[Manic_Episode]

We were at church praying for my alcoholic roommate who was at home sleeping off a bender.
When I got home he met me at the door and was scared out of his mind and told me: "You're not going to believe this. I told God if He took away my hangover that I'd quit drinking. The second I said that my hangover disappeared."
We were praying for him at the same moment it happened. He normally would have several days of DTs and dry heaves.

We prayed in Jesus name, not to Mary or saints.

Recently my family was at a small group meeting where we are going thru The Truth Project and afterwords we prayed.
Right as we prayed for my friend to come to church my phone went off with a text.
When we were done praying I checked the text and it was my friend saying he would be coming to church in the morning, which he did for the first time in 15 years that I've known him.

We prayed in Jesus name, not to Mary or Saints.

These 2 examples span 20 years and please believe me that I can go on and on and on with the prayers God has answered in between, all in the name of Jesus, not to or with Mary or saints, or any hair splitting tortured explanation of why the bible is inadequate, but in Jesus name alone.

I'm not certain I can say I've given my all to God because I'm sinful and selfish, but I can say I've given God my best but I can't explain that without ruining it by bragging, as if my filthy rags were something to brag about.

Do not pray to Mary or saints. It is anathema.

[metmom]

We could use some prayer.......

Lots of decisions about college for all three kids.

One heading off to grad school across the country, one in college, and one heading off for her first year (both more locally- within driving distance but not even close enough to consider living at home.)

You can only imagine what this summer is going to be like.

[metmom]

I'm not certain I can say I've given my all to God because I'm sinful and selfish, but I can say I've given God my best but I can't explain that without ruining it by bragging, as if my filthy rags were something to brag about.

One of my favorite passages of Scripture....

Psalm 103

8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

[Quix]

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

Against my better judgment once, I met an alcoholic at the Baptist counseling center at 02:30 in the morning . . . and, sure enough they were almost falling down drunk.

I was angry.

I commanded in the name of Jesus that they sober up immediately.

They did. Shocked us both.