Many more times, our prayers are based (informed)by) on what we think we are yet to achieve, receive or secured from, while we forget those we have achieved, received or have been saved from.
The word of God below will enlighten our minds in Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” Ps 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love endures forever.
These words of our God are very important for our consideration of how we should approach the Throne of Grace.
So much so that we may understand the inspired David to write the whole of the Book of Psalms just that we may see we cannot thank him enough.
I have come to know that my prayers are easily answered when I sing praises to the Almighty for favours received in the past. I take myself through the process of looking back at things or situations that God has glorified Himself in my life and that of my family.
We have come to know that God’s blessings do not tarry, but the waiting time is just time of Perfection of our request. They get so perfected that they last the test of time. I can cite so many examples but the most vivid one is the publication of The Beacon Magazine. It took a long time to kick off. We prayed and prayed, when we were almost giving up, things started falling into place, and to God’s glory, The Magazine has been published non-stop since 2002 and by His Divine providence it shall surpass generations.
Giving thanks to the Almighty, the King of Kings in itself is a blessing, because it gives you peace in the midst of turmoil.
You are waiting , but with hope and strong faith that He who has done so many great things for you, for generations before you is still on His throne and as it is written, He remains the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. So I say, sing the Psalms and wait faithfully for God of all good and perfect gifts.
Join me and say “I will give thanks to you Lord with my whole heart, I will tell of your wonderful deeds.” Ps 9:1
And we will all be winners in Christ.
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation this past Saturday. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that morning. I try to go every six weeks or so, but this was no routine visit to the priest for me. I needed to unburden myself of the numerous venial sins I had committed since I last participated in this Sacrament.
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After salvation, many young Christians wonder if there's anything more to their newfound faith than just the security blanket of "being a Christian." Time and time again, God shows himself as a "refiner," and our lives are as gold. God started leading me in this study to understand what He was doing in my life, as well as in the lives of others.
Picking up my pen to write this column, I couldn’t imagine how time flies. Since the last publication of this column I have gone through a lot, especially the loss of my dear mother to whom I dedicate this article. Not only her, but seems I lost a whole generation of my close family.
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The theme of conversion is a thread that runs all through Lent, but conversion takes on different aspects throughout the phases of Lent. The first two and a half weeks focused on the interior turning of hearts; the liturgy urges the faithful to reflect and examine consciences thoroughly.
Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.
Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»
The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.
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