Posted on 04/30/2010 8:03:48 AM PDT by Quix
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7 When you pray, dont 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 Dont 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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Yes He does ,and I pray for us both to follow it with fear and trembling
Amen, quix!
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Thanks for your castigations.
I appreciate the Heavenly reward that they accrue to my account there.
It is also a welcome and humblingly wonderful thing to see how outrageously distant your accusations are from the realities involved. Thanks for that, too.
Aye aye.
Sorry, I should have been more alert and mindful of that.
A root of love bothers people who don't perceive love because they are blinded by pride
Thanks for your kind reply.
Thanks for the Scriptures ,dear sister
Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. - Matt 6:1-4
God's Name is I AM
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Reminds me of your Origen, one of your great church fathers...He is pretty much responsible for the false notion that most scripture was to be taken as allegory...In other words, scripture is not literal, it means something other than what it says...But unfortunately, no Catholic ever figured out what the allegories alluded to, but yet your church still follows this private min-interpretation of the scripturs...
And so then, it is the Catholic historical position that most scripture is allegorical...
So does that make Origen's premise true??? Of course not...All that shows is that Origen looked at scripture thru the eyes of the 'natural' man...The scripture that Origen and his followers couldn't/can't figure out tells us that...
Origen’s writings are sometimes used, but some of them are heretical and not used by the church...
have to separate the writings from what he later did.
This is language. And words mean something.
Rome is forever telling us ridiculous things and then furiously trying to explain away the clear and simple meaning of those words.
Men are not an "alter Christus," no matter how Rome would like to finagle the definition. There is no Christ but Jesus and He is in heaven, not on any alter.
And men are not instructed to "give their all to Mary." God forbid.
RC apologists should flee any person or organization that encourages that kind of anti-Scriptural, anti-Christian thinking. It may feel all warm and cozy and familial, but sentimental idolatry often feels good to our fallen hearts.
Resist it. Christ alone is worthy of our "all."
"For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house." -- Hebrews 3:3
Amen! The irrefutable bottom line.
Amen. Just the opposite. God does not barter His grace and I doubt He’d be happy if we assume He does.
WELL AND BIBLICALLY SAID, imho.
Thx.
YES, INDEED! imho, also, the IRREFUTABLE BOTTOM LINE:
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If we love any thing or any one equal to or more than God - if only for a moment - then that thing or that one is for us an idol.
Amen! The irrefutable bottom line.
What does that have to do with worshiping an edifice?
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