Wednesday, January 04, 2012

The power of prayers

Hmm, this blog seems to have been neglected for some time. I wonder if anyone still reading this.

Anyway, I still think that this blog is a good avenue for sharing.

I find it very hard to share in cell group most of the time. Partly because I think I do not seek a listener in cell group. Most of the time, I journal. So I do not see the need to share. But I guess the main reason why I don't share is because I don't think sharing will help me.

Recently, I have some problems in school. I feel really bottled up. I really wanted to find someone that can understand me and can give me some advice. I want someone that I trust, that I want to listen to and someone who knows me well. With all these criteria, I think only God can fit the bill. But somehow, my own frustration and muddled mind prevented me from hearing from God and praying to Him. I needed someone to talk to me. The only person that I could think of was my dear friend who has gone through his PhD journey and has known me for almost ten years. He has also listened through my grumbles all these years. So again, I sent my SOS to him.

He gave me some really useful and practical advice. Advice that I know is in-line with my Christian belief, in fact, bringing me back to rely on God. But more interestingly, he also suggested me to share my problems with my cell group so that we can pray about it. I told him that I found it hard to share in cell group because they wouldn't understand me. My dear friend said it's not a matter of whether they could understand me, but a matter of praying about the matter together and handing it over to God. If the cell group knew about the problem and prayed about it, they would then knew that God has helped me to pull through my difficult times in the future when the problem was solved. Then I could share about how God has helped me through. My cell group would know that it's God's work. That's being witness for God. That's what God has called me to do. I have never thought about this.


Have I forgotten or underestimated the power of prayers? Or is this practice just not in our cell?