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Welcome to OurPrayerBucket.com
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The story behind OurPrayerBucket.com
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You are listening to the song, "Prayer Bucket" , which was composed by Chet Nichols. Copyright 2006 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.
If you would like to purchase an MP3 of this song, please go to ....http://www.broadjam.com/chetnichols or go to.....iTunes and "search" for Chet Nichols.
"Prayer Bucket" is contained on Chet Nichols's CD, "Red Mesa Sunset",
an award-winning CD of spiritual and healing music. Please support this
artist for the wonderful work he is doing with his music, by buying his
CDs and his songs as MP3 downloads at the links listed above!
Below is the background behind the ideas and events that lead to this site being built and published on the Internet.
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First of all, OurPrayerBucket.com is non-denominational and all are welcome. It is a cooperative
prayer fellowship that invites all who want to help or need help. If you are breathing, you can pray.
I
watched my Mother kick THREE kinds of cancer and we attribute it to a
great Doctor and prayer. Even the Doctor said Mom was a 'miracle lady".
She went on to live 10 more years. I learned a lot about the "power of
prayer" when I cared for my mother. She was very religious and said the
rosary religiously.
These days, I usually fall asleep with a rosary in my hand.
During my moments of contemplation, one interesting idea that hit me was the all-encompassing nature of God.
After all, He IS everywhere. The premise is simple. He gives us all
breath and He "sees" the world through each and every one of us. Which
supports the idea that we are all brothers and sisters.
Think about this sometime when you are sitting and "people watching". It is a wee bit mind-blowing.
Many
years ago I came up with the idea of putting people I knew or met, who
were in need, into a "mental and spiritual" Prayer Bucket.
I would simply say a silent prayer, "Dear God, I want to put this person in my Prayer Bucket".
Daily I would include the needs of the people "in my Prayer Bucket"
into my prayers. I put my family, friends, people I met or people who
I saw who needed prayers into my Prayer Bucket. Everyone went into my
Prayer Bucket, even people I didn't know.
People who were nice to me AND people who were NOT nice to me, all went into my Prayer Bucket.
This practice helped me to learn and develop mental and spiritual
concepts the made my prayers more focused and all-inclusive. I learned
that success in prayer is all-about staying focused on your needs and
having faith. I have learned that God sometimes answers prayers right
away, maybe next week, month or years from now. I have learned that He
says, "Not now", a lot. Which is really challenging. But, when a prayer
is answered, it brings streams of tears to your eyes and makes you drop
to your kneees to give praise and thanksgiving.
What has been the MOST powerful result of my study of prayer has been
to learn to pray for I don't like and people who don't like
me....aka.....my enemies.
So, for a variety of reasons, I decided I
would create a website that could be open to any and everybody who
needed prayers said for them. As you will probably agree, the more
people praying to help others, the better. This world is filled with
deception and I think prayer helps to broom away the "smoke and
mirrors".
So, I want to invite you and
everyone you know to use and enjoy AND contribute to this website. The
website is simple and in it's early stages....but I it is getting a
growing number of "hits" and favorable feedback.
I read each prayer submission and pray for the person(s) who submit them daily.
What
was really exciting was recently this website was featured in a segment
on Fox News and acknowledged as one of the "Coolest Websites in 2006"! It has driven a lot of people to the website. Again, "the
more people rowing the boat".....the better.
So, leave a prayer, share the site with people who might need help and pass the word, if you are so inclined.
Visit
the site often and please make a mental and spiritual commitment to
include all the prayers included in the Prayer Bucket at
OurPrayerBucket.com into your prayers.
If the turmoil in this
world needs anything right now, it is more dedicated prayer. Our goal
is to have ONE BILLION prayers and more in The Prayer Bucket.
Anyway,
OurPrayerBucket.com is a labor of love for me. It is a a way that a
regular person can try to help the world and other people. I pray daily
for success, great health and peace for all the members of this group,
their submissions and their families.
Funny thing is that since
I have published this website, I have had some very interesting
"miracles" appear in my life.....little things, but good things.
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