Prayer ~ By Corina

First of all. I LOVE the books Kia just posted! I am in 'complete agreement' as Kia was with my blog. My personal favorites are: Diary Of A Teenage Girl, Christy Miller Series, and Authentic Beauty! Good picks Kiana!

Ok so now that you know how Kia and I feel about purity, I think I'm going to change gears and talk about a more spiritual topic. Prayer. This is something that has been a huge part of my life recently. I've learned that God doesn't care how small the request is. He doesn't care how often you ask Him for something. He doesn't care if you beg for something as small as a good grade, a safe car trip, or a fun vacation. He WANTS you to do that! In fact the Bible even has scripture about it! 

Success:     Genesis 24:12 - Then he prayed, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Immediate Response: Genesis 25:21 - Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Strength: Nehemiah 6:9 - They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed." But I prayed, "Now strengthen my hands."

Fear: Genesis 32:11 - Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

You see, God wants us to pray to Him about anything and everything. And I've only recently realized this fact. I've always thought that if I pestered God too much He'd just ignore me, or my prayers wouldn't mean as much. But once I realized just how much He loved me, and wanted to be a part of my every fiber and being, it became easier to just keep Him in the mix of everything that was going on. I find myself now just constantly in a conversation with God. And I know that I have His attention and that He wants to hear me. So yeah. I really wanted to share this because of how big of a part of my life prayer is. And I really hope (or more like pray!) that prayer gets to be a special part of your relationship with our Divine Creator.

~Corina <><