As We Kneel Before the Throne ...

Jane Coleman

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I remember as a child kneeling bedside with my mommy, saying the same prayer as always, "Now I lay me down to sleep" .... In those days I did not realize that prayer was important or that God was anxiously awaiting to hear from me, and even now He still waits.Throughout these pages I have laid bare my soul when it comes to meeting my Lord, my God, my Savior. In my 65 years I have learned much about prayer and have committed myself to journaling my prayers so that they might in some small way be a help to others.God speaks to us on a spiritual level but also on a need to know basis. He greatly desires for us to share our needs, wants and our love with Him.I pray now that as you experience the heart of God within these pages, as my Lord has reached out to me. May you also feel the great love, mercy and grace He holds out to us all when we kneel before His throne in a journey through prayer.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Prayer in Christianity

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• Publié par: Inspiring Voices
• Date de parution: 08 juillet 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781462413003
• Langue: English

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As We Kneel Before The Throne …
 
A Journey Through Prayer
 
 
 
JANE COLEMAN
 
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2020 Jane Coleman.
 
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Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
 
ISBN: 978-1-4624-1299-0 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-1300-3 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020908443
 
 
Inspiring Voices rev. date: 06/25/2020
Contents
Proverbs 3:1-4
What is prayer?
Power in Prayer
Lover of my soul
Does God see some of our prayers as frivolous?
How do you pray?
Why Do We Need to Pray?
Proverbs 3:5-7
Proverbs 3:11-13
Isaiah 41:10
John 16:33
Isaiah 43:2
John 14:27-29
Mathew 6:6-15
Colossians 1:13-14
1 John 5:10-15
1 Chronicles 16:8-12
 
Some might say the act of prayer is the most intimate act ever to be expierenced on this side of heaven. I would have to agree. Not from the flesh but from the heart. I would always desire for it to be true. However, for myself I often find myself falling short. Does that mean my Father has turned His back on me? No! But the scripture says He is always longing to be with me, leading, loving, caring, and teaching me to approach His throne. That I might learn to be the daughter, the child, which He created me to be. When walking with the Savior there is no failure for me, only gentle instruction and guidance to lift me up before Him. When I get to heaven how will it be then? Will I truly be a new creature, or will I still be lagging? Only time will tell. I must continue in the knowing that my purpose in this world may not be revealed to me. My God, my Creator who has loved me beyond my capacity to return my love to Him, He has to skill to make me whole. My Father I know the war with You is over and I desire to express all my gratitude.
As you read these pages I pray for you, that you may, as I have received all the joy and blessings that my Father and His Son have bestowed on me and aide you in growing in all the ways He desires for your life, teaching and keeping you steady on the path of His throne.
I began this book with the encouragement of Wyatt Folds through an illness in his wife. A stroke struck her down without warning. That was all I knew about her. But from the moment I began to write down my prayers because of her. I had never been introduced to her and yet each day I sent her a prayer card. Months had gone by until she made a miraculous recovery. When we came to know each other, I realized just how much my prayers meant to her. Along with the connection we made I saw the power that my prayers contained. Never again would I question my Father’s way. Little did I know the things that His hand held out to me.
 
Dedica tion
I am so pleased to acknowledge the loving- kindness of Tom Edwards. He has given me great advice on this book which has made it possible. Without his Godly counsel I could not have produced this book.
Acknowledgem ents
My thanks go out to Brittney for all that she has done in the finished product of this book. It was wonderful to see her dedication and love being poured into my work. A greater thing was desired, but she completed her tasks with great love and confidence. No greater task could be recognized as she fulfilled each task before.
Th anks
Wyatt and Jan, Pastor Wes, my husband Charlie, Tom, Brittney and everyone else who has helped encouraged me.
Proverbs 3 :1-4
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
What is pr ayer?
W hat would it take to draw closer to You in our quiet moments? I know our prayers should sometimes be unresearched and flow directly from our hearts. No repetition, no criticism. I know that God does not judge our prayers by length nor smoothness or anything that could lend itself to being spoken perfectly. Speak as you would to a friend or a dear family member. Let your prayers be so plain that even a child could understand. Let you heart be so full of confidence and not fear that He will hear you. After all, He is our loving Father, so relax, turn loose.
Prayer is the most intimate act you can perform with your Father, ever. It is a living, breathing conversation with our Father, the great I am. It is an open door to His being. An opportunity to feel, see and sometimes touch the one person who knows you deeply. The one who made me, who loves me beyond all bounds, and who always keeps me near to Himself. My Lord keeps me safe, while keeping all His promises not just sometimes but always. I believe that sometimes I may have stepped away but, in all times. He knows me, loves me and keeps me together in the plainest fashion. He covets my prayers as I kneel to the ground beside Him rather than below Him, He is there with all my needs being met, as He is the one who gave me those needs. Prayer is also a great leveler in my life as I come toward Him, He reminds me of my place in the line of the saints who desire to come closer to our Christ in worship, scripture, and prayer. So, as we kneel, bow, and attempt to come closer remember who you are, continue to strive as scripture directs us to talk to our Savior about any and all things. His greatest love for us is when we drop all pretenses and fall completely to our faces to say how we adore and worship Him and only Him.
Amen
Power in Pr ayer
S ince I was a little girl my mother taught me how to “say my prayers” so as a matter of habit I would say prayers of repetition. I would copy her words each night before sleep took over me. But I never experienced any power contained within them. Daddy prayed over meals, mommy prayed at bedtime and that was about it. When I grew older mommy let me pray alone. But I still prayed the prayers of childhood. It seemed I experienced little of the power that was promised to come from my prayers. Long before I was a young girl, I began to fall asleep before I could give my prayers voice. I lacked the discipline necessary to reach heaven with my petitions. My prayer life was nonexistent. I now confess that laziness was the reason for my slack prayer life. I had no idea what prayer was about. As an adult though, I have discovered the true importance of prayer.
My friend, my Lord, the lover of my soul, my sweet Redeemer, I come before Your throne with a heavy heart. I realize more and more that I am not a good woman, and it grieves me even more to think that others see it also. My beloved, my husband the one who cares for me tirelessly always thinking of me first cannot see and will not say the words that would crush me both body, soul and spirit. But you know all that is within me and the secrets of my heart. I must put myself last, placing all other thoughts behind me, put you first my Lord above all others. Help me become that good woman my husband believes I am for his sake and mine.
Lover of my soul
M y Father, lover of my soul, creator of my all, watcher of those with the desire to have contact with You. Let me be the one to give up some of my personal times and social events, that I may focus clearly to Your works and ways. Let my tongue be guided to Your will. My wish it to be closer to You. Help me overcome any and all my fleshly desires, so that I may be seen and heard within my Saviors perfect will and ways.
Oh, my sweet precious Redeemer I beg You on a bended knee to allow my voice to teach others all of one of Yours to be a new life.
Those who believe that Jesus reigns above have nothing to fear from below.
Give me the strength to listen and obey.
Let me shine for You from my Heart and mind.
I pray to be more like you Jesus and less of me.
I need to be more committed to Jesus and less to my own desires.
May I learn even through the small things to change my own black heart.
G ood morning my Lord, as You have given me another day to live, I must keep this day special for I can feel Your love coming all around me. It complements the questions that my own heart has. Your answers come forth and You supply in times like this. But what about the times when I feel that You neither heard or cared about me and my petitions? Even now I sense a movement with You, it seems to call me out into a place where I can actually say that even when I am on Your list, I am waiting for a completion of my needs. When Your loves speaks, knowing you are not ignoring me, but bringing me closer to the stark reality that You are dealing with me, I can trust in you fulfilling my needs. I know this is where I should see You in all Your glory a