The art of Praying

I have been praying since i was a little kid. It used to be the way u do it in your heart, eyes closed, thanking Lord for everything He did for u in your life, praying for others, and praying for the future. Just the plain simple way of doing it.

But soon i realised there is a beautiful way of praying and its not just limited to the pastors or to the elders, the art of praying is a beautiful gift from the Lord too.(i believe so)

Yes, i believe Holy Spirit helps us to pray, pray the way Jesus told us to, pray the way its pleasing to the Father in heaven. There is no set pattern to praying, but there is something different that we christians do, its just heart touching. I feel so blessed around someone who prays so earnestly, so honestly that you could feel the presence of the Lord.

Praying to the Father in His son Jesus's name, giving him glory for all of His work, praying for His protection to stay over His children, asking for guidance in our lives, praying for salvation of ur near and dear ones, worshiping Him, and the list goes on and on. When we pray to Him we should mean everything we say. (sometimes we just mumble away n give thanks to the Lord for the day(um yeaa.. i do too dat somtymz :-| ).

No matter how much you feel happy praying in the church, you always need to have that alone time with the Lord (m nt the best judge at it.. cuz lets say.. i still fall short of many things which i need to improve). The Bible also told us that Jesus liked to have His own time to pray to the Father. His one of the best place to pray was the mount of olives, where he used to go at night or early in the morning to have a time of fellowship with the Lord in prayer. This teaches us something, we arent here to pray to show to the world that "oh look at me.. m praying, m such a saint" , we need not show it to the world.. all we need is to let the Father know that we do want to have a time of fellowship with Him and want our relationship grow with Him.

Prayer always brings peace to one's soul. Yes there are times when situations just make it difficult for us to have faith and pray, but still try to pray even if it takes two minutes but do it, because i feel somehow those two minutes would eventually help you to have an everlasting faith in the future. It is very easy to give into temptation, but to fight against it is difficult, yet it can be made easy if we have faith and continue to pray for His guidance and support.

There is lot to be about the art of praying.. which i feel i havnt touched upon at all, lets just say i would build on that thought a little later. In the mean time, I still am praying to the Lord to help me know "art of praying" perfectly.

I can only imagine

I have often wondered how will it be when i meet Jesus face to face. (cuz accept it.. m gonna meet Him for sure =D ).. so continuing to the same fact, this thought has always been in my head. Some how i know exactly what i would do when i'm with Him.

I'll tell a little later what exactly is the picture in my head, but before that i want to share about this song which i found when i was randomly looking for worship songs. The song is called "I can only imagine" by MercyMe.

Most of the worship songs which i know of, are generally the ones i get from the Church or some believer friend sends it to me, so i never really went out on my own to find them until few months back. This is how i found this song, and the moment i heard this i was like "dude this is what i have been thinking.. this totally describes what i often imagine".

The song tells what it would be like, when I walk beside Jesus, my personal saviour.. will i stand in His presence or will i fall down.. i can only imagine. This song is amazingly beautiful. Try listening to it when you are alone, close your eyes and Imagine the scene.

Now lemme tell what i would do.. cuz i know what i'm gonna do =D

The moment i see Him .. m gonna run towards Him (i myt b floating too cuz i think its the soul who would be meeting Him.. umm waeva it be.. i know i would ruuushhhh towards Him =D ) and then i would just hug Him and i know He would be as glad as i would be.. (i'll b elated.. overwhelmed.. and all other similar adjectives) and then i would start dancing with Him.. yes i would dance with Him!! and while we would be dancing i would talk non stop =D.

I will talk about: how my experience was back on the land, how i felt that moment on earth, and why did You give me that lesson cuz honestly i did not really enjoy it, and i loved it when You answered my that particular prayer, what did you think of that deed of mine?, wasnt that situation hilarious when i did that, why did You not answer that prayer of mine?, do You think i could have done better there?

And the list is endless i still know a lot many questions which i would ask and talk about with Him, but lemme keep it for Him n me to discuss till then :)

The Beginning

So i had it in my heart to write about the Lord for a long time. I thought i would take a long time to be "prepared" to write. Then recently i thought, i dont really need to be prepared to talk about Him. I might fumble here and there when people question me about Him, but that doesnt mean i would stop talking about His glory, His grace, His love in my life.

In this busy life, where i have a family to spend time with, friend circle to hang out with, a job to do justice to, and lastly some free time to me where i wish to learn lot many things including instruments to make music for Him.

You know, how it is with Christian kids to know some instruments, its simply in the genes, we just know we would be good at it because you know.. we are doing it for the Lord mostly. Yea, its not always the case that Christian kids do it just for the Lord, they have their own interest to learn it.. which is cool too.

Well, I dont come from a family where we always had family prayer or worship time, since my Dad is an atheist and my Mom is a Christian. Thou, i always knew about Christ (because of my mom), and i used to pray to Him throughout my life but i never really had the "Christian family" in my home, with just mom being the only source of enlightenment. After spending few months with my Aunt and her family i enjoyed the whole "Christian family" thing.. you know.. how it is.. when the family sits together to worship, pray, give thanks to the Lord.. i mean its such a beautiful time spent together as a family. When i was there i learnt many things.. how to pray.. how to have a relationship with the Lord.. who is Holy Spirit.. yes.. i was unaware of so many aspect of Christianity till then, even though i was Christian per say.

Today, almost 2 years of being Baptized, i can say i know my Lord. Yea, m still learning a lot about Him and i would keep learning about Him throughout my life because there is no end to Him.. i mean the more you seek Him the more you realise how little you knew before. I might be late to know Him but m glad He made a way for me to connect with Him. I'm just overwhelmed for this relationship which i have with my Awesome God. (yea He is aweee... wait for it.. wait for it.. someeeee :D )

He is such an amazing God who keeps on giving His assurance to us through His word and His work in our lives (one of many is mentioned here)

"Never will i leave you,

Never will i forsake you" -Hebrew 13:5

This verse from the Bible talks so much to me.. and gives me an assurance.. that m not late to know Him, because He had his plans set already, He knew when to call me to Him. Not only this issue of my life but so many other situations remind me of this verse and gives me assurance always that I'm in safe hands forever.