The Power of Prayer

Stress Management Tip: The Power of Prayer

[20 Mar 2011 | One Comment | | Author: Dee Braun, DrR, CA, CCT]

 

 

 

Prayer is a direct way of way of communicating and conversing with God. Prayer is a spiritual exercise that helps strengthen your own spirit as well your connection to God.

The more you pray the more intimate your relationship with God becomes. It involves more than just asking for help. You can discuss the happenings of your day; you can give thanks to him for all his divine blessings; you can ask him to share his blessings with your family and the whole world; you can even use it as a way to listen to God.
The use of prayer can be a great form of stress relief. However it requires that you believe in God and that you have faith that he knows what is best for you and most importantly that he will look after you.
By praying to God for help, especially during stressful periods, during your darkest hours, you can rest assured that God is listening to you and will help. No matter how hopeless your situation may be, have belief that miracles can and do happen. This ultimately gives you hope and the strength to carry on in your time of need.
Incorporate a regular prayer schedule in to your life. It does not take much time or effort to say a small prayer just after you wake up and/or before you go to sleep. It is your opportunity to thank God for his continual blessings and help, to tell him you love him and acknowledge that he loves you. The more you do this, the more blessings you will receive. Over time, you will find that your life will become easier, and hence less stressful. And if times get tough, your strengthened spirit will help you deal with stress better.

Thank You For Supporting My Trip To Ghana WOW!  God took me across the sea to show me some things.  I've experienced so much in just the little bit of time I was there.  It was an honor to meet Bishops, Pastors, and Clergy from all over the world. I truly thank God for divine connections, as many were established! There was one instance where I was singing in the foyer of a church that had burned down...and I could hear the Holy Spirit saying...nothing will stop them from assembling to honor and learn from the Most High.  He encouraged me to continue to cultivate the same mindset. I truly appreciate being born in the United States.  What we consider basic amenities (clean water/restrooms/malls/paved roads/street signs/stoplights) are delicacies within Accra.  As I experienced praise and worship with a people that truly hunger, and thirst for God, I also experienced a part of the world that wasn't aware that "better" existed, and if they did, there was no infrastructure or consistency put in place for them to obtain it.  Jobs were scarce, and I witnessed a strong, prideful people that literally did what it took to ensure their families were provided for...which leads me to my visit to Dr. Charles Abban's Rock Hospital. The Rock Hospital was an event/visit that I will never forget.  It was like I was inserted into a time portal taking me back 30 years. Specializing in patients being challenged with HIV/AIDS, I was able to encourage and pray with several patients.  Although heartbroken, I felt really good when we left because they were smiling!  I was privy to tour the juvenile prison system, and LET ME JUST SAY THAT our system is like a 5-star resort compared to what the inmates have to endure in Accra. NicoisMUSIC plans to fully support Madam Abena Asomaning, of the Angel-Zoe foundation in assisting the Ghana Prisons service.   We are working with Ms. Asomaning to obtain a wish list to provide materials for their programs to help prepare the inmates via a trade (i.e. mechanic, sowing, carpentry) when they are released.  While receiving a humanitarian award from Dr. Abban for my contribution to the kingdom I could hear God whisper in my ear  (my husband and mother provided confirmation)....GET READY...GET READY....GET READY...I have so much more in store for the Christ in you! I've already been invited to next year's International Clergy event which will take place in London.  I desire to have all of NicoisMUSIC (band) accompany me this time.  I will continue to declare that we will all speak to nations on God's behalf!  I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you that prayed, interceded, and financially provided a way for NicoisMUSIC to present Christ to Accra, Ghana.  Was this trip overwhelming...YES...Will I go back....ABSOLUTELY!  Forever Melodious Nicois Take a look at video of the trip... NicoisMUSIC in Ghana  6 ratings 157 views   Now on iTunes Everyone has been asking, "When can I get Undeniable or Take Everything?" Well ...you can get it now at iTunes, Amazon and other digital outlets...Go get it...rate it..comment on it... and tell your friends about it... Click here to purchase the NicoisMUSIC EP!  http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/nicois/id474515143  We're Doing It Again NicoisMusic and CARE Inc.: C.A.R.E. 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Radio play and radio charting is not automatic, this guide presents a list of priority's and strategies designed to help you get on the radio and chart. Mr Henry Harris did a great job on this book!  He has also personally helped many artists get their career off to a great start.  Mr. Harris has also foundedwww.smpecma.com which hosts the Excellence in Christian Music Awards, and he also created www.Spiritco1.com, a 24 hour Gospel Internet Radio Station.  CD is Off the Chain If you love worship music...you've got to get Tiffany K's project...:http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tiffany-k/id474623340

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This weekly Word is taken from Romans Chapter 3 versus 8-23

Have you ever thought what indictments would be made against man on the coming judgment day? When someone thinks of sin, many of us look inward towards ourselves and inner souls and mistakes that we have made as individuals. Paul the Apostle, in his letter to the Romans challenges man to look at his nature. The three indictments against man as a creature was first
mans’ fallibility (Rom 3:10-9), the next was his speech (Rom 3:13-14), and finally his actions (Rom 3:15-23). This week we will focus on Mans fallibility.

Mans’ fallibility Romans chapter 3: 10-23:

¹⁰ As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

¹¹ There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

¹² They are all gone out of the way, they are together become
unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

⁸ And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

⁹ What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

No man can make it without Christ for he was the sacrificial lamb. We all need Christ Jesus for by HIS grace we are saved. (There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Rom 8-1)

Let us focus on Mans' fallibility in this blog. The definition of the word fallibility, in accordance with Dictionary.com means someone who is liable to error, especially in being deceived or mistaken. Wow! Now that alone is a sermon. The deception by Satan caused man to fall and our sin created the spiritual divide between us (man) and God. Man is born into a generational curse with only one cure for this sin sickness, and it is Jesus. So yes "WE" are all sinners born into sin and all of us need to repent for our sins for Jesus is the only cure.

Kimla Beasley One on One with DJ Worship More

DJ Worship More:

Kimla, the listeners of the station and myself are enjoying your new single, “The Truth, The Way and The Light”. You have an extensive musical background and you are a terrific vocalist. Please share when you were called to music ministry.

Kimla Beasley
Answer :

DJ Worship More
Response:
 

DJ Worship More
Question:

Kimla, when someone sings with your music, what key message and emotion, do you want to leave with your listener?

Kimla Beasley
Answer :

The key message is to encourage believers in Christ to not loose hope, not loose their faith in God. To exemplify and express God’s love for us through music and to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in song. Emotionally, I would want the listener to feel encouraged and uplifted in their spirits knowing that the love of God is with us and that we have the victory in Jesus.

DJ Worship More
Question:

Please share with us, how important is it for us to look to the Lord as our provider?

Kimla Beasley
Answer :

I think it is very important for us to look to the Lord as our provider. Based on the love that God has for us, God has provided a way for us to be reconciled unto Him through Jesus Christ and with this provision, God also provides ways for us to become more like Christ and equips us by grace to do His will. To me a definition of a provider is one who provides your needs even before you ask for them. So God the provider knows us very well and knows exactly what our needs are and is able to do exceedingly and above all that we could even ask or think.

DJ Worship More
Question:

Kimla where can we purchase your music?

Kimla Beasley
Answer :

Currently the single can be purchased on iTunes and CD Baby. The new project called “Confessions Of Faith” will be released in March of 2012. I also have a current project called “Faith, Hope and Love” that can be purchased at iTunes as well.

DJ Worship More
Question:

What websites can we read more about you and how can fans follow up on your latest achievements?

Kimla Beasley
Answer :

My website is http://www.kybsongs.com/. There you can read up on the latest news and upcoming events. Also I have a blog that I’ve started that will give write ups on the songs that I’ve written. Also, would love it if your listeners would submit their email addresses so that I can keep up with them through newsletters.

DJ Worship More
Question:

Kimla, I would like to thank you personally for taking this time to interview with us and sharing the Gospel also. You’re a gift that has been created to share unto others, about the gift that he has given to you.

Thank you and God Bless.

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These Men Are Young, Successful, Bald and Making a Difference

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Here are some young people proving to us that hair loss doesn't have to hamper happiness and the pursuit of success.

Hair loss is often associated with old age, but as those in the hair loss community know, hair loss can and very frequently does start while a man is in the prime of his life. This can be traumatic, but it’s important that a person doesn’t let this natural occurrence deter him in any way. There are countless examples of young people who are suffer from hair loss but don’t let that fact stop them from living the lives that they want. This article celebrates a small handful of these people.

A young heir who’s losing his hair

One of the most famous “youths” with hair loss is Prince William of Wales, the 28-year-old who is second in line to the throne of Great Britain. In recent months most of the coverage of the prince has centered on his upcoming wedding to Kate Middleton (and her stunning 18-carat sapphire engagement ring); however, before this big announcement, William was often in the tabloids because of his hair -- or increasing lack thereof. The royal’s bald spot is a topic of greater concern to some journalists than such trifling matters as his humanitarian work on behalf of the homeless, disaster victims and environmental issues; his duties with the RAF; or his qualifications to become the future king of England.

Young commoners doing uncommon things

Of course, most “under 30” members of the hair loss community aren’t likely to be ruling a country, but many have had considerable impact on people’s lives. For example, Ryan Block, who is about 28 years old and was listed as being worth $20 million in 2008, is a highly influential technology journalist and critic. During his tenure as editor in chief of Engadget, a technology news Web site, he posted a leaked e-mail that reportedly decreased Apple’s market capitalization by almost $4 billion.

Michael Seibel, 27, is co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv, which is helping to revolutionize the video-streaming world. Justin.tv, which started as a way for another co-founder to broadcast his own life 24 hours a day, is now a platform that allows live video streaming of numerous programs. With 1.5 million downloads of its app on iPhone, Justin.tv has made significant inroads in its desire to make live streaming more mobile.

Just about 30 years old, Michael Nardy has devoted the past 10 years of his life to his company, Electronic Payments, which he started in his college dorm room. Formed in 2000 to help process card and check transactions, it came along at the right time as more and more people and companies began habitually using debit and credit cards more frequently. By 2008, Electronic Payments’ revenues had grown to $17.6 million and it was processing $1.5 billion annually.

Sweden’s Daniel Ek may not have been losing hair when he started his first business at age 14, but 14 years later his hairline is definitely receding. That’s not the case with his fortunes, his talents or his drive: His resume includes stints as CTO of Stardoll (an online game that boasts about 80 million users); CEO of μTorrent, a data-sharing service that has had more than 100 million downloads; and founder of Advertigo, an advertising company. His most recent project is co-creating Spotify, a music-streaming service that has 10 million users.

The young aren’t all Internet focused

Joe Ordia, president and CEO of Ordia Solutions, will be turning 30 this year. In 2005 he co-founded the firm, which focuses on equipping public safety agencies and frontline personnel with (as per his bio) “interoperable technologies to effectively communicate, collaborate, coordinate, command and control” during a range of emergency situations.

Shawn Hay is perhaps an “iffy” for this list; it depends on whether one considers someone whose hair is really closely cropped as belonging in the “bald” classification. But assuming this is acceptable, Hay is noteworthy for being the owner of the Hey Papi Promotions Network Company, which radio station 93.9 WKYS named “the top Christian Marketing & Promotions Company in the DC metropolitan area.” Among the events he has promoted are the National Pan-Hellenic Council Community fundraiser; the Voices of Praise; Run-DMC’s Citywide Foster Care Adoption Walk and the 2010 Stellar Awards.

These individuals are just the tip of the bald iceberg; every day, men under 30 with high foreheads or shiny domes are creating new Internet advances, teaching the next generation of leaders, treating and curing the ill, or working on finding solutions to our most vexing problems. It’s not easy being young and balding, but these fine fellows won’t let a little thing like fewer follicles get in their way.

I am not a perfect man. I appreciate the many testimonies given to me by so many - sometimes it is overwhelming at the love and caring that has been shown to me on this page…so much that I don’t feel that I deserve any of it. You see, it is not just me that has been encouraging many of you and ministering to your souls. It is the Lord Jesus Christ who is working through me and speaking through me. When I became saved by the blood of Jesus Christ back in 1997 in that jail cell, I made a promise to the Lord that if He would save my life and allow me to have a loving and meaningful relationship with Him that I would love Him heart, mind, body and soul and that I would give my life to Him so that He may be able to use me to speak to and minister to His people. I am not a perfect man…but it is the Lord Jesus Christ who is working through me and speaking to you through me that is allowing me to be the man that you see before you…

It is difficult to type this because I am doing it through tears and I have tried to stop crying but I cannot. The reason being is because some of you have no idea the things that I deal with everyday - things that I had thought that I had given over to the Lord. But, sometimes, it gets very hard. How can I be able to minister to so many others, when I find it sometimes to minister to myself and deal with a few of the things that I deal with?

One thing that I deal with most often is the pain of abandonment, of hurt and sometimes of anger. Yes, I already know. You are going to tell me that I should give it to the Lord and allow Him to start healing me from this pain. But, sometimes…it gets so difficult. Why won’t I let it go?

I remember the day at Allied Tube and Conduit when I stood on the plant floor with a machine lying in pieces at my feet that I had cut up with a cutting torch. I remember looking at the conveyor systems and another machine - still standing - that took me 3 years to learn how to operate with perfection. 15 days previous we had just gotten the news that Allied Tube and Conduit was shutting its doors permanently and 275 of us would be out of jobs. And now, here I stood, with the entire machine line scrapped, wondering where would I go from there…

I remember, afterward, the way my ex-wife ended our marriage after only a year and a half and the cold, callous way people - who were close to me - reacted when I told them the news. She waited the day after my last day on the job at Allied and did what she did and I remember the shock that I felt as I stood in the yard with just a suitcase, as I had to leave. I remember the little 5-year old girl - her daughter - who I had gotten to know the year and a half that I had known her. She hadn’t gotten out of school and the day before was the last day that I ever saw her again. Then, I remember why it all happened. And it had a great deal to do with finances and me losing my job…

I am asking that you all pray for me and pray for my strength in helping me to deal with this very difficult chapter in my life. I want to thank you all for your support, your prayers and your encouragement. I will be fine, soon. This is something that happens to me every now and then for the last 6 months after this had happened to me. And it gets difficult, sometimes, to deal with it…

May the Lord continue to bless you and to keep you all. In Jesus Name. Amen…

She was only 6 years old and I never got the chance to say goodbye to her….

“ This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. ” - 1 Timothy 1: 15 KJV

When it came to sinning before the Lord and living an unholy life, I felt that no one could hve surpassed me. I was the worst there was. And it wasn't because I was not raised properly, or because I was just a purely wicked individual. No, all of the sins in my past were committed because I was looking for something. And the thing that I was looking for I found in Christ Jesus while sitting in a prison cell.

Whenever I give my testimony concerning the things that I did in the past and when people find out that I am a convicted felon who did time in prison, some people flinch and turn away. But the truth is, the only difference between most of them and me is that I got caught. And my time in prison compares nothing to the things that some of these people have done, and are continuing to do in their lives. Yes, I was an alcoholic. Yes, I was a two-pack-a-day cigarette smoker. Yes, I was a crack cocaine user and abuser. Yes, I was a womanizer. Yes, I was a thief. Yes, I was an habitual liar. Yes, I was a pornographer. I attempted suicide twice, and failed. In 1985 I body-slammed a woman I was dating through a glass coffee table and her brother and two friends backed me out of the house into the parking lot and beat me with baseball bats. Yes, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I must have been at the top of he heap.

It was a set-up. I didn't realize it, until after I was saved by the precious blood of Jesus Christ and given the commission by Him that I am slowly beginning to fulfill this day. All of those sins I was allowed to commit was for a divine purpose. In 1992 I was convicted of felony forgery. I was placed on 5 years probabation. I violated that probation by leaving the state in which the conviction toook place. While in that state, I was caught by the local authorities. I was locked up inside the county jail awaiting extradition. While in the jail that night, I sat on the end of a metal bunk and made the first prayer I had ever made in recent memory to God I did not know.

Through tears I prayed to God to take my life. I prayed to Him to end it because I had came to realize what a mess I had made of it. I hated my life and I hated myself and only death, I felt would release me from the pain and mental anguish that I was feeling. At that moment, I saw a light shining through the slit window i the prison door and that beam of light fell on a Bible that was laying beside me on the bed. It was one of those "Gideon" Bibles that you find in most hotel rooms around the country. I automatically picked up the Bible, and it opened to the Book of John , Chapter 14 . Right then, and there I begin to read as the Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples how, in His Father's house that there were many mansions and that He had gone there to prepare a place for them. I read the part where He assured them that anything they asked in His name, He would give them. I read where He promised them the gift of the Holy Spirit and that He would leave them with peace - told them not to be afraid or have their hearts troubled. And when I came to the Scripture that read, in Chapter 15 , " Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends ," I fell to my knees and wept. and immediately in a vision, I appeared in the upper room on that night and heard those words again spoken in the voice of Jesus Christ - my Lord and my God...

That night, in the Spokane County Jail in Spokane, Washington on 14 February 1997, I gave my life over to Jesus Christ and became His servant forever.

The reason why I was allowed to commit and experience all of the sins that I committed in the past is that what better representative of the Kingdom of God - you can think of - one who can reach out to those who are addicted to cocaine and crack? What better repesentative of the Kingdom of god - you can think of - who can reach out to the ones who are in prison, or reach out to the convicted felon who is having trouble getting a job, or the womanizer, or the alcoholic or whoever else who is committing all manner of vice? Who else, you can think of? I was allowed to commit these sins for a reason. And with this testimony, God has intended to save many through it.

The Lord Jesus Christ saved my life in February of 1997. And He, alone, is the one who commissioned me to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God without partiality and without holding back anything in the Word of God. To Him I owe my allegiance. To Him I owe my life. To Him will I serve all of the days of my life. And I am prepared to die for him and this Gospel that I preach. " For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth ,” ( Romans 1:16 KJV).

To my friends, here on Yahoo 360 (and you know who you are), you have made my experience here on this page enjoyable and rewarding as I continue to spread the Good News of Christ's coming Kingdom. I look forward to continued friendship with you and I pray that there has been something written here that has given you peace, given you hope, edified and encouraged you and educated you and enlightened you. Amnd for a few of you, I hope that something I have written in these blogs has planted a seed in your conscious that will lead you to a more intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and salvation in His Precious Name through His precious blood.

For those who are spreading so much discord and hatred on the pages of my 360 friends, I have already given you God's warning concerning you. You have no idea what you are doing when you come on this page, slander me and call me such awful names. You have no idea that the person you are attacking is not me, but Christ that lives in me. " The world cannot hate you; but Me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil ,” ( John 7:7 KJV). Know this: that as long as I am in the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, as long as I am fulfilling the commission that He had given me back in 1997, and as long as I keep sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the unsaved, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord ,” (Isaiah 54:17 KJV). I am INVINCIBLE and nothing that you do to me or say against me or any of my friends, will have any effect on them, on me or the ministry on this page. If I am on this page for personal ambition, or some other evil purpose, the Lord will expose me for the fraud that I am. But if my purpose on this page is of a truly divine nature, you are going to find yourselves fighting against the Creator of the Universe, Himself! " Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught: but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God ” ( Acts 5:38,39 KJV).

May the Lord Jesus Christ bless each and everyone of my friends who have came into my defense and have supported me more times than I cam name and may the Lord bless anyone else who comes to this page. May my personal testimony plant a spiritual seed that may grow and lead another precious soul to the feet of the One who unselfishly gave His life for the Salavation of the world. Glory to the Lord, who I give all praise, and all the honore and all the glory! Amen.

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