{"id":1924,"date":"2014-10-08T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2020-11-30T19:13:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:13:15","slug":"prayer-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/08\/prayer-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Pray?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prayer makes a difference! Off the cuff, planned out, alone, with a group, in your head or out loud, God IS listening. If you say, it’s totally a faith-thing<\/strong>, <\/em>you’re absolutely right. Prayer is my life-line. It connects me to my Creator. It releases all the nagging worry and frustration into the hands of the only One<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0who can do anything about it. Even more… it’s a tool<\/em> God has given to use for others.<\/p>\n

I used to get so frustrated sitting in a weekly parent support<\/em> meeting listening to people say, “there’s nothing\u00a0any of us can do to help our kids.”<\/em>\u00a0-Hogwash! I understood our kids had to make their own\u00a0choices<\/i>\u00a0about\u00a0sobriety, but I did’t have to sit by helplessly. I had been given an incredible resource…\u00a0prayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m not<\/em> talking about ordering God around (as if I know what’s best), treating Him like some sort of vending machine. I know God sees a bigger picture. I know He has a plan. I know He’s after heart-change. I’m talking about getting in on what He’s wants to do, using His Own Word as promises to stand on, and asking for big character growth!<\/p>\n

This changed the way I prayed- not just for my kids, for other-people too. I sort of,\u00a0\u00a0stand in the gap<\/em>, asking for what they don’t or won’t:<\/p>\n