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ANYWAY! I have another rambling to post, so here we go! This one I entitled "If My People Called By My Name"...so, here we go!!
If My People Called By My Name..
a.k.a, prayer!
I stinkin LOVE Casting Crowns. Love them. We share a lot of soap boxes, only they choose to sing about them rather than just write about them. If I could sing, I would too. Anyway, they sing about some pretty controversial topics, and I like that. It's something fresh. Something other than the stupid "Baby I love you, please don't leave me, I'll die without you" crap that gets produced every day (granted they are a Christian band, but still..you get my point). There's only so many ways to say the same thing over and over and over until you're...well, saying the same thing over and over and over!
Anyway, "What If His People Prayed" is one of my favorite (if you can say that) Casting Crowns songs. Lyrics!
What If His People Prayed - Casting Crowns
"What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords?
Vowed to set the captives free?
And not let Satan have one more?
What if the church for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate?
Took and stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates?!
What if His people prayed?
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face?
And turn from their own way
And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way?
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day
What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth?
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do!
What if His people prayed?
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face?
And turn from their own way
He said that they would hear
His promise has been made
He’s answered loud and clear, Yeah
If only we would pray
If My people called by My name..
If they'll humble themselves and pray..
If My people called by My name..
If they'll humble themselves and pray..
What if His people prayed?
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face, Yeah?
And turn from their own way
He said that they would hear
His promise has been made
He’s answered loud and clear, Yeah
If only we would pray
What if His people prayed??"
SO! This is something I've been recently convicted of myself. What if we (Christians) stopped just acknowledging whats wrong in the world and did something? What if 50 Christians gathered every day..or even every week and prayed for one topic (btw, 50 Christians is roughly the equivalant to both House Party's and D-Group)? Imagine the changes that would happen. In Darfur. In Iraq. In the US. In our elections. In our states. In our towns. In our neighborhoods, in our families. In ourselves. Imagine the crime rates. Imagine the teen pregnancy and suicide rates. All of that can make a complete turnaround by something simple - prayer.
'Cause think about it, prayer shouldn't be that difficult, right? All it really is is talking to God. I mean, come on, my math is harder than that.
But then why is it so hard?
I'm no prayer warrior, trust me. 99% of what I write to you guys is something either I have or am currently struggling with. Prayer is actually where I'm weakest in terms of my faith. Part of it is my pride. Part of it is I'm finally learning how.
Some people hype up prayer to be this big mystical thing and that there's a certain way to pray, and only that way is the right way, otherwise God won't accept your prayer. There must be Thee's and Thou's and Thine's and He must be addressed as "Oh Sovereign Lord", but never anything personal.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that any of that is a bad thing..but prayer is not a set of Do's and Don'ts that you have to follow. It's not this big mystical thing that at any moment could have you doing some outlandish, wild thing. It's a form of communication to our Heavenly Father. I think Nancy actually described it best 3 weeks ago when she was talking to the kids in RealKids about prayer. She illustrated it as talking to her Best Friend. How do you talk to your best friend? I was just like...wow. That's good.
Personally, I've started calling Him "Daddy" and "Elyon" because He is my Daddy and Elyon comes from a Ted Dekker book where Daddy was made very real to me. I guess Daddy kinda does too. And I talk to Daddy just like I would talk to Sam or Carrie or Tami or Kelly..because He is my best friend. And I can be myself around my best friends... or any of my friends for that matter.
So...yes. That's my tirade on prayer..if you have any questions, message me, call me...instant message me...I'm pretty much an open book :)
~Nickie
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