As someone who is never organized this gives small amounts of overwhelm but that is ok. Are people using the notes app on their phone to keep track of people?
Also. What is prayer? Do people who get a lot (pope) have an easier time than those who don’t (lone christian in an atheistic family)? Obvi I get that it’s good, brings us closer to God etc but like...what is it? What happens if we don’t pray for the struggling priest in the middle of New York? Does God not grant things because they weren’t prayed for? I have ideas of the answers but definitely want to hear what other people think!
Yeah, I was afraid it might do that, but think of all that as a “way to think about praying for others” rather than a “method for praying for others”. Definitely take to heart the fact that God hears our un-uttered prayers too.
There are some really big questions here, which is wonderful! I’m not sure if you saw my last post, it didn’t answer these specifically but it talked a little about praying when we don’t feel like we have the words, but otherwise I’ll think on your questions and maybe others will comment too!
To answer in part though, I do think prayer gets easier and flows more naturally with practice, so in that sense maybe it’s “easier” for people who have had a prayer habit for a long time, but God does not have a preference for a well-worded prayer. The Bible is super clear about that, if that is any help.
As someone who is never organized this gives small amounts of overwhelm but that is ok. Are people using the notes app on their phone to keep track of people?
Also. What is prayer? Do people who get a lot (pope) have an easier time than those who don’t (lone christian in an atheistic family)? Obvi I get that it’s good, brings us closer to God etc but like...what is it? What happens if we don’t pray for the struggling priest in the middle of New York? Does God not grant things because they weren’t prayed for? I have ideas of the answers but definitely want to hear what other people think!
Yeah, I was afraid it might do that, but think of all that as a “way to think about praying for others” rather than a “method for praying for others”. Definitely take to heart the fact that God hears our un-uttered prayers too.
There are some really big questions here, which is wonderful! I’m not sure if you saw my last post, it didn’t answer these specifically but it talked a little about praying when we don’t feel like we have the words, but otherwise I’ll think on your questions and maybe others will comment too!
To answer in part though, I do think prayer gets easier and flows more naturally with practice, so in that sense maybe it’s “easier” for people who have had a prayer habit for a long time, but God does not have a preference for a well-worded prayer. The Bible is super clear about that, if that is any help.
Gonna pray about this and get back to you. 🤣😅
This was so good! I never really thought about the fact that God can read lol. Just “praying for the people on my list” and how that actually works.
Thank you so much! Gonna read this in full tomorrow
Also..... here is a link to my bringing up a topic (universalism) that you may need you to tackle and burst my bubble?
https://open.substack.com/pub/carolinedooner/p/week-3-bible-study?r=19y2cz&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=41963120
I went into way too much unnecessary detail. Good grant-writing habits are different than good general writing habits, it turns out. Lol
Hoooo boy, not lobbing anymore softballs, eh? Jk, I love it, thank you!
hahaha no i LOVE IT. I already read some but need to sit down and read in full. I'm a slow reader. Or maybe it's just my... uhhhh ADHD?
Well, not so fast. You’ll have to finish the whole thing to find out if you have ADHD.
haha i actually did read that part because I skimmed the whole thing in a car parking lot