Posted on 04/30/2010 8:03:48 AM PDT by Quix
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7 “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! 9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, --New Living Translation 7And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.] 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9Pray, therefore, like this: 15But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [j]reckless and willful sins, [k]leaving them, letting them go, and [l]giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. --Amplified Pray with Simplicity 5"And when you come before God, don't turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat? 6"Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace. 7-13"The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don't fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: 16-18"When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don't make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won't make you a saint. If you 'go into training' inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn't require attention-getting devices. He won't overlook what you are doing; he'll reward you well. |
Mark Kirby: O Mother of Good Counsel, I am all thine, Most Holy Mary, There is no part of my life that is not open to thee, I want to be completely transparent with thee, Praying in this way, I can be at rest, |
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You consistently point out grave dangers in this odd obsession the Catholic Church has with Mary. Thanks for this good work. This post, however, gave me the willies seeing blasphemous names assigned to this woman. Preoccupation, reverence and beseeching can only be construed as idolotrous worship.
“Morning star, pray for us.”
“Queen conceived without Original Sin, pray for us.”
Sinless prior to what particular sin? Bizarre.
Makes one wonder what use Jesus really is to them. Why pray to Mary when they could have God, but instead, they continuously run to SuperWoman to save the day. Tragic.
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WELL PUT, imho.
Thx.
Paul himself characterizes his encounter with the risen Christ as ‘last of all, as to one untimely born.’ When the 11 talk about replacing the traitor, their notion is to get someone who had been with them from the beginning (I assume that means the beginning of Christ's public ministry.)
Paul really is a special case and a special gift to us.
Do you have any specifics? Any specifics that will stand up to examination?
Now, now.
You know good and well that the V Edifice doesn’t tolerate facts and logic . . . except when it’s
fantasizing them for some new dogma out of whole cloth.
Thx back.
I follow your contributions regularly and, in opposition to those you mentioned hurl abuse, I find your remarks biblical and enlightening. And we pray they will be used to remove scales and free slaves. Keep up the good work.
Paul was a witness and a disciple of the resurrected Christ. Which bible are you reading?
lol
I believe he was ordained by God for the position..he was the most educated on scripture of any of the apostles and a Roman citizen ...indeed a gift to all of us
indeed
THANKS TONS for your kind encouragement and affirmation.
Am still deeply troubled by a huge percentage of the responses on this thread and a huge screaming absence of affirmations that
THE TRINITY, GOD, CHRIST ALONE IS WORTHY ALL OUR PRAISE, GLORY, WORSHIP.
Still prayerfully pondering therefore what.
A lot of comments from the usual rabid clique types are routinely expected. Some from some of the other more thoughtful, spiritually mature folks are still leaving me stunned and shocked.
no, they praise God day and night. Tell me something: why , if and when you get to heaven, you would think, that you, a mere human, get to do God’s work? Granted, in His Wisdom, He may give you a job, but
why do you think you get to say just what it is you might do? And why isn’t praising God night and day, and nothing else, enough for you?
Plus, “honoring” your father and your mother-— that isn’t laying flowers at their tombstones— that is living in the way they brought you up, , hopefully, righteously
spam: the other sandwich meat
yeah, any one of us can go one on one with you at any time in our understanding of Paul
Nice to see.
very well said
Interesting , Pauls writings are very clear..IMHO
yes, amen
lol, bring it on
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