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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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"DO YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

DAVID A. MCMILLEN » Blog » INSPIRATIONAL » "DO YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

2018-09-29
By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL

"DO YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING, HAVE YOU EVER GOT DISTRACTED AND STARTED THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND FORGET YOU ARE TALKING TO GOD? I KNOW I HAVE AND I HAD TO ASK HIM TO FORGIVE ME WHEN I DID IT. AT ONE TIME I STARTED PRAYING OUT LOUD SO I COULD STAY FOCUSED. I KNOW THAT IS TERRIBLE TO SAY BUT IT WORKED. I HAVE TO ADMIT, BEING RETIRED AND NOT HAVING MUCH CONTACT WITH PEOPLE, MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO KEEP FOCUSED. ALSO, SOMETIMES WE GET TOO CAUGHT UP IN OUR EVERY DAY LIVES AND RUSH THROUGH OUR PRAYERS. I HAVE EVEN STOPPED PRAYING AT TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRAYER. I HAVE ALSO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THIS.

I BRING THIS UP TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS WHOLE IDEA OF PRAYER. WHEN WE SAY THAT WE FELL ASLEEP WHILE PRAYING OR STARTED THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES AND JUST STOPPED PRAYING, IT DOESN'T SOUND THAT BAD. LET ME PUT IT ANOTHER WAY. INSTEAD OF SAYING "WHILE I WAS PRAYING", WHY DON'T WE SAY "WHEN I WAS TALKING TO GOD OR JESUS". THAT PUTS IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT LIGHT DOESN'T IT? WE WOULDN'T DO THAT TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER WOULD WE? FOR ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US, HE DESERVES OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING BEFORE I CLOSE, DO YOU PRAY "IN THE NAME OF JESUS"? JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14:15 THAT "whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." HE ALSO SAYS IN JOHN 15:16 THAT "whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." MY QUESTION IS, WHY SHOULDN'T WE JUST SAY, "IN YOUR NAME, JESUS" INSTEAD OF "IN THE NAME OF JESUS" BECAUSE HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH US WHEN WE ARE PRAYING? HE IS NOT WAY OFF UP IN HEAVEN BECAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE US FOR FORSAKE US.

THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS THAT I HAD AND THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU. THE MAIN THING IS TO PRAY. THAT IS BEING IN FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS AND WE ALL SHOULD DO THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME WHY JESUS DON'T TALK TO THEM. I ASK THEM IF THEY EVER READ THEIR BIBLE AND IF THEY DO, THEN JESUS IS TALKING WITH THEM. DOES HE TALK TO YOU?

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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