HOW TO PRAY EFFECTIVELY

1. AFFIRM
Believe that YHVH is good and wants to help you, affirm that you are now in the process of receiving His goodness. The flow of blessing is constant and is happening to you now. Affirmation is a powerful factor in effective prayer.

2. LISTEN
Arrange for selected moments when you can become quiet mentally, relaxed physically and receptive spiritually. Practice deep listening, reaching for contact with YHVH. This form of prayer requires no words; simply listen until you hear inwardly.

3. FRACTIONAL
When you pray in little snatches, you are praying fractional prayers. In the form of brief prayer while waiting for a bus or for the outcome of a conversation about to take place, fractional prayers add up to an enhanced prayer attitude.

4. NATURAL
Talk to Adonai using everyday language. The simpler your words, the easier it will be for you to express your thoughts. Talk to YHVH sincerely in your own natural language. He understands.

5. SURROUND
Deeply believe that you can send out a spiritual force that will surround your loved ones with protective and positive influences. Prayer is the transmitting carrier of affirmative faith.

6. BLOCKADE
The number one blockade of spiritual power is resentment. To overcome it, pray for people you do not like or have mistreated you. Love always dissolves resentment.

7. LIST
Have a definite number of people for whom you pray daily. Pray by name for everyone on your prayer list. You will help them by your prayers and the by-product will be additional blessings for you.

8. SURRENDER
Practice surrendering everything into YHVH’s hands, believing that He will help and guide you. Prayerfully try to do your best about things and then confidently, leave the results to YHVH.

9. RELATIONSHIP
Conceive of prayer as a personal relationship with our Heavenly Abba. Not asking for anything, but simply wanting to be with Him in a loving relationship, is perhaps the ultimate value in prayerfulness. It is the establishment of an in-depth relationship between the individual and YHVH.

10. MIND
Prayer may be defined as a methodology by which we may contact the Divine mind. Then the knowledge and wisdom of YHVH can flow unhindered into our human mind. Thus, we are on an operational level with the power, wisdom and goodness of the Heavenly Abba.

Does God help those who help themselves? The Bible certainly doesn't say so explicitly, but consider this lesson from Joshua 8.

The spoil of Jericho was the firstfruits of the conquest of Canaan and therefore belonged totally to God. The spoils of all other cities belonged to the people of Israel. (Joshua 8:2) When God has rewarded you for your service, don't wait to give back what's his. Don't hold onto your firstfruits and tithes, but give them away quickly. (Joshua 8:5)

Deception and ambush in war isn't wrong. Normal laws against killing, stealing, and enslaving are suspended in war. Maybe "redirected" is a better word, because the rights to life, liberty, and property of God's enemies that have been suspended, not God's laws. (Joshua 8)

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Shalom dear fellow Shofar Blowers and Listeners!

? Here is your Meeting Link:
https://dateful.com/eventlink/2753910087

Feel free to invite others using this link:
https://tube.ttn.place/v/KmZMaD


?Please let us know if you would like to lead worship in one of the next meetings, or know someone that would.

We are Looking forward to sounding the Shofar with you in Jerusalem!
Shalom,

Shalom,
www.campephraim.org

Okay. So, maybe you are good with fringes. They should be worn. But, when we look at how it has been practiced over the last thousand years, only men have worn them. Is this command just for men?

As I am pointing out in the comic with that scenario, it doesn't make sense that this would be a command for just men. Both men and women have the potential to sin and need reminders. When the command is given, it doesn't say "tell the men only". It does say "tell the sons of Israel", which some will point out. However, Hebrew is a gendered language. Unlike English where we have words that can mean a group of people of no specific gender, like children, Hebrew does not. In this instance, as God is calling the Israelites sons and daughters, if it was to a group of females, it would use a form of "bat" (בת). A group of males would be a form of "ben" (בן). A group of mixed males and females would be a form of "ben" as well. We see this same thing in other gendered languages. In Spanish a group of girls: niñas, boys: niños, and mixed: niños.

Another aspect to consider, is if this is only concerning men, then we would have to go and look at other commands and see when this same phrasing is used. The listing of what is and isn't food starts with this same phrasing. So, does that mean that this listing of food is only for men? If not, why would fringes be only for men?

While looking to what has been done in the past isn't necessarily a bad thing, we have to be careful that we aren't taking those traditions and holding them over what God lays out in His Word. Yeshua warns against this in Mark 7:9: He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition."


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