An Email From Beka

I am just sending you a few of the main things that i really liked out of the page you sent me to read! 


As Christians, we are living in dangerous times in this country—times that lull us into a sense of complacency and false security. There is no war or plague; we have a vibrant economy, with a tax surplus of over two hundred billion dollars; and there is adequate health care for all people. Why should anyone pray when there is no perceived need? Like the church of Laodicea, we tell ourselves, "We are rich; we have acquired wealth, and we do not need a thing." Self-sufficient people do not pray. But according to Psalm 14:4, those who do not call upon the Lord are evildoers.

Prayer is the spiritual breathing of God’s children.


But one year, while the family was at Shiloh for worship, Hannah was guided by the Holy Spirit to get up and go to the tabernacle, which represented the presence of God. In a flash she was guided to pour out her heart in prayer to the living God of Israel. She began to realize what even her husband did not realize, that prayer is power, that prayer prevails, and that prayer is effectual. She told herself, "I know God will hear my prayer and help me when no human being can do so." So we read in 1 Samuel 1:10, "In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord."

IT IS CRAZY HOW SO MANY OF THE SCRIPTURES ADD UP TO 10 or 11 ~ I think im going to read the book of Samuel in the BIBLE soon.  I have a study BIBLE too that will help with the scriptures and explain them!

How foolish we are when we speak to everybody else about our troubles, yet do not speak to the Lord of Sabaoth, the Lord Almighty!

The Lord Jesus Christ gave God much of his time. Oh, that we would be ashamed of how we treat God with disrespect by giving him theleftovers of our time!

8. Hannah prayed specifically. Praying in generalities is praying in unbelief. Such prayers are the prayers of people who have no need. We don’t go to the doctor and speak about non-specific problems, do we? We don’t go to a grocery store and speak in generalities. Everything is specific; we want certain items.  (I love this because i always think that I am praying in vain sometimes....like a feeling of guilt for asking for something being selfish!...but this has helped me to realize that is what GOD wants us to be specific...which I am when i pray but I do apologize in my prayers for praying for things sometimes....??? weird!)

Pray with fasting, pray in faith, pray with passion, pray with perseverance, pray with boldness because Christ’s blood has cleansed your conscience, pray in secret, pray specifically, pray unselfishly, and pray with thanksgiving, as Hannah did, saying, "My heart rejoices in the Lord." Above all, pray to know God that you may rejoice in him alone.