Talk to God Recently?

"There are four types of conversations. Discussion is the most familiar and pragmatic..."

Soooo.....

<---------------- Do you converse with God.

Conversation goes two ways...

Are your prayers one way? --------------->

Conversation with God is possible, but it requires two very important elements. Speaking for one. How often do you take the time to just talk to God. I talk to my friends and family every single day. My Cell phone records will attest to that! But do I talk to others more than I do the person that I bear the mark of. I take the name of his son as my own! I am a Christian, but do I talk to the one that I call my best friend?

Every relationship requires communication. Without it we are lost to everything that exists in that place... Helen Keller was closed to almost every type of communication. Helen could only communicate to those around her. She threw tantrums and got angry and frustrated. She whined when hungry and screamed when angry. She had a teacher that worked with her daily to help her learn to communicate. Helen was only confused by the everything. She was blind to the world around her. She was deaf to the sounds that where happening right next to her. Her teacher Anne Sullivan brought her to the pump one day and put her hand in the water and spelled the word water in her other hand...

---- !!!!BAM!!!! ----

It all made sense. Later Helen said this "I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten, a thrill of returning thought, and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me."

That is what needs to happen to us. We currently have this ability to communicate our frustrations. We whine and scream, but why do we not listen to that Teacher that is holding our hands and talking back to us! Why don't we listen. There are several ways that God talks to us. He talks to us as a body. We are the Body of Christ and He gives us His Word, and He gave us His Spirit. You have the tool. Once Helen realized that the fingerspelling on her fingers was someone talking to her she learned 30 words in the timespan of about a few hours. Be eager to listen to HIM. Helen was eager to learn new words. Be eager about reading His Word. We can not hear His audible voice, but we can hear that still small voice in our hearts. Listen to it. It will always line up with His written word. Love that communication! It goes two ways. If you can't hear it, beg for it, and then listen. Be quiet and listen. He is right there inside you and is excitedly waiting on you to listen!

Looking for prayer warriors

Would you be willing to commit some time to praying for the needs that are submited on this website? Please email Tony @ tony@callousedknees.com. Thanks!

Please Pray for Baby Ava!

Ava is now in Ia City University Hospital. She has had a Very rough go of it, But she is still here with us & we are thankful. Ava will be on the heart -lung machine which is doing all of her breathing & such for her. Her heart needs to rest before they can even think about doing surg. We will see about that come Thurs.
We ask that you lift her up in these areas.... that her heart will get the rest that it needs , the blood thinner doesn't cause strokes or anyother complications or brain damage, that there is NO permenant damage in Any area & that the surg . would be completely successful. Our God created the heavans & the earth this is nothing for Him to accomplish. But above all we pray for His will not our own .Please lift up Jess & Josiah & the rest of our families, we have a long way to go. Please be diligent in bringing these requests before the throne.
For God's Glory alone , The Johnson & Elson Families

Finally!

We are finally online! Please feel free to submit prayer requests! If you are interested in praying for other people, please feel free to email me with your email address. Thanks!

Tony
tony@callousedknees.com

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The Communication Generation

I was driving down Highway 41 today listening to the radio when I was struck with a thought... This is a communication obsessed generation. People carry cell phones, PDA's, Blackberries, wireless internet enabled laptops, and some people have all of the above! Most of us could be in a conversation with someone on the other side of the planet in seconds if it was our desire. We have cell phones with free long distance, early night and weekends, call waiting, instant messanger, you get the picture. People use these modes of communication all day long. Literally hours of every day are spent on the phone or internet. Instant Communication. Yet I sat there and pondered the message in the song that was playing on my radio...
The song "What If His People Prayed" was playing. I suddenly was overwhelmed with the whole concept and thought behind this song. We are able to talk to the creator of the universe any time we want to! No lost signals, dropped calls, roaming charges, not even any interference. But everyone knows that. There is an awesomeness in that one ability that is taken for granted every second of every day. But what convicts me and is sparking a fire in me is what God will do if we call on Him. All I need to is ask him. Sooooo... Out of all of this thinking an idea was born. An idea that I know has been sparked in the hearts of so many other people. My desire is to locate the people of prayer, and locate the matters of prayer, and hook em up, if you will. Currently I am using this blog until my website (www.callousedknees.com) is up and running. I would also like to see what I can do to be used by Christ to answer some of those prayer needs. Sometimes we just need to be smacked up side the head with a need in order to see that God is trying to use us to fulfill that need. So please email me at callousedknees@gmail.com with prayer requests and I will do what I am able to, to spread the prayer request across the world. Lets see what we can do!!!

"What if the armies of the Lord

Picked up and dusted off their swords

Vowed to set the captives free

And not let satan have one more"

"What if the church for heaven's sake

Finally stepped up to the plate

Took and stand upon God's promise

And stormed hell's rusty gates"

"What if His people prayed

And those who bare His name

Would humbly seek His face

And turn from their own way"