Prayers Can't Be Answered Unless They Are Prayed

Life without purpose is barren indeed -
There can't be a harvest unless you plant seed,
There can't be attainment unless there's a goal,
And man's but a robot unless there's a soul....
If we send no ships out, no ships will come in,
And unless three's a contest, nobody can win,
For games can't be won unless they are played,
And PRAYERS can't be ANSWERED unless they are PRAYED....

So whatever is wrong with your life today,
You'll find a solution if you kneel down and pray
Not just for pleasure, enjoyment and health,
Not just for honors and prestige and wealth,

But PRAY FOR A PURPOSE to MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING,
And PRAY FOR THE JOY of UNSELFISH GIVING,
For GREAT IS YOUR GLADNESS and RICH YOUR REWARD
When you make your LIFE'S PURPOSE the choice of the Lord!

Author Unknown.

The Lord's Prayer

"After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed by thy name.
Thy kindom 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"
(Matthew 6:9-13)

Can I Say the Lord's Prayer?

I cannot say "Our", if I live in a watertight
spiritual compartment;
if I think a special place in Heaven
is reserved for my denomination.

I cannot say "Father", if I do not demonstrate
the relationship in my daily life.

I cannot say "Which are in Heaven",
if I am so occupied with earth that I am not
laying up treasure over there.

I cannot say, "Hallowed be they name", if I,
who am called by His name, am not holy

I cannot say "Thy will be done", if I am
questioning resentful,
or disobedient to His will for me.

I cannot say "Give us this day our daily bread,",
if I am living on past experiences.

I cannot say "Forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors",
if I harbor a
grudge against anyone.

I cannot say "Lead us not into temptation",
if I deliberately place myself or
remain in a
position where I am likey to be tempted.

I cannot say, "Deliver us from evil", if I am not
prepared to fight it in a spiritual realm with
the weapon of prayer.

I cannot say, "Thine is the Kingdom", if I don't
give the King the disciplined obedience
of a loyal subject.

I cannot say "Thine is the ...glory", if I
am seeking glory for myself.

I cannot say "Forever", if my horizons are
bound of things of time.

I cannot say "Amen", if I do not also add,
"Cost what it may", for to say this prayer
honestly...will cost everything.

by Brother W. M. Gass