"1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him"; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me." Psalms 13
I read in my November issue of Signs of the Times magazine a wonderful article about "Healing Prayer."
"A study of these psalms(speaking of many different psalms) shows us that we can actually talk to God when we feel that He's not keeping His promises. And there are three ways to pray that will bring healing to a broken and troubled heart."
"A study of these psalms(speaking of many different psalms) shows us that we can actually talk to God when we feel that He's not keeping His promises. And there are three ways to pray that will bring healing to a broken and troubled heart."
"While several psalms use these three ways, Psalm 13 contains them in a succinct and orderly structure and shows us how to pray in times of distress."
"1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?" Psalms 13:1,2
The first two verses of Psalms 13 shows us David "pouring" out his heart to God. Pouring out our hearts to God - especially when we are disappointed or saddened by the way life is going - is an important part of prayer. God knows how we feel - we will not surprise Him at all by pouring out our hearts to Him with our feelings.
"3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him"; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved." Psalms 13:3,4
These next two verses shows us David "petitioning" God.
"David asked God for help by requesting what he most needed. So be real and open about what you want. There is no hiding when it comes to God. He's big enough to look past your words to see the deeper need behind them."
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me." Psalms 13
"Finally, imitate David by "praising" God in spite of your pain. "
"If you are too weak to bring yourself to speak spontaneous words of praise, read a psalm of praise to God. Psalms 113-118 and 145-150 are excellent passages to use for this purpose."
"Even if you have been challenging God's character, the moments of praise will reaffirm your loyalty to Him. You will be saying, "God, I know I challenged You, but You do know what's best, and You always do good for me."
"Being angry at God doesn't mean you have severed all ties with Him. You can still retain your relationship with Him. All you're doing is pleading for Him to remember you, to fulfill His promises."
These are just a little bit of the highlighting of this article. So review - the 3 steps are:
1. Pouring our hearts out to God
2. Petitioning God for what we need
3. Praising God -for all He has done and all He will do
These are the 3 P's of Prayer!
I had really hoped that I could link up to the article but it is not one of the articles that you can read online. But I am going to give you a link to the website for "Signs of the Times" magazine. There are a lot of other articles available to be read. I hope you enjoy! :O) The first two verses of Psalms 13 shows us David "pouring" out his heart to God. Pouring out our hearts to God - especially when we are disappointed or saddened by the way life is going - is an important part of prayer. God knows how we feel - we will not surprise Him at all by pouring out our hearts to Him with our feelings.
"3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him"; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved." Psalms 13:3,4
These next two verses shows us David "petitioning" God.
"David asked God for help by requesting what he most needed. So be real and open about what you want. There is no hiding when it comes to God. He's big enough to look past your words to see the deeper need behind them."
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me." Psalms 13
"If you are too weak to bring yourself to speak spontaneous words of praise, read a psalm of praise to God. Psalms 113-118 and 145-150 are excellent passages to use for this purpose."
"Even if you have been challenging God's character, the moments of praise will reaffirm your loyalty to Him. You will be saying, "God, I know I challenged You, but You do know what's best, and You always do good for me."
"Being angry at God doesn't mean you have severed all ties with Him. You can still retain your relationship with Him. All you're doing is pleading for Him to remember you, to fulfill His promises."
These are just a little bit of the highlighting of this article. So review - the 3 steps are:
1. Pouring our hearts out to God
2. Petitioning God for what we need
3. Praising God -for all He has done and all He will do
These are the 3 P's of Prayer!
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