WELCOME.

have you ever wondered if God answers prayer? Or if you do believe that He does, you're not exactly sure when it was that He did?

Well, i guess i know of many people who can say that God answered their prayers, and i think that it's really amazing, and i thank Him for that.

The reason why i'm writing about this today was because i realised that God had answered a prayer that i had forgotten i had prayed about.

during sky today, we broke up into groups to discuss some questions, they were like reflections. we were learning about God as creator, and i guess we also learnt about our role as God's creation. well, LM suddenly talked about how we should pray. i say suddenly because my initial thought was wondering how it was linked to the question, then i realised that we had finished answering it...anyway she asked if we know 'ACTS'. it was like steps to prayer...
A-doration (like praising God..(okay..so it's linked to what we learnt))
C-onfession
T-hanksgiving
S-upplication (like requesting stuff according to His will)

when she was at A, i was thinking..oh yea i do that ..then C..'hmmm..that too' then T..'woah this is sounding familiar.' then before she got to S i already knew what it was going to be. then i felt truly puzzled. i was wondering how i could pray in a similar format without hearing it before. (although sometimes i do not follow this structure) then i remembered that a while back, i prayed to ask God to teach me how to pray.

¹One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

²He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Father,^a]"[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.^[b]
³Give us each day our daily bread.
⁴Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.^[c]
And lead us not into temptation.^[d]' "

Luke 11:1-4

then LM said we can follow the structure of the Lord's prayer.

⁵"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. ⁶But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ⁷And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

⁹"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹Give us today our daily bread.
¹²Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.^[a]' ¹⁴For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 6: 5-15

so just from this experience, i know that God answers prayer, and God speaks to us through His word, and through people in the church, and circumstance.

http://breakthroughprayer.com/howto/ACTS.html

it had the ACTS thing. i havent read it yet though...

@10:04 PM