Pray Like This!

Jesus taught his disciples to start their prayers with the words, "Our Father." The word "our" promotes the idea of community. He could have easily said, "My Father."

Prayer involves our talking with God and letting him talk with us. Let us pray to our Father in heaven and be proactive in honoring his name.

A Prayer begins . . .

Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored in our thoughts, our words and our deeds.

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Don't Be Naive

Bill and Lynne Hybels, Fit To Be Tied, Making Marriage Last A Lifetime, Zondervan Publishing House, 1991, p. 39.
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Category: Christian Living, Marriage
ISBN: 0310533716
Keywords: marriage, happiness, relationships, Zondervan Publishing House, Hybels, Bill Hybels, Lynne Hybels

"Marriage a ticket to happiness? Not on your life. If this book accomplishes nothing else, we hope it dispels the naive and destructive notion that marriage is easy and that it guarantees happiness. Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships. And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, have dealt with their own brokenness, and have reached a place of happiness within the context of their singleness."

SoAmazing Review: Bill and Lynne Hybels take off the gloves. Marriage requires heavy lifting to build a long-term, mutually satisfying relationship. They urge those who are single to get in shape before they begin!

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Secret Prayer

Hank Hanegraaff, The Prayer of Jesus, Secrets To Real Intimacy With God, Word Publishing, 2001, pp. 8, 9.    SoAmazing.com

Category: Christian Living
ISBN: 0849917301
Keywords: secret, prayer, Luke, religious, pray, hypocrites, synagogues, reward, Jesus, God, Word Publishing, Hanegraaff, Hank Hanegraaf

"The secret to prayer is secret prayer. Jesus provided the ultimate example. As Dr. Luke puts it, he 'often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.' (Luke 5:16). Unlike the religious leaders of his day, he did not pray to be seen by men. He prayed because he treasured fellowship with his Father. Hypocrites gain their reward through public prayer. They may be perceived as spiritual giants, but by the time they are finished, they have received everything they will ever get--their prayer's worth and nothing more.

Steeped in religious practices, these hypocrites tithed, fasted, and traveled 'over land and sea' to win converts. They even prayed. And how! They prayed publicly in synagogues, and they prayed publicly on street corners. They even wore boxes on their foreheads containing pet prayers. Yet their motivation was not intimacy with God but to be seen by men. Thus, said Jesus, 'They have received their reward in full.' "

SoAmazing Review: In The Prayer of Jesus, Hank Hanegraaff encourages the "secret" practice of prayer, seeking intimacy with God, not notice from men.

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