37th Post: Insight of the Day from Bob Proctor

"None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of person we are, and we change the kind of world we live in." --- Rabbi Harold Kushner, Author of Living a Life That Matters

36th Post: Excerpts from My Prayer Booklet re: Suffering

O how insupportable sorrow

is when suffered far form the cross. 

But how sweet it becomes 

if one suffers close to the cross of Jesus. 

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Know to value suffering as an instrument

of purification and evangelization

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To accept suffering 

does not mean neither to be sorry, 

neither to love suffering

but rather to accept that it therefore humbles one, 

as the earth accepts rain from the heavens

that penetrates to its depths. 

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Sufferings to become the portal

to a union with Christ. 

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....that God will help us comprehend the efficacious power

of accepting our crosses

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...that we accept unsparingly

the adversities 

that are placed before us

as a test  of our faith

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It was impossible to eliminate suffering

but, may we saw 

that it could bring relief and be felt obligated 

to do something

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35th Post: The Prayer Blueprint: The Lord's Prayer

Using The Prayer Blueprint: To learn about prayer, you must pray. Take it seriously & carve out some time each day to pray. Jesus gave us a blue-print (Luke 11:2-4) use it that way. Begin by praying, "Our Father in heaven. "Let mind focus on what it means to talk to the God of the universe as Father.Then pray about His person,"hallowed be Your name. "About  His program, "Your kingdom come." And about His purpose, "Your will be done on earth as  it is in heaven." Then pray to the Father about the family. Pray for provision, "Give us our daily bread."Pray for pardon,"And forgive us our sins,for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us." And pray for protection, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

If you let this prayer serve as your blueprint, you will discover that its elements have purifying effect on what you pray for. You won't be able to pray for things that would exalt your name, advance your kingdom, or promote your will. To ask for daily bread if you're living in defiance would be like a traitor asking for strength to betray his country. You won't be able to ask God to  forgive you when you are not willing to forgive someone else. And to ask God for His protection from the evil one would be contradictory if you are cultivating temptations.

Though prayer is hard work, our communication with God is essential to our spiritual well-being.

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Source: EMC, CCPian, as shared