Sufficient Grace!

i saw this email from one of my sisters...
decided to share it with all you guys!

A Prayer Relationship
Lindsay Roberts
Have you ever felt like you didn't know how to pray? Jesus knew that we might not understand how to pray, therefore He gave us some guidelines for developing a prayer relationship with the heavenly Father so we can get our prayers answered.

Jesus said, When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward (Matthew 6:5).

Maybe you've seen the type of person Jesus was talking about. You know, those who make sure everyone sees them praying in church, but when they go home they live like the devil. It's all a "show." They shouldn't be surprised when their prayers aren't answered.

In the next verse, Jesus tells us to get into an atmosphere of prayer: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly (v. 6).

Now Jesus doesn't mean you actually have to go into your closet, push your shoes and clothes aside, and sit there an d pray. He is saying to get alone with God in some quiet place, if only in your thoughts, and begin to pray in earnest, in sincerity, out of your heart. Being alone with the Father, with no other eyes upon you but His, gives you the freedom to be open and totally honest with Him. It can help you begin to develop an intimate, loving relationship between you and God which opens the door for your prayers to be answered.

My Declaration of Faith after reading:
My quiet time with the Lord deepens my relationship with Him and opens the door for my prayers to be answered.

this week is week 16...
one of the most exciting and tough week for me and the rest of the DMD ppl...
firstly i wanna thank God for a great brother, Rev. Mike Connell. He really moves greatly in delieverance... after the special ministry service, i felt so much cleaner!
yea... when i was talking to Jasmine, we made one of the most duh~est statment in history after the delieverance... 'I felt so... delievered'
haha...
yea... lately had been really nasty and all...
its like i would be really bitter and all..
due to many many things that happened recently...
esp when i was talking to certain ppl...
so i really wanna thank God that He delievered me and now I am more ready to forgive and forget now! =)
felt more joyful and relax at stressful timing...

today and last Sat:
i was rushing my homework like crazy...
i was planning to come home early on Sat after the steamboat...
but sis Ber was like encouraging me to stay on and all...
so i stayed till the end...
got to know some of the new friends...
so when i reached home, i so dead tired... bath, do QT, call up members, den cant make it le...
need rest, cause i was sick...
down with some sore throat, and flu...
[getting better now! sickness, OUT u go!]
due to the heatiness accumilated as sleep was not enough...
so yup... i ended up rushing EVERYTHING today...
i was really scared and all... so i kept on praying in tongues...
the final sketches was done in 4 hours last night...
the rest, file, Prototype and sktches was done in 5 hours this morn...
[see the difference with prayer and without prayer...]
i was rushing like lightning den i ask my bro for help
thank God for a great Bro like Timmy!
Tim was really a great help!!!
putting in the papers and printing the titles for me...
choosing the nice formal fonts and being my 3rd and 4th hands...
hahaz...
glad after being a late octopus this morn...
the teacher liked my presentation, file and prototype...
thank God for giving me kinda like extra time to finish up the assignment...
overall i did well...
but i couldnt help it, but felt bad for Thomous...
after knowing him better...
week 16! i shall face u now!!
come what may! God is on my side!!
[lion face]
=)
-Lioness Trudz