Posted in Cry, Loud, Prayer, tagged Psalm 055 on October 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. – Psalm 55:17
Prayer is not always a quiet contemplation with gentle requests. Sometimes is needs to be a loud expressive cry.
True, God is not hard of hearing, but neither is he nervous about emotions – He has them, himself.
Loud praying is sometimes the best praying.
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: – Psalm 56:9a
– fritz
Posted in Needs, Prayer, tagged Mark 10 on September 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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“[B]lind Bartimaeus … sat by the highway side begging … he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me … And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.” – Mark 10:46b-47,51a
Jesus made no assumption about what blind Bartimaeus wanted.
Why? Maybe Jesus saw other needs just as grievous as his blindness; we can only speculate. Fact is, in spite of his obvious need to us, Jesus waited until he identified what he wanted. Had Bartimaeus not asked he may not have received.
We, too, have what some would consider obvious needs, but like Bartimaeus, we need to ask.
– fritz
Posted in Complaining, Prayer, tagged Psalm 142 on September 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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[W]ith my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.” – Psalm 142:1b-2
An old joke tells of a man asking to immigrate to the United States. His communist country’s official wants to know why. “Is there a problem with the food here?” “I can’t complain about that”, the man replies.
Is something wrong with the work, the housing, the government?” But the man answers, “I can’t complain about that, either!”.
Finally, in frustration, the official asks, “Why, then, do you want go to America?!”
“There, I can complain!”
There is a legitimate place to complain, not to just anyone but to God! He will hear and console1; indeed he is the only one who can really help.
Got a complaint? Take it to the celestial Complaint Department, no appointment necessary.
– fritz
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