Praying for my Husband

[fallingdeep]

You're still not getting it. I wasn't exactly talking about the Lords Prayer itself but a section where it says Gods will be done. The OP has found something on a blog without ever questioning it against the Word of God. Now what the OP is doing is aligning God to her own will indirectly with an intense focus on this. She may even be visualizing who this man is. After all you have to have something to focus on when you pray don't you? Well as I already said this is a new age technique for praying something into existence and involves repetitive prayer. When you pray you focus on God and all that He does, His love, His compassion, His majesty and not on yourself so much. It's fine to in this case pray for a spouse someday but a continual focus on it puts God in second place and demonstrates a lack of faith. Ask and ye shall receive as somebody pointed out. I was aware of this. How many times do you need to ask? Perhaps God will get weary and cave in anyway. You see, God isn't impressed with repetitive prayer nor can it come from the heart. It just becomes ritualistic and you tell me sincerity counts? Her attitude toward this is rather flippant when prayer is serious business. This isn't about being superior at all. I'm certainly no bible scholar or theologian and have much to learn. You'll notice the OP has not mentioned the bible at all and posting is very emotive. She claims to have been made inferior yet seems to point out her superiority. I'd like to give the examples:

I'm a very good prayer - I've been doing this since I was 5 so I must be good at it and I can get what I want.
I have a very good relationship with God even because He said so - Since when do we determine what God thinks. We're sinners in need of Gods grace.
I hear God speaking to me audibly - really? I don't and I've never known anybody who has. Have you heard God speak in this way?. This is scary. It didn't send shivers through my spine because I've seen it all before.

You need to understand that compassion isn't always a warm fuzzy feeling. You'll need to point where I've been condemning and I'll take that on board. All I did was point towards a verse of scripture and get accused of being condemning and crucifying myself. Surely I don't need forgiveness for being so concerned?

Are you saying it's wrong to impose whatever it is you're talking about in a public place? Was it wrong for Jesus and the disciples to be preaching in a public place? Essentially are you saying it should be restricted within the confines of a church? Well, here's the news and it's not hot off the press - the internet is a public place.

The Bible warns of the day when people will hear only what they want to hear.

FireWire, you've once again misinterpreted me AND taken my words OUT OF CONTEXT. How often do you do this with the bible, fellow sinner?

I shouldn't have to defend myself against another Christian. What happened to building each other up? You're doing nothing but tearing me down. How many people have you turned from God? If the only Christians I associated with were like you, I can tell you one thing, I'd be atheist just to not be like you.

Who are you to judge me for something you do not know, sinner? Who are you to question my relationship with God? Is that your job? Does the bible say that? Is that God's will to turn His children from Him?

From my eyes, you are the worst of the worst. You are the kind of Christian that forces people away from Christianity. You are judgemental, rude, and so short of Christ-like I can't stand it.

No, I did not mention the bible, but that was because I was trying to make you understand me and my perspective to have insight to who I am as a human, not who I am according to a bible verse. If I wanted a theological argument I would have posted such things in a bible study forum.

I was planting a seed for good. An idea to pray for another person in a dedicated manner--this is not a bad thing.

I'm sorry if this was offensive in any way, I just don't understand, nor like you, and have no desire to communicate with you further.

Please refrain from posting on my forum unless you have something positive to say.

Don't plant any more seeds of doubt here, sinner, we don't need any more negativity in this sad world.

 

[FireWire]

When you say people want to hear only what they want,you are also looking and trying to hear only what you want to.
Even if you started Praying from a small age or an experienced Praying man,it doesn't work like 'i can get what i want from God' when i pray.that doesn't work with Jesus.
Even Apostle Paul and Not even Jesus could get it from Heavenly Father.
This is wrong approach brother.This is wrong approach...
i feel the Weight of the Cross everyday(one way or the other)that God gave me when i had the True Salvation experience one day after a Heavenly Vision.No more my desires worked.
Continuous Prayer doesn't make God weary when its His Child that is asking.
Its not about getting a lamborghini that is mentioned by her,but an important part of one's life-a life partner.One has Every right to ask.If God put the Desire,a person will not go weary to ask it again and again for years with Patience.

Here is what i found till now and its all in debt,because God's Faithfulness was always there..even when i was not..
Whenever i went to the point of hopelessness and God realizing am on the edge,always opened ways.And there have been times for years about repeated Prayers when i was pushed to the extreme...
So in total,we cannot pass a comment just like that to recite and repeat without Love a Prayer(Luke Chp.11 KJV) that should be Respected and Meditated upon.
When we do that without knowing more about the life of the person whom we are convicting,we sin!
Apart from that who am i or what's my worth to value your integrity.
am myself a worm whom God found in the pit and Because of His Mercies He Lifted me up from there and is Restoring me back to Him Gradually to Him in course of time..

I see you have omitted what I said that you probably don't want to deal with.

You have felt the weight of our Lords cross on your shoulders? Seriously? Jesus took that weight for us or are you referring to the weight of sin which Jesus dealt with on the cross anyway.

All I did was post a verse on how Jesus taught is to pray and got a violent reaction. Another person agrees with me. Luke 11 is fine from a persistence point of view but as I've already said one has to be careful not to make this a focus which distracts on from God Himself.

 

[FireWire]

You can say what you like fallingdeep. The fact of the matter is that for some reason it seems you don't understand how the Bible fits in to ones Christian walk. The Bible actually does say a lot about who we are whether Christian or not. A lot. All I did was post one verse and hey presto a flame war. I didn't know it was such a hostile action to even post a verse. Just a sign of the times. You could've pointed out where I was wrong from what the bible says and I would've gladly sat corrected and learnt something. Another person has agreed with what I said and done it better than I have - completely ignored. You didn't flame him or her now did you? All I got was very emotional responses and talking yourself up. I hope I'm wrong but this kind of response reeks of Pentecostal or charismatics.

Nobody else has responded to this thread anyway.

The fact that you said you heard from God audibly did it for me. I don't know anybody else who has. No fellow Christians I have ever known at any time have had this. Some people hear voices in their head. Is it God? Unlikely. Moses came to a mountain and God spoke audibly to him through a burning bush yet the bush wasn't consumed. It's in the Bible.

I'm not concerned you don't like me nor in the least bit offended. A lot of people didn't like Jesus either because he cut too close to home for some of them.

I have never said it was wrong to pray for a spouse. Pray as much as you like about this particular issue but Gods will is to be done regardless.

All I did was post a verse and I had hoped it would actually be a point of discussion or perhaps even a debate. There was never any intention to judge, convict or whatever else. It probably came across that way because I'm a bit hardline. I'd blame the Presbyterian background for that.

Negativity - this is just a new age term. What does it mean exactly? The only thing it relates to is science. Oh we can't say anything negative brother/sister because words have so much power. We must positive at all times. Well, Jesus wasn't always a nice guy and some things He said people didn't like.

Anyways I've already decided to exit this thread anyway so you can breathe a sigh of relief.

 

[Nodmyheadlikeyeah]

I was reading a blog the other day where a wife had taken it upon herself to pray deeply and decisively for her husband every day for the month of June.

I'm not married, but I thought this was a FANTASTIC idea even for us unwed people. Why shouldn't we also be praying deeply for our spouses for an entire month? I do a generic prayer daily, but now I'm mixing things up. I'm excited for my husband and want the best for him--even when I'm not yet in his life.

Praying for Husband
1.) His Wife
2.) His work
3.) His finances
4.) His sexuality
5.) His affection
6.) His temptations
7.) His mind
8.) His fears
9.) His purpose
10.) His choices
11.) His health
12.) His protection
13.) His trials
14.) His integrity
15.) His reputation
16.) His fatherhood
17.) His relationships
18.) His priorities
19.) His past
20.) His attitude
21.) His marriage
22.) His emotions
23.) His walk
24.) His talk
25.) His repentance
26.) His obedience
27.) His deliverance
28.) His self-image
29.) His faith
30.) His future

This is the list of "daily prayer" examples that I'm using. I'm hand writing each prayer in a journal (designed specifically for my husband that I can hopefully give him someday). It's a fun idea for those single writers out there!

Dear Jesus,

Ain't nobody got time for all them prayers, just let him be as perfect as i am

Thank you

Amen.

 

[ji]

I see you have omitted what I said that you probably don't want to deal with.

You have felt the weight of our Lords cross on your shoulders? Seriously? Jesus took that weight for us or are you referring to the weight of sin which Jesus dealt with on the cross anyway.

All I did was post a verse on how Jesus taught is to pray and got a violent reaction. Another person agrees with me. Luke 11 is fine from a persistence point of view but as I've already said one has to be careful not to make this a focus which distracts on from God Himself.

there is no point in talking to you...

 

[ji]

I see you have omitted what I said that you probably don't want to deal with.

You have felt the weight of our Lords cross on your shoulders? Seriously? Jesus took that weight for us or are you referring to the weight of sin which Jesus dealt with on the cross anyway.

All I did was post a verse on how Jesus taught is to pray and got a violent reaction. Another person agrees with me. Luke 11 is fine from a persistence point of view but as I've already said one has to be careful not to make this a focus which distracts on from God Himself.

i owe you an apology to the way i replied to you(in post #45) to the remarks you made brother.
There are certain things that are True in what you say,but you don't know how to apply and where to apply.
Yesterday i was led to the thought that i shouldn't make you deviate from Faith in God with my harsh remarks.So if by any means my words hurt you,i apologize...

Praying to God to:-
make you see things clearly,
don't break other's hearts,
give you words of Wisdom straight from God so others don't feel offended and take it in the right manner,...
give you a compassionate Heart like Jesus who Loved His Children...