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Do you find prayer intimidating? Have you ever said,
“I don’t know how to pray”? If so, you may be
surprised to learn that there is no “right” or “wrong”
method of prayer. Nor is prayer reserved for a handful
of religious professionals.

Prayer is the act of offering reverent petition to God
and an expression of the commitment and trust we have
in God by faith.

Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into
thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to
thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

When we come before God in prayer and give Him full
control of a situation, we are acknowledging His
ability to bring about a change in that area of our or
someone elses life.

Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask
in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

As a result, God begins to work on the problem with
His all mighty, all knowing, everlasting power.

Over the years prayer has not received the recognition
that it deserves.

Many people feel since God already knows about our
needs, there isn’t any need to tell God about them.

This could turn out to be a very costly mistake!

While it’s true God knows about and is involved in
every area of our life, its also true He wants us to
specifically commit each of our concerns to Him so
that we will learn to depend on Him and His counsel.

Perhaps you sometimes feel you have no one to turn to
with your stress and struggles.

It is not just a matter of having someone to
understand, but of finding someone you can trust.

But you can find reassurance in the fact that God
remains in control and takes care of His faithful
children.

Prayer is one of the greatest contributions we can
make to improve our lives as well as the lives of
others.

Just pray, offering whatever you’re thinking and
feeling to the Lord. Whatever you bring, it’s a start.

As you pray more regularly or more often, the usual
experience is that you start being more truthful in
prayer, you start turning away from what you did
wrong, your attitude becomes more confident, you start
taking the time to listen, you start looking for the
signs of divine response in your daily life, you start
hungering to read the Scriptures, you start wanting to
pray with others, and you think less and less about
yourself.

You will soon find preparations and practices that may
help you be more open to God in prayer as you start
letting the Holy Spirit change you.

When we come in prayer we come as we are Sometimes
scared, Sometimes needy, Sometimes empty, Sometimes
bored, Sometimes furious, but we come.

We come trusting that through prayer God can change
us, and can change the things that happen in our life.

We come trusting that God is with us and builds us up,
that the Holy Spirit prays with us and for us.

We trust that the Lord will lead us to lose our anger,
lead us to repentance, lead us to being open to the
Spirit’s voice, and lead us to love of God and of each
other.

If you feel like a victim, you can pray to God,
instead of irresponsibly allowing the circumstances of
life to overwhelm you. You can begin to take charge of
your life by asking God for the power to make changes.

Or maybe you live with unchangeable circumstances that
effect your life in a major way.

From finding a spouse, to finding a job, from building
a business, to building a life, People frequently pray
for God to bless their efforts with success and in a
success driven society, people of faith often struggle
with the place and pursuit of success.

Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

God is more than ready to hear our complaints,
appeals, desires and frustrations. Nothing is too big
or too small for the Lord not to take into
consideration.

Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
your requests be made known unto God.

In closing I’ll leave you with Jesus’ instructions on
prayer to His disciples.

Matthew 6:9-13 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, for ever. Amen.

David Hopkins is a “Christian Article Writer” who
specializes in helping people remember to glorify God
in everything that they do, so they don’t miss out on
any of His wonderful blessings.

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A serious cultivator of Tao of Heaven, is always fills with spiritual tests and these tests are in the form of troubles and obstacles. The obstacles are actually either created by Asura Demon whose duties is to test on the creditability of the cultivator or created by the ghosts whom the cultivator is indebted.

The testings of Asura Demon include the creation of trouble and disruption that is able to deviate one’s interest and attention to commit an act that is against the law of Tao cultivation. Clear thinking, understanding and tolerance have to be when one encountered such a situation because it is merely a test with which one have to pass in order to achieve a higher state of personal advancement in the cultivation. Examples of such a test are the creation of family quarrels, works disruption, sickness, accidents, time scarcity, temptation and teachings of adulterated ideas by false religions teachers.

Ghosts whom the cultivator is indebted may come to find him at this stage to hinder his progress in cultivation. Why must Tao cultivator in this stage be given the test? It is stated by Heaven that ordinary person without Tao cultivation is just like a penniless beggar who owed others a lot of debts. Since he owes others money, they would not find him to return it because he is already broke. Similarly just like a banker asking a bankrupt to pay up will not be fruitful. However a person who is keeping and cultivating Tao is just like earning more and more money and as such his creditors are likely to bounce on him for their debts. Through patience and tolerance, one’s debts shall be steadily be cleared and the excess merit shall represent light rays for his body’s halo.

Rules and regulations must be carefully observed so that demons shall have no chance to demoralize us to commit evil deeds which will result in our downfalls. Concentrate on the principles and not to deviate the path of the cultivation otherwise it can lead to one’s failure. Cultivation is to sacrifice our time, money, energy, status and position. Humbleness is very important in the cultivation and a Tao cultivator is said sometimes to face thousands demons and millions spiritual tests.

Lao Tzu taught us to be calm and firm no matter what the turmoil outside is. The external may look dull but the inside is bright. Just like in the ocean or a cyclone, it is the mid-point that is the most peaceful although the surrounding engulfed is turbulent or even disastrous. One should neither go to the extreme behavior of happiness, anger, sadness, love, ferocity and craze nor attracted by sensual pleasures of color, sound, smell, hearing, touch and fashion trend. Neutrality and simplicity is the main criteria for a peaceful mind to overcome all trials by Asura Demon.

Along the way of spiritual cultivation, it is said that we have to endure a lot of hardships. This is what my Heavenly Teacher JiGong said about endurance, “Disciples! Do you know whether endurance is advantageous to cultivation of Tao? Endurance is the skill of the worthy persons. Those who have not reached the true Tao still need to endure. Yet for those who have attained the true Tao, there is no need to endure. When there is no prejudice in the mind, there is no need to endure. As when one is natural and does not generate the views of being holy or common, and if one’s mind is calm and peaceful, then there is no need to endure. This is the ‘naturalness’ of Buddha; this is not what common people can compete with. The word Endurance (Ren in Chinese) is a knife stabbing into the heart. How painful that is! In cultivation, if one can reach the state of ‘not needing to endure and having no hatred or resentment,’ the mind would naturally be calm and peaceful.”

Author: T.A Chew

T.A Chew had encountered thousands demons and millions spiritual tests since practising Tao. He was told to endure and overcome these tests because Asura Demon will only go for serious cultivators. To go up the ladder of spiritual maturity, there is no other way. Website: http://www.white-sun.com

In the oxford dictionary and in the study of the creation of the oxford dictionary it is known that the word Hell is a Germanic word which was introduced into the English language well after the biblical stories and religious fictional works of Christ were created. The concept of Hell does not Pass the smell test and therefore anyone who does evil cannot go there because it does not exist; it is simply a scare tactic which uses fear to control people and it makes sense that the use of fear would be used in a religious context to manipulate the feelings and control religious followers.

So who thought of the word Hell? Hell, I don’t know? And no one living really knows, but we do know it came from a Germanic word and it has nothing to do with Jesus Christ or our heavenly Father or any of this other garbage purported by Past Period, Present Period or Future Period religions.

Consider if you will the idea of Hell and the implications. You would need to create such a place and keep it heated, which would cost a lot of energy and anyone who was evil certainly would not want to pay the bill.

So it makes sense that Hell would be cold not hot if there was a Hell in the first place. The concept of Hell does not Pass the smell test and whoever thought of it, obviously was not very intelligent to consider it all through. Think on this in 2006.