BTW, I don’t think I asked anything about prayer or praying or answers to prayers. For the sake of understanding, you could take my queries as regarding the use of a chair in a dining hall. To sit upon a chair requires the most basic sort of faith. Sitting without crashing to the floor is a reinforcer of faith applied. It would be a very different exercise if one entered a totally dark room, blindfolded, seeking a chair upon which to sit. Listening very acutely and feeling about would be advisable before just lowering one’s butt. A Christian ‘listens acutely with ‘spiritual ears, and feels about via applied interactions with the still small voice within. As my behavior amkes The Holy Spirit within uncomfortable, His whisper—at frist—reminds me and reinforces the reminders with instructional passages found int he Bible. If I ignore the whispers, He will take more severe action. The process is ‘faithing’, as in a verb form of faith, the noun. Sitting in enough chairs builds confidence in the reliability of chairs.
Yes, but this "faith" is based on something solid, not on voices in your head (and I don't mean ti disparagingly).
It would be a very different exercise if one entered a totally dark room, blindfolded, seeking a chair upon which to sit. Listening very acutely and feeling about would be advisable before just lowering one’s butt. A Christian ‘listens acutely with ‘spiritual ears, and feels about via applied interactions with the still small voice within
It's an interesting analogy which, I am sure, makes a lot of people accept it easier, but it's not analogous. Religious faith is something completely different.
As my behavior amkes The Holy Spirit within uncomfortable, His whisper—at frist—reminds me and reinforces the reminders with instructional passages found int he Bible. If I ignore the whispers, He will take more severe action. The process is ‘faithing’,
How do you know it's the Holy Spirit? Does the whisper lead you to the passage that says that even Satan can appear as the Angel of Light?
Sitting in enough chairs builds confidence in the reliability of chairs.
Not with me,. I test each and every one. :)