Adventures with Kim and The Journey of a Prayer Warrior: Gossip, too much info and not enough info and it's effect on prayer

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SORTING THROUGH INFORMATION
AND FINDING OUT

WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH EVENTS AND INCIDENCES.

This morning here in Canada I woke up very early, and I was looking through some prayer requests that people had given me and some that came on my prayer list for other reasons. I was thinking about how people that know me and my prayer life well know that I don't want too much information. Because information can cloud God's purposes and plans.

Gossip, Secrets, Slander, idle talk and tale bearing

These things are the biggest hindrances toward God centered prayer. Sometime not having enough information can cause you to go the wrong direction in prayer. Some times too much information can keep you from praying for the real need. The Bible has much to say about gossip.

Proverbs 16:28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Leviticus 19:16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Proverbs 11:13 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Proverbs 20:19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Proverbs 26:20-22 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Jeremiah 6:28 They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Jeremiah 9:4 Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, or every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Deceit, Backbiting, Busybodies, Malicious Gossips & Whisperers

Psalms 41:7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

Proverbs 25:23 The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Romans 1:28-32

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice.

They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless. Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

2 Corinthians 12:20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

1 Timothy 3:9-11 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 5:13-14 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Titus 2:2-3 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good.

Definitions:

Gossip is idle talk or rumors, especially about personal or private affairs of others. It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts, personal opinions views and slander. This term is used pejoratively (a word or grammatical form of expression that expresses contempt, criticism, disregard, or disrespect) by its reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted, and it also describes idle chat, a rumor of personal, or trivial nature.

Slander is a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.

Talebearer: People that embellish and make a true story be mostly fantasy and when they hear stories the pass them on again adding their own twists to them. These can be extremely dangerous because there is just enough truth that people will believe the whole lie along with it.

The problem with too much information and especially Gossip in prayer is that it can send you in a direction far away from the will and purposes in God.

Perhaps social media can be a great example. I often get **ALERTS** on my wall telling me that someone's gone missing or the police are looking for a car with a certain license plate.

Let me use that one for a good example:
A Little girl, 3 yrs. old picked up by a man driving a gray car, license plate: Quebec 72B 381. Canada. Re-blog this. It could save her. The Kidnapping is recent so do it.
This Facebook hoax has gone on for about 5 years and it changes a little bit from time to time. Check out some of them...
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2010/04/19/fake-amber-alert-spreads-far-and-wide-and-fast-via-sms-twitter.htm
The problem is it was not true right from the start it was simple selfish mischievous gossip about something that in the long haul could stop what is great about social media, "it's ability to get the word out super fast." There are many real amber alerts, escape convicts alert, but because of gossips and spirits of wickedness it can actually stop the great benefit Social media can play. The best way to stop passing on the right information is to Google the alert and see if others have reported it as a hoax if it's not a hoax you will also find real sources for the same information.
How does this relate to prayer. The same thing is true in prayer, I have found all that I want in most cases for individual people is the simple need maybe just the name or a name. It is much easier for me to hear what God wants me to pray for people if I don't hear lots of talk about them. People tend to embellish their request because of the fear that they are not letting you know just how important the request is. Some times people bring their own agenda to prayer. Even stating things in a different light to get you to pray a certain way, this also can lead you away from God's will for your prayer. Sometimes people will call you to pray just because they are dying to tell someone something they have heard or suspected and make it sound like concern instead of gossip.
This is also true in the news on a much bigger picture. I think we all know that the National inquirer put's embellishing twists on the news about celebrities. We all know that much of the information you get from conspiracy sites will also have twists and turns and not maybe about facts and the whole picture.

The problem is that every news source in the world has it's own agenda. First to make money, then to keep at the front of information they will pacify what information they will share and when so that they can get exclusives from government etc. Also if they are receiving kick backs or financing through big business it will provide information that boost that business.
Then we do have brotherhoods and secret societies that have agenda of their own and basically buy the loyalty of the press.
Maybe this is when social media is at it's best and worst. The second something is happening YouTube will start having videos being downloaded. Facebook, Twitter will also have amateur information going out. This is both good and bad.
I was look for a image to put in here and type amateur news and this is what I got first. Just for fun ha ha

Sometimes what you think you are seeing on a video is not what it seems and sometimes there is more information you miss because of a person telling you what's going on. When you use all these sources of information then you have overwhelming information.

TOO MUCH, INFORMATION

One of the challenges of all the news sources is simply hearing from God.
Here are some steps I take in Prayer for such things and people that need prayer.
1. After I have read what I can, I set it aside in my mind I ask God to expose the spirits at work in this situation. I ask God for conformations of things that need prayer for this situation. Then I ask God to direct my prayer.
2. I start by praying the Scripture.

A. If it is for an individual I almost always start praying through Psalms 91, I cover the work and plans of God for them with the blood of Christ and asking God to sustain them. If it is for salvation and or health I often just go to John 3 all of it I bind to them what the word of God says about salvation and how they can be saved. If it is about sickness in someone saved already I will just pray to loose all the curses that sin in the Garden of Eden brought on us and I will pray that all the blessings the death of Jesus freed us from be bound to them.

B. If I am praying for a situation in the world caused by nature or natural causes for example a flood, earthquake, tsunami, etc. I also pray scripture but I often look at the books of the prophets to show how to pray. I ask God to show me how the horrific event is meant to further the Kingdom of God. We really need to understand that God is sovereign. What does the Sovereignty of God mean? Below is from the following link please read it all when you can. http://www.christianity.com/theology/what-does-the-phrase-god-is-sovereign-really-mean-11555729.html

If you were to look up the word “sovereign” in the dictionary, you would find words and phrases like “superior,” “greatest,” “supreme in power and authority,” “ruler,” and “independent of all others” in its definition. But the way I like to explain God’s sovereignty best is simply to say, “God is in control.”
There is absolutely nothing that happens in the universe that is outside of God’s influence and authority. As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations. Consider just a few of the claims the Bible makes about God:

1. God is above all things and before all things. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He is immortal, and He is present everywhere so that everyone can know Him (Revelation 21:6).

2. God created all things and holds all things together, both in heaven and on earth, both visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16).

3. God knows all things past, present, and future. There is no limit to His knowledge, for God knows everything completely before it even happens (Romans 11:33).

4. God can do all things and accomplish all things. Nothing is too difficult for Him, and He orchestrates and determines everything that is going to happen in your life, in my life, in America, and throughout the world. Whatever He wants to do in the universe, He does, for nothing is impossible with Him (Jeremiah 32:17).

5. God is in control of all things and rules over all things. He has power and authority over nature, earthly kings, history, angels, and demons. Even Satan himself has to ask God’s permission before he can act (Psalm 103:19).

6. That’s what being sovereign means. It means being the ultimate source of all power, authority, and everything that exists. Only God can make those claims; therefore, it’s God’s sovereignty that makes Him superior to all other gods and makes Him, and Him alone, worthy of worship.

C. If I am praying for a situation in the world that has been man made, etc a blow out at a gas plant, a house fire, even things like house fires or fires in a city that knock out the power for a while. These things are not terrorist or violent acts from man but the consequence of choices a man or many men have caused. Some big examples of this are, Abortion and the problem with not enough people coming up to care for those that will be retiring cause our countries to have to allow more and more immigrants. The challenges of one county making decisions that cause another country to be abundant in poverty, sicknesses, homelessness and orphans because of sweat shops, and Human trafficking, and the country causing the problem will find themselves despised and hated by other countries. Violence and a problem with perversion because the Government is allowing their participation in violence and perversion it will flow down to all the people in that country. This leads me to the next point
I am going to post this bit first and more over the next week or so because it is perhaps the biggest topic for and about prayer, and I want to go slow so you can process little bits at a time.Keep coming back more tomorrow. Gossip vs Worship the weekend way

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Adventures with Kim and The Journey of a Prayer Warrior

Friday 18 October 2013

Gossip, too much info and not enough info and it's effect on prayer

Proverbs 16:28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Deceit, Backbiting, Busybodies, Malicious Gossips & Whisperers

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