{"id":651,"date":"2012-06-12T23:49:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T04:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2016-11-02T23:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T04:50:10","slug":"7-p-m-a-fragrant-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/7-p-m-a-fragrant-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"7 p.m. A Fragrant Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Finally, in my weak attempt to describe what prayer is to me, I offer up these words:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is a conversation.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here I am Lord. Speak that I may hear You and You only.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is presenting my requests and petitions to Him.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s where I am Lord. Here\u2019s what\u2019s going on in my life and the lives of those around me. I know You know already, but I have to tell You because You only do I trust with these needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is confessing \u2013 all- to Him.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My sin is ever before me, You have told me that it is forgiven and is as far as the east is from the west, so I give my sin to You.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is asking for forgiveness.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Forgive my unbelief, forgive my sin, forgive my hard heart, forgive my lack of trust, forgive my tongue. Forgive me. Mercy and Grace, Lord, mercy and grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is Worship.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, Lord You are King of the Universe, Author and Creator of all, only You are worthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is Praise.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I praise You for You are my King, You provided a Way when there was No way. I see You in the flowers in the field, in the sunrises and the sunsets, in the shape of the clouds, in the face of a child. I hear you in the storm, in the crashing waves, in the gentle breeze through the trees of the forest, in the voice of the crow and the eagle. I feel Your touch in a baby\u2019s breath, in the hand of an old woman, in the caress of the man I love. I taste Your handiwork in the sweetness of a strawberry, the salt of the sea, the tang of the grapefruit. I smell Your joy in the lavender, rose, and gardenia, the lemon and the jasmine.\u00a0 You are in all good things.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is gratitude for His good gifts.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thank You for providing for me, for placing me here in this time in this place, with these people, here on this journey, thank You for giving me a purpose, thank You for all things from Your Hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is acceptance of His Will.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teach me to be content Lord, to accept all things from Your Hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prayer is extending my trust to Him and to His Will.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I trust You, Lord. You are the Potter I am the clay; cracked pot though I may be; here I am use me for Your Glory.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMay my prayer be set before you like incense<\/em><\/strong>; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and\u00a0they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which<\/strong>\u00a0are the prayers of God\u2019s people<\/strong>. Revelation 5:8<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Finally, in my weak attempt to describe what prayer is to me, I offer up these words: Prayer is a conversation. Here I am Lord. Speak that I may hear You and You only. Prayer is presenting my requests and petitions to Him. Here\u2019s where I am Lord. Here\u2019s what\u2019s going on in my life … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}