What the bible
says about prayer... ask and ye shall receive — and then testing that is proof that the bible is false and god is imaginary.
I am writing a post about this for tomorrow, when I start to focus on the positive things Scripture
says about prayer.
Yet when we look at what Jesus
says about prayer, he is clearly lying.
What Jesus
says about prayer in the Bible clearly is not true.
You know what
they say about prayer,» Prayer: Doing nothing and still think you're helping» I'll keep you posted on whether they are making any changes.
Then we wrote this article, fulfilling the prophecy of a supposed RELEVANT reader who tweeted: «Aaaand que RELEVANT with an article titled «You won't believe what Chris Pratt just
said about prayer!»
Aaand que @RELEVANT with an article titled «You won't beleieve what Chris Pratt just
said about prayer!»
Then I responded to what you were
saying about prayer.
Nothing is
said about prayer or music or food.
To give one more example, we may ask, What does the Bible
say about prayer?
The more general meaning fits
the sayings about prayer that follow (vv 5 - 8).
From what we have already
said about prayer, it is clear that the prayer - situation is one which is supremely relevant to the fulfillment of the highest human potentiality (e.g., envisaging of ideal possibilities) and which calls for the exercise of the distinctively human capacities (e.g., imagination, reflection, deep feeling).
What we have been
saying about prayer and its practice has this broader context.
I always really appreciate what
you say about prayer.
A final thing that needs to be
said about prayer, is that it is always corporate.
Below are the sermon notes for how I preached this passages about 20 years ago... If you read through it, please note that I disagree with what I say about «salvation,» with what
I say about prayer, Bible study, and church attendance, and what I say about the overall point of the entire passage of Ephesians 2.
Not exact matches
Then, strap in, put the helmet on,
say a little
prayer and get ready for what's
about to happen.
The chaplain for the House
said a top aide to the House speaker had told him last month his departure had been requested in part because of a
prayer about the Republican tax law and because of his Catholic faith.
I want everyone here to think for a second
about the muslim men who were arrested at the Twin Cities airport because they
said their
prayers at the gate — they were delayed, arrested, questioned not ON the plane but even BEFORE they got on it.
Actually Jesus you're wrong
about what Atheism
said,
prayer changes things by not doing anything and allowing the natural (disastrous) course of events to transpire.
That was very interesting thing to read
about and I respect every word it came with and Thank you for the guidance and encouragement therefore I find my self more attracted to read the old books after all they are the elder parts of our book what ever they
say although each has his own belief and can figure which are similar to ours and which are not... after all verses seemed as ours although were put differently... Thank you again and wish all the Christians a Happy and Peaceful celebration for this occasion... our
prayers and peace upon the soul and the spirit of the Prophet and Messenger of God Jesus the Son of Mary..
As one person
said to me, «If we are serious
about sharing the gospel around the world, shouldn't we be glad that we still have missionaries who pray rather than setting up a bureau of
prayer inspectors!»
He
says that he would «convert on the spot» if any of these could be shown to him: verifiable fulfillment of prophecies that couldn't have been contrived; scientific knowledge in holy books that wasn't available at the time; miraculous occurrences, especially if brought
about through
prayer; any direct manifestation of the divine; aliens who believed in exactly the same religion.
And the Bible
says that man does this because they prefer darkness, the opportunity to rob and cheat and hurt and lie to each other apart from God, apart from
prayer and apart from caring even
about their fellow man.
There is alot of debate out there
about Christians, but just forget that debate, and take it from me, a person who
says prayers, goes to church, has trouble destroying ants on the doorstep... this is how I would describe my faith... its a country song, but give it a chance, its a good song.
Andrew, I understand what you're
saying completely because I was a christian for the first half of my life, and I had the same opinion
about prayer and emotional well - being.
«During early adulthood,
about half of Boomers (51 %) and Gen Xers (54 %)
said they approved of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that banned the required reading of the Lord's
Prayer or Bible verses in public schools; 56 % of Millennials took this view in 2008.»
It
says more
about the power of the human mind over the human body than it does
about prayer itself.
If they weren't «good» and started praying and became «good,» that
says something positive, I think,
about prayer...
He was talking
about prayer and
said we need to be careful not to keep pleading and pleading with God for something that is not His will for us.
If Jesus» words aren't true
about prayer, then how can we depend on anything else Jesus
said?
Jesus
said the above,
about prayer.
I don't think simply
saying a
prayer and going
about your life the way you used to does it, and it's because of the scriptures I listed above.
I didn't see this applying to any legislative act, nor did I see that this was a conversation
about funding, The case you are siting was a school system FORCING kids to
say a particular
prayer.
It's easy to make assumptions
about other pilgrims on the journey, especially when they
say their broken
prayers from the pews of a different church building.
The scholar metaphor is useful for worship and Bible study, but books like Andrew Murray's With Christ in the School of
Prayer don't have much to
say about faithfulness in the workplace.
And something should be
said about the use of the old set services of the Church — for Lutherans and Episcopalians that means the reading of Morning and Evening
Prayer, or Matins and Evensong.
I could
say a few things
about saying «the Lord's»
prayer or singing the doxology.
Some things
about the occasions and social settings of
prayer were
said in the previous chapter.
It now remains to
say something more
about the fruits of
prayer, both within the individual and in the social whole.
To be serious I loved what you wrote Jeremy
about praying in the Will of God, after all if we
say the Lords
prayer we do
say Thy will be done not My will be done.
All that was
said in chapter three
about the need of confession of sin and the
prayer for cleansing is pertinent here, and need not be repeated.
@ Brigette — yeah, I don't want to be a Hare Krishna either... I do like what you
say regarding thinking
about your parents and grandparents teaching you the
prayers — nice sentiment there even for folks like me who don't pray anymore.
He told Premier
about how Christians balance the power of God and the fact that we live in a fallen world: «We do believe that God heals and it's quite clear from scripture that
prayer for the sick is part of the ministry of the church but at no point does it
say anywhere in the Bible that we shouldn't seek medical help and support.»
Reflection and
prayer are matters in which we engage; tentatio is something which occurs to us and, for that reason, I wish to
say little
about it.
The first thing to
say about this is that the Lord's
Prayer isn't exactly the most offensive thing to be found in scripture.
Also, pointing out that
prayer works in the bible is
about as useful as
saying that magic exists because harry potter does it in his books.
So like Peter I
say, «I don't have any money but I do have
prayer, how
about that?»
«C.S. Lewis when speaking
about why
prayers are not always answered the way we want them to be
said that in his experience it was often the new Christian's
prayers that were answered rather than those with a mature faith.
Much can be
said about the content of Jesus»
prayer, especially that the primary
prayer request of Jesus for all who would believe in Him is that we would be unified (John 17:21).