How To Make Your Prayers More Effective | C.S. Lewis Fireside Chat

A theory provided by C.S. Lewis contemplates how to establish the effectiveness of prayer.

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[loishancock]

Who is reading this? A 75 yo today (today is my birthday) woman dealing with the effects of chemotherapy on my body. Please pray for strength, and peace for me during the rough time.

[mariepage]

When you pray to God and ask for the answer as “ if it is your will” or “ God’s will be done”, you can be at peace with whatever the answer is because it’s out of your control anyway. The peace occurs in releasing your will and accepting Gods will. His answer may be a yes, a no, or that you need to wait. He works toward the good of those who trust him. He also never promised that nothing bad will happen . The rain falls on good and bad people equally.

[willpeony]

You start the day looking for Biden gaffes and end up on the power of prayer.

[stevencohen]

God bless C. S Lewis and the souls who keep him alive. Amen

[cathyg]

A great man i know...in heaven for many years now...said most of the times we pray out of compassion because we see a need...but sometimes we pray by revelation...knowing God has placed the exact petition in our hearts that meets the need for that situation and moment in time. Great wisdom ❤🙏

[GoCanucks]

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

[julietcoles]

There is a difference in praying for what you have already been promised, and praying for something that you cannot know for sure based on the Bible. Eg. I do not doubt that if I repent that I will be saved, it would not be a compliment to God to add 'if it be thy will' to such a prayer. The Bible already tells us that it is God's will that all be saved... The same is true for healing and deliverance, receiving guidance, receiving wisdom. There are some conditions though, we need to ask for these things without a double mind and in faith (James 1). Also, we need to forgive.

[nyceyes]

The fireplace and crackling was a wonderful addition. Thank you for making and sharing this video uploader. 💚 ☺️

[gladiator]

C.S. Lewis such a scholar and treasure.

[aalleexxx]

Jesus gave us a perfect example of how to pray. But the majority of us pray like “lord give me this grant me this I need and want this is my life” a lot of it reflects what the world considers good and often times forget that time matter our bodies belong to God.
We focus on things that is ultimately not beneficial to our lives. We aren’t grateful and we don’t bless his name. We don’t say let his will be done. We are so self centered and pray with a motive that is ugly to God. And then we say prayers aren’t effective. We have no faith. We are so selfish. We test God. We don’t obey his word. We don’t seek his kingdom. But we expect his blessing

[Mrgladiatore]

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much, James 5:16. It seems to me that being righteous is key and this is not simply having accepted Christ as our saviour and having his righteousness imputed unto us. It has to do with how we live our lives in obedience to God.

[Funkydood]

"When we read God's Word, that's God speaking to us. When we pray, that's man speaking to God."---Anonymous.

[BrownEyedSoulMan]

You cannot pray for the sick unless the view you have in the end is their recovery #thatsthetruthtruth

[AnnetteDismore]

Keeping HOPE alive by praying daily. It's the only way to get through this messy thing we call life.

[danmalic]

God bless you whoever posted this gem☦

[OneAmericanWriter]

Wow it’s hard to find his voice online! You could say “Original” or in his own voice. THANK YOU

[MeisterEck]

wow wow wow! this are some of my very own thoughts, but better articulated and further elaborated, I must read more of him

[MariadeRonde]

Well said! This man really knows his stuff👌

[danielfromca]

It's absolutely amazing to hear it in the master's own voice - thanks for making the original available for us! (although perhaps we might also benefit from having the very original version unedited with extras - some people might prefer the fireside version, others the raw old radio like version - thanks for understanding.)

[bmojobg]

in the mighty name of JESUS I ask for healing of her cancer ! IN your WILL be done on this, To you FATHER be GLORY and WORSHIP THROUGH your SON, and HEALING though your HOLY SPIRIT