http://www.blakeyblog.com/2006/04/20/talking-to-the-creator/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.blakeyblog.com/2006/04/20/talking-to-the-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Kathie Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:53:00 +0000 http://www.blakeyblog.com/?p=189#comment-508 Christa, Thank you for sharing your heart about prayer. I too struggle with prayer...the how, the why, the when. Your post is very encouraging 1)because I know a fellow believer is right there with me and 2)because you give good thoughts on prayer and especially the why. I appreciate your posts :) Kathie (dawn's mom) Christa,
Thank you for sharing your heart about prayer. I too struggle with prayer…the how, the why, the when. Your post is very encouraging 1)because I know a fellow believer is right there with me and 2)because you give good thoughts on prayer and especially the why. I appreciate your posts
Kathie (dawn’s mom)

]]> http://www.blakeyblog.com/2006/04/20/talking-to-the-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-507 D. Johnson Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.blakeyblog.com/?p=189#comment-507 The truth is, if we talk to God all of the time, we are praying without ceasing. When we are having a lovely spring day, what better way than to talk to Him and thank Him and Praise Him for the beautiful day He created? Now that creates a bond. That's friendship. I want to be a FRIEND of God, too. And we may as well just tell Him the truth about what we are going through (our sins), because He knows anyway. Admitting it and talking to Him about it relieves our guilt. We lay our heavy burdens on Him that way. I had to admit that I LIKED smoking cigarettes to Him. Not just that I want to quit smoking. I had to ask myself (do you really want to quit?). I had to get all the way down to the truth of the matter. Admitting it. Just laying all the mess out for Him to clean up. And then I really had to ask Him to help. He'll have to take the desire away, but at the same time, I have to be willing to give it up. And so, the lesson I'm entrenched in at the moment. I know what I'm SUPPOSED to do. It's doing it that is the problem. Please keep me in prayer. Thanks. D. Johnson. The truth is, if we talk to God all of the time, we are praying without ceasing. When we are having a lovely spring day, what better way than to talk to Him and thank Him and Praise Him for the beautiful day He created? Now that creates a bond. That’s friendship. I want to be a FRIEND of God, too. And we may as well just tell Him the truth about what we are going through (our sins), because He knows anyway. Admitting it and talking to Him about it relieves our guilt. We lay our heavy burdens on Him that way. I had to admit that I LIKED smoking cigarettes to Him. Not just that I want to quit smoking. I had to ask myself (do you really want to quit?). I had to get all the way down to the truth of the matter. Admitting it. Just laying all the mess out for Him to clean up. And then I really had to ask Him to help. He’ll have to take the desire away, but at the same time, I have to be willing to give it up. And so, the lesson I’m entrenched in at the moment. I know what I’m SUPPOSED to do. It’s doing it that is the problem. Please keep me in prayer.
Thanks. D. Johnson.

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