{"id":6370,"date":"2012-12-22T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T06:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=6135"},"modified":"2012-12-22T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T06:01:06","slug":"lord-teach-us-to-pray-week-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/22\/lord-teach-us-to-pray-week-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord, Teach Us to Pray &#8211; Week 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we concluded our series on prayer entitled <em><strong>Lord, teach us to pray<\/strong><\/em>! Each week we asked with that same desire as Jesus\u2019 disciples did \u2014 \u201dTeach {<strong>me<\/strong>} to pray.\u201d And graciously He did, didn\u2019t He? This week, I would like to join in as we finish this part of our journey together.<\/p>\n<p>We have now completed our study A Daughter\u2019s Worth from the book by Ava Sturgeon. All week we have been focusing on God and the optimism that our hearts have as we do so. We have been SO encouraged and exhorted!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Monday, Diane shared about giving honor and praise to God.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0On Tuesday, Teresa reminded us that God is holy and that we can live holy lives.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0On Wednesday, Jordan talked about having happiness and joy.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0On Thursday, Tonya communicated about trusting in Him, knowing He cares for us.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0On Friday, Tina shared about our eternal Hope of life with God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As such our focus has been all about God!\u00a0 Nothing wrong about that, hmmm?\u00a0 Every day we have so very much to be thankful to God for and to voice our praises to Him!\u00a0 Whether by ourselves in our own hearts as we pray&#8230;or when we fellowship in our small groups or Bible studies (like this one!)&#8230;or perhaps when we gather to corporately praise and worship in the churches we belong to&#8230;we are living our lives right <strong>NOW<\/strong> praising our God and our Lord. AND we look forward to raising our praises forever! That\u2019s right&#8230;we will be right along with the angels and the host of heaven!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revelation 5:11-14<\/strong><br \/>\nThen I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders, and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,\u00a0 Saying in a loud voice,\u00a0 Deserving is the Lamb,\u00a0 Who was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and majesty (glory, splendor) and blessing!\u00a0 And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty (glory, splendor) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)!\u00a0 Then the four living creatures (beings) said, Amen (so be it)!\u00a0 And the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves and worshiped Him Who lives forever and ever.<\/p>\n<p>We SO look forward to this time&#8230;it is our <strong>HOPE<\/strong>!\u00a0 We wait for the return of our Lord to gather His church together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revelations 22:20,21<\/strong><br \/>\nHe Who gives this warning and affirms and testifies to these things says, Yes (it is true). [Surely] I am coming quickly (swiftly, speedily). Amen (so let it be)! Yes, come, Lord Jesus! The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with all the saints (God\u2019s holy people), those set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively His). Amen (so let it be)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Yes, come, Lord Jesus, come! Amen!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>In this final week of our study <em>A Daughter\u2019s Worth<\/em>, we have focused on living optimistically because of how great our God is&#8230;honoring and praising Him&#8230;living holy because we CAN BE holy&#8230;having true joy&#8230;resting in Him, trusting Him&#8230;looking forward to eternal life with Him. All of which are great reminders of how much worth we truly have!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#5d4e69;\"><em><strong>Instead of a question this week, I ask\u00a0you to proclaim this TRUTH,\u00a0 \u2018I, _________ (insert your precious name here) am a daughter of the Most High God, and to Him I am of SUCH worth! One way\u00a0in which my Father\u00a0shows me just how much worth I have to Him is ________________________________!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">(Please share with us in the comment section what you wrote&#8230;I\u2019ll post mine, too.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><em>Oh. How. He. Loves. Us. So. &lt;3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The following is a video of a beautiful rendition of the Lord&#8217;s Prayer being sung by the Martins.\u00a0 enjoy!\u00a0 perhaps this might become your favorite\u00a0 way of praying this prayer that Jesus instructed His disciples (and us!) when He answered their plea, &#8220;Lord, teach us to pray!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F0LBi8UxLcc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Our next study &#8220;Not a Fan &#8211; Teen Edition&#8221; will begin in February, 2013. \u00a0Please check back often for more details. \u00a0If you have a question about GCH:decaf, please email us at GCH_decaf@girlfriendscoffeehour.com.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we concluded our series on prayer entitled Lord, teach us to pray! Each week we asked with that same desire as Jesus\u2019 disciples did \u2014 \u201dTeach {me} to pray.\u201d And graciously He did, didn\u2019t He? This week, I would like to join in as we finish this part of our journey together. 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