This week I have been challenged in my spiritual life as far as giving God all the glory. So often we ask God to do something or help us in a certain area, but when he does, who gets the glory? How often do we even recognize that it was Him, and not us, that got that thing accomplished?

   Last Sunday evening, Pastor Scott preached on prayer - particularly, Paul's prayer for the Thessalonians. The first thing he prayed for them about was that they would have credibility, or worthiness.  He said that we often get the mindset that we are doing God a favor by serving him, when, in reality, it's a priviledge for us to serve God! He is so holy, and yet we want to get the honor for things done.

   Here is a portion of Sunday evening's notes summing up several 'famous' prayers in the Bible:

Hight Priestly Prayer of Jesus: John 17
   He prayed for:

• Fellowship
• Joy
• Protection from evil
• Sanctification
• Experience the fullness of salvation

Ephesians 1:15-19

• Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him
• Enlightenment

Ephesians 3:14-19

• Strong inner man
• Conviction from the heart
• Strong roots
• Full comprehension of love's magnitude
• Filled with all the fulness of God

Colossians 1:9-11

• Know God's will
• Walk worthy of the Lord in every aspect of your life
• Grow in the knowledge of God
• Strengthened with all might - Full of God's mighty and glorious strength

Jabez in 1 Choronicles 4:9,10

• Bless me indeed
• Enlarge my coast
• Thine hand might be with me
• Keep me from evil

   Those are some very good guidelines for praying for people, and I thought I would share them with ya'll.

   I'm not sure how much I'll use this site, but I thought it would be a good idea, and I hope that some of you will receive a blessing! God Bless, Erica

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