HOW OFTEN MUST I PRAY?

HOW OFTEN MUST I PRAY?

WELL ACCORDING TO T.H.S. FOR US CHRISTIANS, AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY.

THE OUR FATHER IS A PRIORITY.

MATTTHEW 6:9-11

OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN.

HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME.

THY WILL BE DONE,

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.

AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS.

AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOREVER.

 AMEN.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD BY T.H.S (CHRIST/CHRISTIANITY) TO PRAY AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY.

WHEN WE AWAKE IN THE MORNING, BEFORE WE SLEEP AT NIGHT AND ONCE DURING THE DAY.

WHY? BECAUSE WE MAY LOOSE SIGHT OF GOD AND LOOSE OUR WAY BACK TO HIM.

BUT SOME MIGHT SAY, NOW THAT HE HAS INFORMED SOME OF US THAT HE LIVES IN US, HOW CAN WE LOOSE SIGHT OF HIM? TRUE.

A QUESTION I PUT THE HOLY SPIRIT DURING MY SCRIPTURAL STUDIES WAS, (PLS FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE) APART FROM THE “OUR FATHER” HOW ELSE SHOULD I PRAY TO EL-SHADDAI?

I KNOW THAT PRAYER IS COMMUNION WITH GOD AND TALKING WITH GOD BUT WHAT IS OFFICIAL; I MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE?

SO HERE WE HAVE IT NOT AS A COMMANDMENT BUT AS A PIECE OF ADVICE FOR THE SCEPTICAL.

TAKE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE:

I AM NOW OPENING THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TO COME TO CORINTHIANS. MY EYES FALL ON,

1 COR. 12; 28-31 (JUST 4 VERSES? YES, IT WILL DO.)

I READ THESE FOUR VERSES STRAIGHT THROUGH. I THEN QUICKLY SCAN IT AGAIN, TO REMEMBER ITS MAIN POINTS. NOW I WILL CLOSE THE BOOK LEAVING A MARKER THEREIN AND TRY TO RECALL TO MIND WHAT I HAVE JUST READ. FOR EXAMPLE I RECOLLECT THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ORDER OF SORTS WITHIN A CHURCH. THAT NOT ALL OF US ARE GIVEN GIFTS. THAT GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO BUILD A SOCIETY AND NOT TO HARM IT? NOW I WILL RE OPEN THE BOOK AT THE MARKER I LEFT WITHIN AND CHECK IF WHAT I RECALLED WAS CORRECT AND IF SO, WELL, THAT’S MY PRAYER TO GOD.

REST ASSURED IT WILL BE ACCEPTED AS SUCH BECAUSE IT IS ON INSTRUCTIONS BY THE GREATEST TEACHER OF ALL, T.H.S. 

NOW LETS CALL THAT YOUR “MORNING PRAYER”. AND LET’S CONTINUE WITH AN “EVENING PRAYER” IN A SIMILAR MANNER.

I OPEN THE BOOK OF 2 COR. 5; 18-21. (A RANDOM SEARCH FOR JUST THREE OR FOUR VERSES THAT’S ALL. REMEMBER THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL BE DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, SO TAKE IT SLOW.)

ONCE AGAIN I READ VERSES 18-21. STRAIGHT THROUGH.  I THEN REVISE IT TO REMEMBER ITS MAIN POINTS. I CLOSE THE BOOK LEAVING IN A MARKER AND TRY TO RECOLLECT WHAT I HAVE JUST READ. AFTER THAT, ONCE MORE I REOPEN THE BOOK AND DOUBLE CHECK TO VERIFY IF I’VE GOT IT RIGHT. I THEN CLOSE THE BOOK AND THAT’S IT. TIME TO RELAX. 

HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE? THE OUR FATHER BY IT SELF TAKES ME JUST 20 SECONDS, AND ALL THE REST OF THIS SCRIPTURE STUDY TOOK ME  LESS THAN 5 MINS., PER SESSION.

FOR YOUR NOON PRAYER, A GRACE BEFORE MEALS SAID UNDER YOUR BREATH WILL DO. OR A QUIET “OUR FATHER” IF TRAVELLING BY A TRAIN OR BUS OR JUST WALKING. REMEMBER THAT TAKES JUST 20 SECS. IF YOU LIKE ME ARE FOND OF MUSIC, HUM A SHORT VERSE OF A HYMN OR SONG YOU LIKE. I SEE TREES OF GREEN, RED ROSES TOO, I SEE THEM BLOOM FOR ME AND YOU AND I THINK TO MY SELF, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. OR IT ONLY TAKES A SPARK, TO GET A FIRE GOING. AND SOON ALL THOSE AROUND, CAN WARM UP IN ITS GLOWING. THAT’S HOW IT IS WITH GODS LOVE, ONCE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT, IT’S FRESH LIKE SPRING, YOU WANT TO SING, YOU WANT TO PASS IT ON.  AND FINALLY PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT RELIGION WAS MADE TO DISCIPLINE YOU AND ME FOR OUR OWN GOOD AND FOR THAT OF SOCIETY, OF COURSE!

VAYA CON DIOS.

S.R.T.

Please do not random search The Old Testament. Its books are irrelevant today.

El-shaddai. 12th October 2015.