August 21, 2008 My Prayer

My Prayer

Mark 12:29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." 32 "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

When we can hear this with our heart, soul and mind together, our eyes open wide and understanding becomes knowing. I realized many obstacles in my life came from just understanding, but it was the beginning. So I want to differentiate between understanding and knowing which is an infinite process.


Knowing: conscious; intentional; deliberate.
Understanding: to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend; to grasp the significance, implications, or importance of. Also to construe, perceive and accept.

This becomes my prayer; To be honest, this is sharing my life and in my morning time with You Lord, I must keep the right perspective that it is always about You. Throughout my day I want to to know You not just understand You, perceive You or accept You.

I thank You that even the fear of my eyes being wide open to know You more and see with Your eyes, I thank You that somehow You will be able to use me.

There is none but You. I thank You that as I walk through the process of forgiving others, I do love them. In the process of forgiving myself I do love myself, and as You answered that teacher of the law, I can hear You, and I want to seek the kingdom of God over a wise answer. I want to know You and not just understand You, I want to love You with all my heart, with all my soul and all my mind.

Then my light can truly shine for all the world to see.
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Video & Song'Amazed' Lincoln Brewster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qVkzdK6N20