2nd July FOCUS: One Word - PRAYER

For the month of July, these will be the 4 One Words for us to "Focus" on:

RELEASE

July 7

PRAYER

July 14

JOY

July 21

MOVEMENT

July 28

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This week's

 FOCUS  One Word: PRAYER
with the devotional's main verse from
1 John 5:14 NIV

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

3 of the other verses this week do use the One Word: PRAYER
and the other one has PRAY from James 5:13
So the other Scripture verses are:

Philippians 4:6 ESV; Ephesians 6:18; Mark 11:24 NIV

I'm sure that there are plenty of verses (over 400) for the 
One Word: PRAYER (or PRAY)
The topical search has much on PRAYER: definitions, articles, occurrences, Greek (proseuche) and Hebrew (Tefillah) and others;much more.
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Again as I look at the combination of One Words for July,
I like that there seems to be an interesting correlation
between RELEASE (letting go) and PRAYER
resulting in JOY and propelling us toward
MOVEMENT
(perhaps a PRAYER MOVEMENT)
(perhaps a MOVEMENT of the Holy Spirit)
both are much needed in our world
and in our personal lives
since PRAYER is 
not just communication
but communion 
with
our Creator
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Hopefully
your PRAYERS are more than just "asking" for something from Him
(although 'supplication' is an important part of our prayers)
for our Father to supply our needs
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As I'm sure you're aware of there are many acronyms and formulas
for how we should pray and that you already know the best one
is when Jesus taught the disciples to pray the
"Our Father"
yet He never showed us that our Father, was just a "genie" 
or a "vending machine" to go to with our many needs.
The structure of the "Our Father" basically gives us:
Adoration, Consecration, Supplication, Intercession, Protection
I read that "the prayer itself is composed of 7 petitions:
3 "Thy (Your) petitions"
[Thy Name, Thy Kingdom, Thy Will]
 and 4 "us-petitions"
[give us, forgive us, lead us not, and deliver us]
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PRAYER
is vital to me!
PRAYER
is the most precious tool I have been blessed with -
to spend time communicating in communion with God
any time, any place, any circumstance.
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I have plenty of PRAYER resources but I'll try to refrain.
And probably like you, I have more than enough needs to stay in PRAYER:
Supplication/INTERCESSION
for family & friends, for others, for our nation & others, for myself
but I want my arsenal of
PRAYER
to start with Adoration and so much Thankfulness
yet I'm sure I have much to Confess, too
{I did these out of sequence, but they compose one of the 1st acronyms that I learned}
A.C.T.S
Another one is 
P.R.A.Y.
for 
Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield
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Let's do a word search of our devotional
(because I don't read it until after I post this)
to find PRAYER in context
and present some quotes from the author (CCR)

"What would our lives look like if PRAYER became our way of life rather than our life support?"

That's a great question to begin our reflection!
with the following part

"... Prayer is the portal to success of every kind; it it also in the communication of PRAYER and understanding our Father's heart that we learn what true success means ...  "

{I was thinking of stopping after "that we learn ..."}
CCR continues her thoughts about PRAYER
(much more than and better, I'm sure with the full devotion)
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Here are a couple more snippets that stand out:

" ... PRAYER can be the way that our soul sings ... " AND "If we allowed PRAYER to become our go-response ... (because) "... the more we turn to Him, the more our heart looks like His."

one is these snippets is my favorite part so far (I think)
Looking forward to the Focus Tip
and repeating this 
PRAYER
daily:
"Jesus, help me to PRAY.
I know You're listening."
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now that's 
the confidence in
1 John 5:14
(since this came to me as I finished I am sharing it here, but I know that there are so many great songs on PRAYER)
"... This is my confidence ..."
You're in it with me

Maybe you have one that you'd like to share too!
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NOTE: there are many YV reading plans on PRAYER; but I chose a 7 day one that looks good
"No Prayer, No Power"(sample of a (2017) 365 book)