though I have yet to discover how to edit Google+'s HTML, if it can be edited.
Anyhoo, continuing on ...
Most recently though, I got the notion to ask The Holy Spirit to teach me how to pray. You know, like the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Only I was in such a quandary that I gave in to simply letting The Holy Spirit pray for me or pray through me because it mattered so much that Jesus Christ be exalted and God be glorified in my life. It was devastating to me to look at my life and see any part of it where Jesus was not being exalted, God was not being glorified, The Holy Spirit was not being honored or The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness was not being promoted, magnified or manifest. It was so hurtful to me that I had to somehow make sure that situation was corrected in the best possible way. So I got Heaven involved and asked The Holy Spirit's help to boot. And it was amazing the radical, immediate change that took place ... within me. I cannot say for sure concerning outward appearances, but I was most certain that at least within the spirit realm things had vastly improved and I praised God for it. I just knew that God was working things out in the best possible way and through everyone involved. And that was something to praise God about.
But there's some things I took notice to that many, if not most, have not. And that regarded how we pray as well as how we relate to each other, even how we think about things. I believe I have been given uncommon insights that are radically different in nature but that are also quite unique, dynamic and amazing in power. Some of the teachings are already out there, but not as I have been given. And if you pay attention to what's really being said, you will also discover that the bulk of what has and is being said over the pulpit is explicitly unique to the individual, like with Dr. Mike Murdock. I refer to him as The Man of Wisdom. Maybe even as wise or wiser than King Solomon. Most certainly the wisest man to ever grace the planet since King Solomon, and well able to communicate Divine Wisdom and Insight in speech and well as in written format. I also believe that the wisdom Dr. Murdock communicates supercedes that of King Solomon's in the Bible because it is so vast and on so many different dynamic levels. And sometimes, though very rarely, an already excellent teaching gets expounded upon through an individual with even greater insight and clearer understanding who can relay it to others in a way that can only be done through them personally. Again, Dr. Murdock's teaching on Wisdom fits this bill. There's also another man who teaches periodically with Kenneth and Gloria Copeland extremely well versed in US history and its founding father's teachings and laws originating from God and His Word. A man I would know by sight though have yet to know his name. Please forgive me for that, otherwise I would have his name posted here.
Anyway...People,
There is not a single one of us who knows absolutely everything except God Himself. But I have come to understand that our every thought is a prayer just as much as our every word. And since we reap what was sow, even in thought as well as in word just as much as in deed, there has to be a way of reconciling it all together in Christ for God's glory for the sake of The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. And God is steadily revealing that to me for all our sakes. It's not that I am any better than anyone else or more above anyone else or whatever. It's just that I asked for it and have gained considerable insights that to most would seem unconventional and maybe even preposterous, however, they are not without merit or virtue.
This particular posting was meant to be the very first posting concerning this particular blog Revamping Prayer. However, it seemed to get away from me for a time though now is being addressed again. I am sure you have noticed the various blogs that I have been working on. As I did not know how to pursue what was happening and what was coming to me, I started a new blog, only to discover after a time that what was actually occurring was new book chapters. The whole of my blogging being the separate parts of a book or novel, or possibly individual books themselves. However, for this particular segment, not necessarily this particular post, both Heaven and The Holy Spirit have taught me some things, and one such thing is how to revamp our prayers so they are more effective, more powerful, and far more productive and life enhancing. Does that mean that my life is a grandiose pie in the sky rainbow of perfection? Certainly not. But my life is being perfected, nonetheless. And as I share with you my insights, understandings and prayers, I give thanks that your life is also being perfected for God's glory, honor and praise. I also give thanks that my family circle is growing by leaps and bounds, that I am steadily acquiring wonderful friends, and getting to know and work with my Life Colleagues all at the same time, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Well, there you have it ... for now ... straight from a humble prayer writer. :0)
Let's communicate and work together to help make life great. After all, we are God's children, and we need to behave like it. It's in our best interest to do God proud. ;0) .
(c) 2014; Terri Spahr, aka : (Prayer Writer Terri) for The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
