Posted by Mister Metal on October 20, 2003 at 15:25:07:
In Reply to: My Prayer posted by j on October 20, 2003 at 13:36:39:
: : i have prayed lately this prayer..that god use me to bring about change..
: : to help others be brave enough to get their breakthrough..to help them recieve love and
: : to assist them in finding the beauty that lies theirein themselves.
: : its what is needed today. too many christians cannot see past themselves and won't even brave
: : it by loving others without reserve..yet its what god has called us to do.
: : 1 peter 1:22 states "since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit
: : in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart."
: : thats what christians are called to do.
: I wanted to reply to this message with something current in my prayer life...
: Many times I pray for others, but realize my own shortcomings. Thank God He is merciful! I was really touched this past week by two things:
: ...Libby offering to pray Saturday night. Her prayer was completely unexpected. The reason she took that moment to pray was, in her own words, "It hurts me to see other people hurting."
: ...praise and worship on Sunday, during "Take from me my Life." The chorus asks, "Take from me my life, when I don't have the strength to give it away to you, Jesus." This is
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: Also, I don't normally reply to prayer requests on the board, but I am definitely praying for them...
: j
thats really neat. libby is a neat girl. i see her smiling face at borders every now and then.
this whole loving others thing is rather hard, it takes a total act of giving oneself over to god
in order to love others and kill one's alterior motives/intentions and love out of a pure heart..yet that is the very thing that the lord wants us to do.