Tag Archives: Prayers

Allow for Differences

Just recently I’ve been struck again by how often Christians compare themselves with other Christians. Sometimes it is to our detriment. We feel we are not as gifted, as spiritual, as friendly, as prayerful or serving as much as they are. We might feel their prayers are being answered, while ours are not. But perhaps the problem could be more than we are not listening to or liking the answer we’re getting. Just because God answered someone else a certain way in a certain situation does not necessarily mean He is obliged to answer us the same way. What is … Continue reading →

Someone Always Knows

There are times when in our own lives we don’t we really know what to pray for. There are times in the lives of others and when we hear about situations and really don’t know how or what to pray. Thankfully, when we don’t know what to pray, there is someone who does. Paul reminds us in reminds us in Romans 8:26 that when we don’t know how or what to pray the Holy Spirit does and ‘He intercedes for the saints.’ The saints are not just a special group of select people but are all of us who are … Continue reading →

Prayers or Not?

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Like many people I have online friends and spend a fair amount of time online. But isn’t it a sad comment on our society to have a site called Dear-God.net, devoted to apparently allowing people to post their prayers on line? I had not heard of it, till last week our local paper ran an article about this online site. The non denominational site is a place where it seems people can post their prayers and an appropriate picture if they like to show how they are feeling. Other people can and do respond to the posts. Other people might … Continue reading →

Your Prayers

Are there times when you feel like your prayers are not being heard? This can happen to the best of us. It is important that the Lord is there. He does listen and answers to our prayers. There may be several reasons that you may feel this way. Here is a list of things to consider. 1) Are you taking the time you need to pray? If you hurriedly rush out a prayer because you are late for work, you may not have time to feel as though you are being heard. You may need to schedule a place that … Continue reading →

Prayers and Thoughts for Our Christian Blogger

A few days ago I received an email from the daughter of our Christian blogger, Dale Harcombe. There was some ups and downs with her move and her new Internet install was delayed. A couple of days after that, I received more bad news: Dale broke her arm and it will be very difficult for her to type. Due to this, I’d like to ask for prayers and good thoughts to be sent Dale’s way. Life is difficult enough without a curve ball or three thrown in our direction. The Christian blog will be taking a bit of a hiatus … Continue reading →

Mealtime Prayer

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When I was younger there were two common mealtime prayers that were said depending on where we were eating: At home: Thank You Jesus for this food. Amen. At Grandma and Grandpa’s: Come Lord Jesus be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blessed. Amen. Regardless how you choose to say grace or ask for blessing over your food, here are some things you might want to think about. Mundane prayers– When using the same prayer every time you sit down to eat, you might start to notice your prayer becomes more lip service rather than a faith-filled … Continue reading →

What is a Siddur?

A Siddur, to simply explain, is a prayer book. During times of prayer, a Siddur is used. Jews do not read through the entire prayer book at every service. Depending on the service, is the part of the Siddur which is used. For example, on Shabbat morning (Saturday), the Shabbat morning service is recited. This includes the Shema, the Amidah, the Torah or opening of the ark (Beit Hamikdash), ceremony, and the conclusion (Alaynu). Many of the services share similar if not the same prayers. The Kaddesh is a prayer repeated throughout a service. It is said for anyone who … Continue reading →