LOVING=THROUGH OUR PRAYERS
PRAYER is composed
Of many elements=
But we must always=
KEEPT the BENEFIT
Of others
ALIVE=through our prayers
“Send forth your light
And your fidelity=
They shall LEAD ME ON
And bring me=
To your holy mountain-
To your dwelling place”
Psalm 43:3
PRAYER LIFE=is composed
Of many elements
First=we must become AWARE
Of who and what
NEEDS our attention
We must become aware
Of what others
TRULY NEED
We must take into account
THEIRS and our
Desires=feelings=HOPES=
Bodies and minds
We must LOOK at their longings
For peace=healing=and transformation
IN PRAYER=we offer up
Our desires=and the desires
OF OTHERS=to God
LOVING OTHER=
THROUGH OUR PRAYERS
Becoming AWARE=of their needs
“And when you STAND PRAYING=
If you hold=anything against anyone
Forgive them==so that your Father
In heaven=may forgive you
Your sins”
Mark
11:25
“And PRAY=in the Spirit
On all occasions
With all kinds of PRAYERS
And requests
With this in mind=be alert
And always KEEP ON PRAYING
For the Lord’s people” Ephesians
6:18
ALWAYS keep others=in mind
LOVING OTHERS=THROUGH OUR PRAYERS
Another element of prayer
Is OPENNESS
BEING OPEN to God
With our wants and needs
And listening to him
For his directions=for others too
We have to LISTEN for them
And listen to what they say
With an OPEN HEART
And ACT FOR THEM
“In the same way-
Faith by itself-
If it is not accompanied
BY ACTION=is dead” James
2:17
We ALWAYS
Want to RESPOND
To God==in Mercy
And goodness=for others
THROUGH OUR PRAYERS
Through all OF OUR PRAYERS
We love others
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER living-loving
God
Who HEARS=all of our prayers!
Robert P. Wallman
3-20-2022
Ps INSPIRED by
an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A,
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