Linda Stanley

ONLY IN GOD IS THERE HOPE FOR ORPHANS,WIDOWS,PRISONERS,AND ALL OTHER LONELY PEOPLE. GOD, WORKING THROUGH US,MAKES US HELPERS.IF IT BE MILITARY,OR IN OUR OWN HOME TOWN AND COMMUNITIES,WE CAN OFFER OUR HELP.WE MUST CONTINUE TO TRUST GOD IN ACTIONS WE MUST TAKE.IN TIME GOD WILL FULFILL ALL HIS PROMISES,BUT WE SHOULD CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES,AND MAKE A DIFFRENCE FOR THE BETTER OF ALL MAN KIND.ALWAYS REMEMBER ,WE DO IT GOD'S WAY,NOT MAN'S WAY.ALL THAT WE DO IS OUT OF LOVE.EVEN THOUGH WE HATE AND DESPISE,WAR,SEEING CHILDREN DIE OF HUNGER,NATURAL DISASTER,WHICH CAUSES RUINS AND THE LOSE OF LIFE,WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST TO "HELP"WE MUST PRAISE GOD FOR HIS PROTECTION AND PROVISIONS.TRUST GOD WITH ALL WE ASK AND DO IN JESUS NAME.

I BELIEVE THAT TRUTH AND MORALITY IS TO RECONIZE TEMPTATION(SIN) IN ANY CULTURE.ONES CULTURE,IS NOT LIVING A RIGHTEOUS,AND HOLY LIFE.CULTURE IS JUST BEING EDUCATED ,WHICH ENABLES A PERSON TO LIVE UNDER A COUNTRY,OR NATIONS AGREEMENTS. TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTEOUS AND UPRIGHT GOD IN OUR DAY AND TIME,IS TO READ GOD'S WORD(BIBLE),TEACHINGS WHICH WE ARE DOING NOW(STUDY).AS WE LEARN GOD'S TRUTH,WE LEARN TO LIVE A LIFE THAT PLEASES GOD.WE GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND TEACH OTHERS(WITNESS TO GOD'S WORD).WE ALSO LEARN GOD'S WAYS NOT MAN'S WAY'S. TO DECLARE GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST IN A RELATIVISTIC WORLD,WE HAVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON,JESUS CHRIST,WHICH ENABLES US TO GO OUT AND REPRESENT WHO WE ARE IN JESUS,NOT TO CONDEME THE WORLD,BUT TO SAVE THE WORLD,BRINGING PEOPLE TO KNOW JESUS. A QUOTE FROM A FRIEND OF MINE WHO SENDS ME MEDITATIONS EVERYDAY~ ~~THE WORK IS GOD'S;I AM HIS WORKER;GOD BEGAN IT.FOR GOD I SHALL CONTINUE IT.GOD WANTED THIS WORK DONE.HE OBLIGED ME TO DO IT.GOD WILL PROVIDE~BY ALFONSO MARIA FUSCO.

REALIZATION OF GOD'S HOLINESS,WHEN ISAIAH SAW THE ANGELS AND HOW THEY WERE COVERING THEMSELVES,FROM GOD'S GLORY,AND HOW THE TEMPLE SHOOK,AS THEY PRAISED GOD AND WORSHIPED HIM,IM SURE HE WAS AFRAID OF ALL THAT WAS GOING ON,THAT HE HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.GOD IS SO HOLY THAT HE RADIATES,GLEAM OF LIGHT,RAYS OF HOLINESS,ISAIAH COULDN'T EVEN STAND IN IT,WITHOUT RECONIZING HOW UNCLEAN ISAIAH WAS.ISAIAH WAS AFRAID BECAUSE HE NEW HE WAS UNCLEAN,AND FULL OF GUILT.HE COULD NOT MEASURE UP TO GOD'S STANDARD OF HOLINESS. WHEN ISAIAH'S LIPS WERE TOUCHED BY THE LIVE BURNING COAL HE WAS TOLD THAT HIS SINS WERE FORGIVEN.IT WASEN'T THE COAL THAT CLEANSED ISAIAH,IT WAS ISAIAH REALIZING HOW UNCLEAN HE WAS,AND WAS WILLING AND WANTED TO SERVE GOD.ISAIAH SURRENDERED TO GOD,AND RESPONDED,(ISAIAH 6:8)" HERE I AM ,"SEND ME! ISAIAH RESPONDS WITH HIS HEART TO GOD'S CALL.

THE CHURCH PRAISES GOD.TO HIM BE ALL THE GLORY,FOREVER AND EVER AMEN.I PRAISE HIM WITH EVERTHING I HAVE WITHIN ME AND BEYOND THAT.PRAISE HIM IN THE MORNING ,PRAISE HIM AT NIGHT,PRAISE HIM ALL DAY LONG.PRAISE THE LORD FOREVER AND EVER .

WE PRAISE GOD WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE WITHIN US.THE CHURCH IN UNITY PRAISES GOD .I HAVE HEARD A PRAISE IN UNISOME,PEOPLE'S VOICES ALL TOGETHER.THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SOUND TO GOD'S EARS,AND WE ARE SENDING THAT PRAISE UP TO GOD.WHEN THIS HAPPEN I COULD SMELL A SWEET ,SWEET SMELL.WHEN WE LIMIT GOD ,WE ARE NOT BELIEVING WHAT HE CAN DO,WE ARE NOT COMPLETLY TRUSTING HIM.GOD IS ABLE TO DO MORE FOR US THAN OUR MIND CAN COMPREHEND.WE JUST HAVE TO GRASP HOW WIDE AND LONG AND HIGH AND DEEP THE LOVE OF CHRIST ,AND TO KNOW THIS LOVE THAT SURPASSES,KNOWLEDGE-THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED TO THE MEASURE OF ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.AMEN.

I HAVE PRAYED FOR A FELLOW BELIEVER TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.I BELIEVE WE SHOULD PRAY ALL BELIEVERS BE MADE ALIVE WITH CHRIST,FOR GODS MERCY AND GIVEN SALVATION TO WHERE THEY STAND FOR CHRIST AND TRUTH,BECOMING GODS CHILDREN,TO BE FREE IN CHRIST JESUS,TO LOVE ,SERVE AND SIT WITH HIM,TO BE RAISED UP WITH CHRIST JESUS TO HIS GLORY.(niv) AMEN.

PAUL PRAYS THAT THE BELIEVERS GRASP THE FULLEST EXTENT OF CHRIST JESUS LOVE SO THEY WILL BE COMPLETE.THIS CHANGES OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES BECAUSE WE HAVE "all" THE FULLNESS OF WHAT GOD HAS AVAILABLE FOR US. WE MUST TAKE TO ONESELF THE FULLNESS THROUGH FAITH AND THROUGH PRAYER AS WE LIVE DAILY FOR HIM(COMPREHEND ALL GODS FULLNESS) KNOW THERE IS NOT ANY END TO CHRIST JESUS LOVE FOR A PERSON.CHRIST JESUS SHOWED US HE NEVER ENDING LOVE WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS AND TOOK OUR SINS.HE GAVE HIS LIFE.JOHN 3:16.

PAUL PRAYED FOR STRENGTHENING OF THE INNER MAN BECAUSE HE KNEW SOME BELIEVERS WOULD HAVE TO ENDURE THE PAIN OF PERSECUTION AS THEY WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD TO SPRESD GODS WORD(SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST).THERE IS KNOW DIFFRENCE IN TODAY AS WE PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.PAUL PRAYS THAT CHRIST DWELL IN THE BELIEVERS HEARTS,MEANING FOREVER,NOT JUST ONCE IN AWHILE.ITS FOREVER HE PRAYS.IT IS AN ESTABLISHED FACT,TO THE FULLNESS OF GODS GLORY THROUGH HIS EMPOWERING SPIRIT(AWAKENING)

A REVELATION OF HIS INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US IS THAT THIS GREAT POWER IS AVAILABLE FOR US.THERE IS NOTHING TO DIFFICULT FOR GOD.KNOWING GOD IS ALL POWERFUL IS VITAL TO OUR FAITH.FOR ME I HAVE FELT AND EXPERIENCED GODS HEALING POWER,LIKE A WHIRL-WIND IN MY CHEST AND BODY.I KNOW WHAT GOD CAN DO.THERE IS POWERE IN OUR PRAYERS WHEN WE PRAY FOR OTHERS.THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A "ONE ON ONE"GODS POWER,AND THE NEED IS FOR THEM TO TELL IT.WE PRAY FOR OTHERS TO RECEIVE AND EXPERIENCE THE MAGNITUDE OF POWER THAT GOD EXERICESED IN THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST FROM THE DEAD,WHICH IS LIFE FOR GODS PEOPLE,OUR ONLY HOPE IS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

If believers believe God is poverty stricken, there prayers are far and few in between,not having much of a prayer life or even faith in what God can do..But I tell you "God Is Not Poverty Stricken"."Jehovah Jireh",~God will provide~.God has so many blessings stored up in heaven,and when we open the door,it all comes tumbling down..God pours out His gloriuous inheritance,freely given to us as believers."The move of God".We are motivated as God gives each and everyone of us our gift,and by the Holy Spirit ,invested in us, we in turn go out into the world and use what has been given us(anointed gifts).How do we pray for them,we just pray for the Holy Spirit to work in their lives' and open their eyes to their glorious inheritance.Its all there for them to reach out and grab.Amen

On answering question one I touched on our hearts to be opened,in realizing the hope in which God has called us to in praying for our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.Jesus Christ return is our hope,also Gods "promise)! I would pray for others and ask God to help them receive the hope that I have in me.For God to help me encourage others,to see all that God has to offer.For God to work in their lives by the Holy Spirit,and make their life complete. For me,I believe "Hope"is deep inside of me,I can feel it.Hope is my spirit soul and mind,all that God has poured in me.Amen

What do I learn from Pauls manner of prayer for the Ephesians,~Paul prayed a very strong prayer for the people.He wants them to know God better.He wants them to know as much about our lovng Father',as he knows the love of our Father himself.As he prays for them he knows the Holy Spirit will move in and and help them.I don't think people would know God on their own,its the move of the Holy Spirit,our prayers,being a witness,showing the love of God that we have.People know their is a God,but they really don't "Know Him", in their hearts.I believe God works in all believers,but we have to pay attention.For others,everyone has a choice,to know God and salvations,and all Gods goodness,or they choose to live as they will,rejecting God and all He has to offer them. Paul's kind of prayer is wery important.It could mean life or death for some people.Our prayers are for the people to choose life.even as believers God wants us to know Him better.Just to know God is to love God,and God will complete our life in everything we do in Christ Jesus.To know God is to open our hearts and God will keep pouring in all His goodness.Like the song"Rain Down"Holy Spirit "Rain Down,on me.My Pastor prays that on his congregation.Knowing God,is everyday,everyday,of our life,and my prayer for you today is to know God better,everyday of your life.Amen

I would say,yes Jesus got special treatment,~BUT~we all get that same special treatment.When Jesus prayed to his Father,God knew Jesus needed a strength that was strong enough to get him through the horrible death he was to face.Yes,I know for a fact we get the same help.Last year when I had to have surgery,like normal people I was not to pleased at having to have surgery.I prayed the biggest part of the night.The fear and uncertainty left me.Believe me or not God put an angel with me,"A Mighty Angel",who guarded me in the hiding place of God while I was having surgery.I saw the angel sitting by me,guarding me.I also heard the iron gates of heaven,open and shut .He was know little frilly thing like you see in department stores that you buy.That is not what angels look like.He was big and strong,and mighty,of shining bronze color.I can still see him now in my mind.I will remember him forever.I have never seen an angel until then.I believe God showed him to me to asure me I was safe.I also believe this angel is with me all the time,right now. Wonder what Jesus "Angels" looked like.more powerful than we could ever imagine.Jesus knew the angels were there,but Jesus prayed to God"not my will,but yours be done". ~Amen~

I am sure the Father was pleased with Jesus in how he prayed to his Father.Jesus was one on one with his Father and very much up front on how He felt.I believe that is ok to be up front with God and just tell Him how you feel inside.Yes,we want Gods will to be done, because God is the one who knows what is best when we pray.We do not know the outcome and God does.Sometimes I feel like when I pray,you know what I mean,you pray oh God,da,da,da,and then you just move on with out a thought.Thats not good. I know I spent a lot of prayer for a situation I thought would be a bad ending.God took me and put me through some things that showed me this thing that happened,happens to a lot of people.So,I started praying for them to,I joined them in there meetings.God opened up my eyes to their struggle also.Then I turned it all over to God.I myself could not make a diffrence.It tore me down so to see how bad things could be for others also.God taught me to pray in submission.I only cared about myself and how bad I felt for a family member.When I started careing for others,which brought me to tears from my heart, and praying for them,God moved in and changed things.Pray from your heart,that is Submission with authenticity.

I believe Jesus prayed to the Father in that way because he didn't know the unknown,but yet that did not mean he had fear.I believe he trusted his Father.I believe it is not wrong to go to God and express how you feel.Jesus new he would be seperated from his Father in order to die for the worlds sins I am also sure Jesus felt alone after he found his disiples a- sleep after he asked them to watch and pray.Jesus new then he would be on his own.Jesus was not resisting his Fathers will when he prayed this prayer.Jesus went on with what he new he had to do.His Father gave him the strength he needed.There is know man in this world that could have went through what Jesus went through.Most men would be dead after a beating like Jesus took.How Jesus body survived the horror of the crucifixion,"He new he had to,so he could save the people of the world he so loved.

JESUS ASKED THE DISCIPLES TO PRAY SO THEY WOULD NOT FALL INTO TEMPTATION,BECAUSE HE WOULD BE LEAVING THEM SOON.THEY WERE ABOUT TO SEE JESUS DIE,SO I WOULD SAY THEIR CONTENT OF THEIR PRAYER WOULD BE TO STRENGTHEN THEM TO WHAT THEY WILL FACE.IM SURE THEY PRAYED DILIGENTLY,BUT WE ALL ARE WEAK IN MANY TRIALS OF OUR LIFE,AND SO WERE THEY.IN THE LORDS PRAYER WE PRAY FOR GOD TO LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATIONS AND KEEP US FROM EVIL.IM SURE THEY HAD TO PRAY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PRAYER.I BELIEVE JESUS WANTED TO BE ALONE DURING HIS OWN PRAYER SO HE COULD BE WITH HIS FATHER AND GAIN STRENGTH KNOWING HE WOULD BE SEPERATED FROM HIS FATHER INORDER TO DIE FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.

The danger Nehemiah is in would be a result in the King to dismiss him from service and banish him forever from his presence..Im sure Nehemiah prayed very quick and slient for Gods help.Nehemiah had to answere boldly and to the point..His prayers are all the same,other than standing in front of the king as he gives his answer in openness to the king.He needed that strength right then(quick) strength from God. Im sure it is the same for a christian who is in the military,and has to defend his country.God give me the strength at what I have to do (right now).If he hesitates it could mean sure casualty or injury for others,caused by enemy action.God will give that person what they need at that moment.Amen. ~Nehemiah was humble but straight forward to the king.God has indeed given Nehemiah favor~.

Nehemiah and Esther boith found themself in the same position.(If I perish I perish),but they both spoke out in boldness,knowing God was with tghem know matter what the outcome was to be.They new it was Gods plan to bring them through.They had to do their part as well.Bring it to the head as some people would say. A lot of people are put in strategic positions today,but they have to do what they believe as a godly person.I would not want to be in some of their shoes,but I can pray for them if I believe what they are doing is right.I have never been in a life threatning position like some,missionairies,or military.There has been times I have had to stand up for what I thought was right.Maybe I didn't do as good of job as I should have but I did try.Some of us fail and some succeed,but as long as we do our best,someone is bound to prosper,favor with God.Amen

Nehemiah's apeal was reciting God's promise to Moses.(Scatter",and I will "gather".Nehemiah argues his case before God by how he quotes back to God his own words and promises.Nehemiah ends his prayer by appealing to God for his servants.What I learn about this in intercession is that it is ok to remind God of his promises as we pray to Him.We must learn to know God just as God knows us.To know God is to love God,just as God loves us.

Nehemiah prayed and fasted,expressing his sorrow for Israel's sin. Nehemiah broke down and wept when he heard that Jersalem's walls still had not been rebuilt.He was upset because these walls meant safety from raids and symbolize strength and peace.He mourned for the Jews because they wouldn't rebuild the walls.I believe it depends on how grieved you are on a situation and how grieved your heart is for how long you feel you need to pray.It takes time for some people to be delievered,from a addiction or bondage,or for God to turn that circumstances around in a person.Some things just don't happen in a day and there are some that do.I have been desperate,for a child to be delievered from a very bad problem.Yes,it took time,but God moved in.I still pray even though my child is delivered.I pray for God to keep her from the evil,and keep her from temptation.God heard a mothers cry.Did I fast?No,but God new my heart,and the love I have for my loved ones.

Daniel's essential prayer was for mercy and forgiveness.The various grounds of Daniel's appeal was what Daniel knew,God is a merciful God and a loving God.Daniel knew that the people deserved God's wrath and punishment,but Daniel cried out for mercy. God honors Daniel's intercession for his people.----both by the personal messenger of the Angel Gabriel,and future events that came to pass.God is a merciful and loving God.Amen

Yes ,Daniel was a righteous man,but in Daniel's prayer for the nation he confessed his own sins.Daniel said"WE".Daniel did not look at the nation and blame them for the sins commited,he confessed his sinfulness,and the need for Gods forgiveness for all."We" need your forgiveness "Oh God",have mercy on us.Daniel humbled himself.Daniel put himself in the same place the people were in,pleading to God for them and himself,for forgiveness..Jesus,took on all the sins of the world.Jesus put his self in our place.He suffered for us.It seems Daniel was willing to suffer with the people of the nation if God did not deliever them even though he was a rightous man.

Daniels demeanor was how he should prepare himself for this prayer to God.Daniel knew how to pray.He fasted,confessed his sins,and pleaded that God would reveal his will.Daniel prayed with complete surrender to God.Daniel examined his attitude and talked to God,with openness. As we prepare for intercession,we must examine ourself,fast if you feel you should.Confess your sins.Humble myself.Maybe I am saying this in a diffrent way,but I want to get rid of the brick wall.I want to feel my prayers are going somewhere.I want to hear God speak back to me and be ready for what God tells me to do.When you pray and ask God for His help and mercy I fell I have to be ready and do my part also.I have to be prepared also.

What encouraged Daniel was that he knew the the prophet Jerrmiah had written,Daniel knew of this prophecy and realized that the 70-year period was coming to an end.Daniel pleaded with God to bring about the promised return of his people to their land.

When we pray a prayer like this,we are asking God to search us,and point out our sins and help cleanse our mind, heart and soul.You never know what might surface out of a prayer like this.I believe you find out things you dont even know is you.God has shown me some things about myself I did not like,and I did not realize I was doing these things.Don't you have thoughts you dont even know where they came from?I do.I believe I must pray this kind of prayer.How else would I really know who I am.How else would I get rid of the stuff in my life that is just know good to anybody.I dont know how genuine you can be,with stuff you need to get rid of before you could help someone else.I am speaking for myself.Yes,I feel God has to look me over at times,and show me the right way..I know God loves me,and God will show me who I am.When I pray for God to lead ,guide and direct me,that is what He is going to do.I surender myself. Amen