How To Pray Using The Our Father Prayer as Example

February 2nd, 2012

Tula Rainwater

How To Pray For All Good Things

For many years growing up, I thought any prayer we spoke had to be pre-approved by the church. At the dinner table, we always said the “our father” prayer (or the Lord’s prayer). There also seemed to be rules about which prayer you recited in a certain circumstance. I never heard anyone in my family say a prayer that was from the heart and from their own words. There was the problem. I viewed the method of how to pray as a series of rules and motions to please God.

Now that I’m older, I have learned how to pray from my heart and what it really means to pray to God. It was a bit awkward at first. Yet like anything new, the more I have prayed using my own words, the easier and more natural it has become. I specifically learned how to pray this way from a sermon given by Pastor Mark Driscoll out of Seattle.

In this particular sermon, Pastor Mark used the Lord’s prayer as an example of how God wants us to pray to Him. First and foremost, God wants us to view Him and call Him our father. God truly is our Father as He did create us. In knowing this, we learn the method of how to pray to a Father is by talking to Him. This may be difficult for some who have had awful earthly fathers. It’s so important in these cases that people remember humans are faulty but God is perfect. Therefore, God is nothing like earthly fathers. He is the perfect and true Father of all.

Pastor Mark makes another point on how to pray by stating that prayer should not be for show. It should not be a means to show how holy you are. Rather, prayers should be a means of communication to your Father, God. This is a private relationship between you and God. It is meant to be personal and intimate.

For more information or to listen to the full sermon on how to pray to God using the our father prayer (or the Lord’s prayer) as an example, watch Pastor Mark Driscoll’s full sermon by clicking HERE.

Blessings,
Tula

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Why You Shouldn't Join Skinny Body Care Home Business Until You Read This

December 13th, 2011

Tula Rainwater

Skinny Body Care Home Business

I had been out of the home business industry and building my own marketing consulting business for a few years when Skinny Body Care Home Business came across my desk. I initially turned the opportunity down, but a month later when a friend urged me to take a closer look, I made the move on the spot to join Skinny Body Care Home Business. This blog post includes some of the points of Skinny Body Care that made me jump back into the home business arena. So don’t do anything until you read this!

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Finally, as an experiment, I joined Skinny Body Care home business because I have recently learned how to hit the front pages of Google for any keyword I’m optimizing for. As an experiment, I was looking for a home based business with an excellent price point to build via blogging and search engines. Part of the reason you are finding this post is because of what I know how to do as far as marketing on the internet. So far, I have made a total of 19 sales and business signups just by utilizing my blog to generate traffic, leads and sales. It has truly been one of the easiest businesses to build. If you consider that the average person only makes 3 sales/signups EVER, having a total of 19 from doing very little on a blog is quite phenomenal.

If you are interested in learning more about Skinny Body Care home business and how I’m building it exclusively through blogging or you just want to hear more about the product, feel free to contact me at 847-231-2383. OR, you can go directly to my Skinny Body Care site by Clicking Here, then enter your info and take the free tour. Any questions? just pick up the phone and call!

Blessings,
Tula Rainwater