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    Prayer or Communication with God
    Prayer or Communication with God
    Prayer or Communication with God
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    Prayer or Communication with God

    By Veronica O' Connor

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    How often do you engage in quality communication with your Lord God?
    Do you live daily in His presence, seeking His will and direction for your life?
    Is good communication with Him mandatory for you, since He supplies your needs every hour, every minute?
    Take a voyage through this book and see what effect prayer will have on your spiritual life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 4, 2012
    ISBN9781468535792
    Prayer or Communication with God
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    Veronica O' Connor

    Veronica O’Connor was born in Point Hill, Jamaica, on February 2, 1958. She accepted Jesus Christ in her life at the age of twelve. She taught at the Point Hill Basic School for twelve years and then taught for an additional two years at the primary school, after which she immigrated to Toronto, Canada. In Canada she continued to further her education and switched from teaching to enter the health field, where she presently works as a registered practical nurse. Veronica continued to explore her God-given talent, and in 2006 she wrote and published a cookbook, Veronica’s Caribbean Dishes. As her spiritual desire became more intense, she saw the need to write this book, Prayer or Communication with God. Because Veronica has had many positive experiences as a result of prayer and through her strong and continued faith in God, she felt the urge to share some of them with others. She hopes that the daily use of and meditation on the contents of this book will be life-changing for readers.

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      Prayer or Communication with God - Veronica O' Connor

      Contents

      Introduction

      Prayer

      What is prayer?

      Why pray?

      Who executes prayer?

      To whom should we pray?

      When and where should

      we pray?

      How to pray

      What should we pray for?

      The results of prayer

      Channels through which

      God responds

      Individual Prayers

      References

      Author Profile

      Introduction

      I was brought up to understand that if I wanted something, I needed to ask for it. After I asked, sometimes my request was granted, and sometimes it was not. When I was dealing with my parents, there were times when I received an immediate response; when I received no response, that meant I needed to reconsider what I was asking for—or quit asking at all.

      I grew up to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. According to 1 John 3:1, behold what manner of love the father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God. God was my spiritual parent, facilitating my need for communication with Him, which is done through prayer.

      This book covers all aspects of communication with God, from the definition of prayer to how, when, why, and where to pray. It concludes with a discussion of the results of prayer followed by some specific prayers that can be used in difficult situations.

      Prayer

      Prayer: a spoken or unspoken address to God, a deity, or a saint. It may express praise, thanksgiving, or confession, or it may request help for something such as everyday activities or someone’s well-being.

      Communication: the exchange of information between people, e.g. by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior.

      Encarta English Dictionary

      The word prayer is mentioned 114 times in the King James Bible. The Bible places a great focus on prayer because man is connected to God, and there must be a channel through which intimacy, a bond of sweet fellowship, is maintained between them.

      When God created Adam and Eve, the first humans, He placed them in the Garden of Eden. In the cool of the day, God would go down to the garden to communicate and have fellowship with them. Genesis 3:8-10 states that one day when God went down as he usually did, Adam and Eve hid themselves from Him, so God called Adam, asking where he was. Adam realized that he had disobeyed God, so he tried to cast blame on Eve. Since then, it has been man’s obligation to seek God and to reestablish that connection with Him through prayer.

      Prayer is the most powerful channel of communication. People of faith depend immensely on prayer because it’s a vital weapon in the hands of all believers. Through this medium they find many ways to confront their problems. Through prayer they connect with themselves and with the heavenly host. They achieve peace of mind and self-acceptance, becoming physically, spiritually, and emotionally stronger and thereby gaining the courage to continue living another day. It’s no coincidence that when someone is facing a difficult situation, a friend or loved one often will offer some form of consolation and end by saying, I will pray for you, I will remember you in my prayers, or, My prayers are with you.

      The ritual of prayer has been a fixed part of my thought process since my childhood days, when I was as young as four. I still remember that just before my mother tucked my siblings and me into bed, I would hear her voice drift in from the next room:

      Did you read your Bible? Remember to say your prayers before you go to sleep!

      For a child, of course, saying a prayer every night is like reciting a nursery rhyme. But it brings comfort and satisfaction to a young heart.

      As for my siblings and I, our prayer was simple and ritualistic. We knelt with hands clasped and eyes closed and recited the prayer hastily, without a pause. We were not concerned about the meaning of each line of the prayer:

      Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,

      look upon a little child,

      pity my simplicity,

      suffer me to come to thee,

      Amen.

      We would end the prayer by saying, Good night, Jesus. Good night, Mother. Good night, Daddy.

      At five o’clock each morning, in the cool hills of Point Hill, Jamaica, everyone in my family would be awakened by the cock-a-doodle-doo of roosters in the backyard and birds chirping in the giant fig tree by our house. This high-pitched, continuous sound would work its way into our ears even as we snuggled deeper under our covers; the birds’ voices echoed through the air like

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