My Prayer

It’s already 10:17pm here in Auckland and I still can’t sleep.  After my previous blog, I just feel like writing again.  But what do I write about this time ? 

I almost forgot I didn’t pray today, but I did this morning, wonder if that’s all right?

Someone asked me today if I could hear the voice of God while in prayer.  Quite a few people I know have doubts if their prayers are ever answered. Some are confused if they are praying the right way. Some seldom pray, some never prays at all.. 

My own personal brand of prayer.. I do rosary sometimes, I go to church to pray but prefers if there’s only a few or no one else around.  Most of my routine prayer is at midnight before going to bed (although I tend to sleep while am doing my prayer).

I do say a prayer for other people whenever I’m asked to.

I pray when I’m walking to work, when I’m in a car, bus, taxi, jeep for a safe journey to my destination.

I do relaxed prayer; while sitting on a comfortable chair with your feet up on the table.

Sometimes I find myself singing and praising and realize that I’m doing my prayer already.

Sometimes I pray but no words come out of my mouth… a “silent prayer”.

I pray on bended knees when things just get too hard to bear…

My prayers are small, big, exaggerated, impossible, serious, worrisome, sad, funny, undescribable, and senseless at times… but that’s how my daily prayer goes.

The truth is, the more you pray, the more intimate you become with God.

I remember my brother asking me to pray for him once. “Why don’t you pray for yourself, I know God will listen to you”, I asked. “But you’re much more prayerful than I am so please pray for me”, was his reason.   

But he’s missing an important point.. that the power of a prayer comes from the heart of the one who needs it. Other people can help, but we’ll be just an additional step.  If you want something earnest you have to take the direct leap !

Prayer is an act of humble worship in which we seek God with all our heart. It should start from our heart first.  We should have an intimate relationship with Him, so that you can ask Him freely, and He will guide you and lead you through the right directions.

You will then appreciate the importance of having your own personal prayer with God, you’ll become more sensitive to others, you will pray for them even if they don’t ask you to. You’ll find it in your heart to say a prayer for their safety, more blessings, good health, and a lot more. James  5:16 “ Confess your sin to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful result.”

1 Peter 3:12 “The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are open to their prayers.” So try to be righteous in all ways. Remember that it is through prayers that you become closer to God. The closer you are to Him, the better person you will be. 

In Luke 18: 1, Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate the need for constant prayers and to remind them that they must never give up on prayers, and prayer must be consistent and persistent.  And according to 1 John 5:14, we can be confident of God’s response to our prayer when we first submit to his will. If you feel your prayer is not answered, do not lose hope, because it may be that God has answered your prayers already by giving you not what you asked for but something far better.

7 years ago, our family had the most trying times of our lives. My father had to undergo a bypass operation as soon as possible in order to live longer. But it was only me and my mother who was working during that time, and our money is just not enough.  I felt so helpless.  All I can do was to pray we would overcome this trial. I even lost hope and gone to the point that I already accepted my father’s fate.  But looking at my mother’s face, I knew I had to keep the hope in my heart alive, I just can’t let my father die.  My mother tried to hide her weakness, her struggles, and her pain to us.  Her smile told us not to worry, that everything will be okay.  But when the doctor gave us a week to decide, that’s time when I heard my mother cried alone in her room. She had no idea where to get that big amount of money for the operation. She found herself the next day inside the adoration chapel near the public school were she was working, praying for God to give her guidance, to lead her to where she could find help. After a few minutes, a nun who was then in charge of the chapel approached my mother to ask what was wrong.  My mother, who couldn’t help herself anymore, started to cry and poured out all her sufferings. The nun said they would include my father’s name in their prayer requests, to help our family pray for my father’s successful operation.

After five days, my mother received the money we needed for the heart surgery, and many thanks to the people who helped us, my father surpassed the operation.

When my father learned the story about my mother’s prayer and the nun in the adoration, he volunteered to serve as a member of the lay cooperator of that congregation.  That was the first time I saw my father had the interest to serve in a religious community.  And he’s the one who led me to become part of the group too.

It’s a simple fact of life, that the more our schedule is crammed full of activities, the more problems we have.  The more there is to pray about!

Remember to always turn to God in prayer, especially when you’re feeling down and lonely. He will always be there waiting, to give you the strength, comfort and encouragement you need.

My thoughts and prayer right now is for my parents who I miss so much.  I hope they’re doing alright and always find a way to get rid of sickness. Thank you both for standing by me constantly through all my walks of life.

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PS:

Click on the link below to watch a short video I made for my wonderful parents.  I thank them both for being my parents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHiBv_y5E8

 

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