(Daily prayer follows after this short introduction)

What kind of prayers does God listen to?

Prayers for strength...requests for good health... for healing... for a happy marriage... help for a loved one... help for your finances... for a better life...a stable life...a peaceful life... to save your relationship...find someone special for you...to deal with any personal problem... help you with your fears... your anxieties...your loneliness...help you control your emotions (such as anger, hate, jealousy, envy, apathy, depression...etc.)...your disappointments...addictions (whether it's drugs, alcoholism, obsessive spending...etc.)...??

What if I were to tell you that He listens to none of that, would it shock you or even surprise you?

I hope not.

First, God listens to your heartfelt desire to communicate with Him because you love Him as your Father; words without faithful love for Him mean nothing...so speaking to God because you want something for yourself means nothing...

Secondly, when you love God, you don't "pray" to Him, like some kind of formality...communicate with Him as someone you genuinely love...

This is what Daily Communication Prayer to God is all about; to teach you how to communicate with the Lord the way he wants to hear from you...






Saturday, December 15, 2012

Father God,

I don't want to complain, or express my dissatisfaction...I am already loved by you.

I don't want to tell you about what is missing in my life, the things that I think that I deserve...You are supplying me Lord...

I don't want to talk about my enemies, be they within me or others...you defend me...

I don't even want to tell you about any circumstances that discomfort me...and there are plenty...

You extract me from all discomfort...

No, today's daily communication prayer to you Father is about you...

I tend to forget the great things you have already done...the earth, the sky, the colors, the living things, and all things in this universe...

They express your glory Father, your glorious handywork...

The Evil Satan tries to distract me away from you, cut-off my spiritual signal...

(A further discussion on Satan here...)

But you have me protected, if only I remember to gaze at your miraculous creations that surround me...

If I can only gaze with amazement when we contemplate you...of the things that you have done for me...

If we all would see your marvelous handywork from the smallest of things to the largest...the world would then understand you are already blessing us...

If we only did that, then the world would become a different place...a place of total peace and security...

We try to create religions and rituals and methods to express ourselves to you...we have failed miserably to establish real contact with you Lord.

Religion does not make contact with you...

It may help start me on the right foot...the core basics...

In the end, it is my heart that makes contact with you...I thank Jesus for letting me know this...

I thank my forefathers who kept the way that Jesus taught, and showing me...

I thank you Lord for taking me by the hand and leading me to the answer I desperately needed: getting to be in-touch with you directly with no fanfare and rituals...

I thank you Father for bringing me back when I abandoned you and fell into despair, with no one to help my inner being...

I reach out to you Father with my sincere and honest heart...

I gaze at your work, and I see the glory in each of them...the sky, the stars, the trees, the grass...

Everywhere I look, I see your work, and I am amazed at the beauty and complexity...

There is no human ingenuity that can come close to what you have done...

Everything you have done is in perfect balance...

Yet I am not perfect, I make mistakes...

Forgive me for that Lord, forgive my intentional and unintentional mistakes...

I strive to keep my contact with you Lord...

To remain in your nurturing...

To stay in favor...

In blessing...

In Love...

So you can gaze on me and feel happy with me Lord...

Thank You Father...

(from GM Evagrius)