Conversations In the Prayer Closet

By Fredah El

If you had face time with God what would you want to talk about? Inside are conversations in the form of poems to God. The poems vary from funny to heartfelt and serious discussions with God. Some of the poems may be thoughts and/or questions you may have wondered and never thought to address them with God. The poems are not to instruct one on how to pray but to give insight that there are no subjects whether serious or comical that we cannot discuss with God. The book also has a prayer to share; each prayer poem is written twice with one to keep and one to share.

Fredah El was born in Florida, a US veteran and currently living in New Mexico. Throughout my travels of life I have been asking questions. Some of the questions I could not get answers for and it prompted me to writing my questions to God in the form of poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Aug 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483414348

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A CHANCE TO DANCE

Holy Father,

You gave me free will and a chance to dance

my way into Your eternity…

And I choose to dance for You because

I realize it’s Your breath I breathe that

gives me strength to pick up my feet to

dance a stance for You….

I dance this dance not so I’ll be seen; but to

honor You because You are a loving King!

I want my gait to be straight to display

Your Heart in me so others don’t focus

on me they see…

I want my stride to show the bona fide fruits of

Your Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,

goodness, faith, gentleness and self control…

So, I don’t want to take a chance to perform

this dance on my own…

I’ll need Your hand and Your help for

every step I take.

~Amen

by Fredah El May 2011

A FRIEND

Holy Father,

I have a friend in need of prayer. None of

us know our way to You on our own; we

each need Your drawing. So, I lift up my

friend to You that You will draw their heart

and soul to You And deliver them from evil.

Allow them to feel the richness of Your love

pouring in their soul that they will flourish

in Your peace, to unveil to them the creation

You planned them to be. Deliver them from

the hurts and all that hinders them from sur-

rendering their heart and soul to You. Holy

Father, I pray their life may be a light for

others to see You

~Amen

by Fredah El Feb 2012

A LOVE

Holy Father,

Instead of me appearing before

You with a long list of prayers

pouring from my heart and praying for

things above my knowledge range.

I pray to know Your heart.

I want to know Your heart because Your love is

unparalleled and beyond my comprehension.

A love so extraordinary that;

Your heart overflows with the capacity to love mankind

enough to send Your Son to die for our sins.

A love so phenomenal that;

You pour Your mercy, grace and patience on mankind

then You gave us free will to choose to love You.

A love so exceptional;

in the way You knit life’s events together for good when

mankind is so bad.

A love so remarkable that;

You will dust off and clean up the sinful and make them

royalty.

A love so amazing that;

I desire to know Your heart - to know how to love You.

~Amen

by Fredah El Aug 2011

A NEW DAY

Holy Father,

A new day is dawning

I’m a new creation arising

I love You and want to please You

I want to walk in Your Love

I want to walk in Your Light

I want to walk in Your Blessings

please take my hand and let Us

walk together into Your horizon.

~Amen

by Fredah El 2008

AGE OLD QUESTION

Holy Father,

What is the purpose

of life and why are we on earth?

~Mankind

God:

To keep it short and simple - My purpose for your

life on earth is LOVE. I love mankind enough to

give man the free will to chose Me and to get to know

My LOVE. But the enemy has interfered in every way

and the enemy’s hate will do tremendous damage.

Nevertheless; LOVE is more powerful than the hate.

Mankind:

But why are we here on earth? Could we have received

love in heaven with You and not have to go through

the journey of hate, chaos, pains and troubles?

God:

Making mankind love Me is not what I desired. How

would you know if you really loved Me? A gift is

cherished when the receiver can appreciate the gift

and the journey helps you appreciate the gift.

Mankind:

But what does appreciating a gift has to do with

love being the purpose for life and mankind

being on earth?

God:

Love is a gift to appreciate and the

journey helps you understand; whether

or not you desire My love.

by Fredah El Aug 2011

ALL SUFFER

Holy Father,

My sufferings and hurts are not Your

personal punishment to destroy me, because…

I see no human has walked Your earth with

out experiencing them….

yet; all sufferings and hurts are caused by our

personal sins and the perpetual sins of our fathers

we walk in…(except Jesus)

BUT, my sufferings can be a catalyst that draws

my heart close to You…

~to allow me to rest in a place and space You

occupy, freeing my soul and surrendering all

control to You…

~to allow my letting go of all unforgiveness

from those who has caused my hurts, pains

and sufferings…

~to allow Your presence to permeate my being

and saturate my soul in Your love, peace and joy;

taking away my pains, hurts and sufferings…

~to allow the freeing of my heart to give You

honor and praise all my days…

So, in my sufferings - I thank You for the

journey that has brought me to a place of

submission and a place of praise…

because without them I wouldn’t have embraced

the opportunity to occupy a place and space with

You; for You to saturate my soul with Your Holiness…

I Thank You Holy Father. I thank You.

~Amen

by Fredah El Jul 2008

AS A CHILD

Holy Father,

Please hear my heart.

I come before You as humble as

a young child.

Nevertheless, I’m a sinner and I have

grown up flaws in my flesh. Yet, I have the

strongest desire in my soul to want to walk

upright, but I don’t know how.

Please forgive me and deliver me from the sins

I walk in…

I surrender my life to You because

I want to hear You as You talk with me.

I want to walk with You as You hold my hand

and lead me.

I want to love You and do Your will on earth.

But again I don’t know how.

Please help me to show You I