Laurie had trouble with her password this week and asked me to post the following:
"I like TK's method for having us praying through the Psalms. Psalm 133 reminded me again of our church body and being thankful for each of them and how we work together. And in light of what we have been studying in Romans, to be appreciative of them and to tell them that. Not faint praise, but genuine thankfulness for their gifts, how they serve others and how they have impacted my life. So, let me say that I am thankful for each of you!"
2 comments:
Yes Laurie I agree. In my prayer life I think that I neglect the thankfulness and praise and make my petitions central. I know that the Lord knows that I am thankful to Him, but I need to express it consciously.
I find that both of your comments are very helpful , and possibly cautionary to me as I have been spending a fair bit of time "looking in". One danger of that could be that one
might not "look out" enough . I will try not to cross that line . Once again, balance is the key, and I still believe that out of the looking in (being) will come the fruit (doing however that looks) Recently I have been reading about "prayer of the heart ", a way of keeping oneself in the presence of God and of reality , rooted in one's inner truth, keeping the name of Jesus ever present in the ground of one's being ! In other words , a practicing of the presence of God. It must be a couple of years now that I have been convicted that we do not spend enough time and thought on how blessed we are with the presence and power of the Spirit within us .This is heady stuff and I love it . When I think of Psalm 133 which I believe was the one on untiy, I am reminded that it is what ....or I should say "who" is in our hearts that unites us . Our hearts are "tuned" to sing of the inner presence of Christ , just like that example Beth M. gave in one of our past studies....all the c notes on the piano respond / resonate with the playing of middle c. (I hope I have that one right ,Kathy. Our very lives (and so , our actions)are that song of Christ's presence within!
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