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Upper Room #XXXVI
15 years ago
General
I messed up a bit on the sermon....it was 
Busterdrag who asked about death....not 
granddragoon...sorry....^^`
~Rev. Wally Bear
No Request Too Small
Read Psalm 34:1-10
Pray without ceasing.
-1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NRSV)
"YOU prayed about a lost pen?" my friend exclaimed. I assured her that we did and that we found Bill's treasured pen inside his suit pocket the next day. My friend felt that to pray for something as insignificant as a pen was exploiting God's goodness and mercy. I disagreed with her and explained that we pray about things like lost pens, unexpected dinner guests, rude remarks, and all things that are a part of our everyday lives. When our prayers are answered, we celebrate with thanksgiving for God's graciousness. We see God as a member of our family, and God celebrates with us too. When we include God in every aspect of our lives, we feel closeness and intimacy with our Creator.
Jesus told his disciples, "Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive" (Matt. 21:22). I well remember whispering my favorite plea on the evenings when unexpected dinner guests would show up for dinner and I'd prepared food only for the seven in our family. "Please, Lord, loaves and fishes." (See Mark 6:34-44.) God knows what I mean by that prayer, and we have never had guests leave the table hungry.
Whether our prayer requests are large or small, God responds with joy to our trust.
Mary E. Dess (California, USA)
Prayer
Dear Father, help us understand that you want to be involved in every detail of our lives, no matter how insignificant it may seem. Amen.
Thought for the Day
To learn about centering prayer, go to https://www.upperroom.org.
Prayer Focus
Those seeking deeper fellowship with God
Busterdrag who asked about death....not 
granddragoon...sorry....^^`~Rev. Wally Bear
No Request Too Small
Read Psalm 34:1-10
Pray without ceasing.
-1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NRSV)
"YOU prayed about a lost pen?" my friend exclaimed. I assured her that we did and that we found Bill's treasured pen inside his suit pocket the next day. My friend felt that to pray for something as insignificant as a pen was exploiting God's goodness and mercy. I disagreed with her and explained that we pray about things like lost pens, unexpected dinner guests, rude remarks, and all things that are a part of our everyday lives. When our prayers are answered, we celebrate with thanksgiving for God's graciousness. We see God as a member of our family, and God celebrates with us too. When we include God in every aspect of our lives, we feel closeness and intimacy with our Creator.
Jesus told his disciples, "Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive" (Matt. 21:22). I well remember whispering my favorite plea on the evenings when unexpected dinner guests would show up for dinner and I'd prepared food only for the seven in our family. "Please, Lord, loaves and fishes." (See Mark 6:34-44.) God knows what I mean by that prayer, and we have never had guests leave the table hungry.
Whether our prayer requests are large or small, God responds with joy to our trust.
Mary E. Dess (California, USA)
Prayer
Dear Father, help us understand that you want to be involved in every detail of our lives, no matter how insignificant it may seem. Amen.
Thought for the Day
To learn about centering prayer, go to https://www.upperroom.org.
Prayer Focus
Those seeking deeper fellowship with God
Romans 12:12- Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Praying for things, even if they are simple, shows that you need God. He has the final say in everything.
1 Peter 3:12
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. ”
Though there has been this odd trend that i will want something and after a while ( sometimes years ) it will fall into my lap as good deal ( an old game for 5$ ) a gift ( one time i was at the customer service counter and a woman was treying to return a game because she noticed it was rated M after buying it and tried to return it but the tore only accepted unopened or damaged returns so when they said no she turned around and handed it to me with a "happy birthday stranger" and left the line) , or something similar.
~Rev. Wally Bear
~Rev. Wally Bear