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#346 - 07/15/04 05:54 PM Re: Quiet times with God
DonnaJ Offline
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Registered: 11/01/03
Posts: 1076
Loc: Ohio, USA
Hi, everyone. I have enjoyed reading about how each of you meet God and fellowship with Him. Very encouraging!

My post this week is called "Greedy for God." If you have time, please check it out and leave a comment.

http://devotionalsbydonna.blogspot.com/2004/07/greedy-for-god.html#comments

I sing all the time, too. I've been attending a weekly seminar on finances put out by Crowne Ministries. At the end of every meeting, we all get down on our knees to pray. Well, I haven't done that in a while! And none of us are spring chickens. So we grunted and groaned, but we managed to do it. Wow! What a difference. I'd forgotten how humbling it is to bow before God.

I still haven't adopted that as my daily position, though. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

I don't suppose it matters as long as we pray. Right?

Donna
www.devotionalsbydonna.blogpsot.com

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#347 - 07/15/04 11:35 PM Re: Quiet times with God
Toni Offline
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Registered: 12/11/03
Posts: 504
Loc: Pennsylvania
Donna,

I, too, have not been on my knees in prayer for a long time but I remember the times when I did and I felt a closeness and receiving from God like no other time.

I think the humility of bowing shows honor and praise and perhaps in so doing, we receive more favor and recognition?

I don't know. All I know is when I got on my knees in prayer, something wonderful and peaceful happened...

Good topic and question....

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#348 - 07/16/04 04:02 AM Re: Quiet times with God
Songbird Offline
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Registered: 06/03/04
Posts: 2830
Loc: Massachusetts, USA
When on our knees, I believe, we are showing respect and honor. We humble ourselves before the Lord, unhurried, concentrating in Him, recognizing His authority in our lives, thus, surrendering to His will.

Toni: <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> Remember 2 Chronicles 7:14? "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land". No wonder it is such a wonderful and powerful experience!

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#349 - 07/09/05 07:51 AM Re: Quiet times with God
Songbird Offline
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Registered: 06/03/04
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<img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> This question was posted a little over a year ago. I wonder if any of us has made any changes in the time spent with God.

Are you satisfied with the time you spend with Him? What works for you? Do you yearn for more?

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#350 - 07/10/05 07:40 AM Re: Quiet times with God
chickadee Offline
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Registered: 09/26/04
Posts: 3910
Loc: Alabama
Yes Songbird, I have made changes. I am also working on it daily. I am closer to God now than I have been in my life.

chick

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#351 - 07/10/05 05:17 PM Re: Quiet times with God
Songbird Offline
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Loc: Massachusetts, USA
I'm glad for you, Chick! It helps me to re-evaluate my time with God now and then and make changes accordngly.

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#352 - 07/10/05 05:18 PM Re: Quiet times with God
Songbird Offline
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Actually, I'm working on it daily too!

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#353 - 07/10/05 06:44 PM Re: Quiet times with God
smilinize Offline
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Registered: 11/08/03
Posts: 3512
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I guess "working on it" is the least we can all do.

To another topic, has anyone noticed that not too many people actually sing along with the new contemporary praise songs? The singers on stage really get into the songs, but I have watched the congregation and almost no one actually loses themselves in just singing along.
Once in a while they do an old gospel song and almost everyone, even the young people, just gets lost in the joy of singing. Also, the lyrics of the newer stuff seems shallow in comparison.
Recently I saw a sign on a church that said, "We sing the old hymns." I would love to go there sometime just to sing.
smile

<small>[ July 10, 2005, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: smilinize ]</small>

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#354 - 07/11/05 07:42 AM Re: Quiet times with God
robowidowk Offline
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Registered: 06/10/05
Posts: 21
Loc: Arizona
Smilinize, as part of my church's worship team, I beg to differ. In the past 12 years I have seen many forms of worship. I have found that the congregation who reads the word daily (not just on Sunday), prays and has time with God during the week, are able to worship the Lord with what ever words are there to worship with. Worship is definitely a "heart" issue. My pastor has reminded us of this many times during the years. If you're a Sunday Christian...it shows in your worship. If your a daily Christian, your life is "worship" unto the Lord. There are also reasons why God has set up so many "denominations" for people to go and worship Him. He knows we are all different and need to connect with Him in our own ways. (sorry...didn't mean to be preachy)

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#355 - 07/10/05 08:11 PM Re: Quiet times with God
smilinize Offline
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Registered: 11/08/03
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by robowidowk:
<strong> He knows we are all different and need to connect with Him in our own ways. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I am a Bible reader, but my point was that the worship team seems to worship by performing the contemporary praise songs, but they are unfamiliar to the congregation so we are left out of that very joyous worship experience.

I have heard so many in the congregation say how they miss raising their voice in song. We all try to sing the new things, and the words are projected on a screen, but almost no one except the worship team knows them and if we sing at all, we just stumble through.

I don't sing terribly well, but I miss singing a lot. Once in a while we have a classic gospel song and the church just resounds with praise. Young and old, everyone sings. I just wish we could all experience the joy of singing together more often.
smile

<small>[ July 10, 2005, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: smilinize ]</small>

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