The steps to a prayer

I cut and pasted this one, because it is so good. It was a comment left on one of my previous blogs, so this si for those that don't read the comments and only read the blogs.






"This is a long comment but, I have a couple of things to share for the REVOLUTION =)On 7-3-2009 I prayed for enlightenment about prayer and The Lord led me to some interesting scripture. My notebook from that day reads a little like a list of steps:Chronicles 16:16:9 – “Tell of all his wonderful acts”16:12 – “Remember the wonders he has done”16:23 – “Sing to the Lord, all the earth: proclaim his salvation day after day.16:34 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever.16:35 – “Cry out, “save us, O God our savior; gather us & deliver us from the nations”16:36 – “Then all the people said ‘AMEN’ & ‘PRAISE THE LORD’I believe God was outlining for me personally ALL the steps to a prayer. I found that most times I prayed it sounded like Chronicles 16:35. “Oh God please help me with this, Oh Lord please do that, Lord please fix this…” Now I try to run down the whole list ending my prayers with Thank You Jesus AMEN.4 days later 7-7-2009 I was on a Christian retreat where the Lord blessed me by driving his “prayer list” point home. The room was full of people all in the midst of deep prayer. The room was BOOMING with weeping, crying, prayers of O God our savior SAVE US!! It sounded like a loud mess of incoherent voices and I FELT deeply sorrowful. My chest almost caved in from the sounds of so much pain. Then all of a sudden the crying prayers moved with smooth transition into the most powerful chorus of Amazing Grace I’ve ever been witness to. All those voices praying that song in unison… every word heard crystal clear. God said to me in that instant “See Allison? This is why I love to hear prayer in song as well. You can cry out to me but remember I know all of your prayers before you even pray them so won’t I answer them just the same if prayed in tears as I would if prayed in song?” God gave me his ears for a brief moment and I can attest that Singing to the Lord & Telling of His Wonderful Acts is a GLORIOUS prayer to His ears.
August 2, 2009 6:31 PM "