Even Jesus prayed without words
Mark 7:34 (NKJV) “Then, looking up to heaven, He [Jesus] sighed, and said to him, ‘Ephphatha,’ that is, ‘Be opened.’”
Here, long before Paul’s teaching that when we do not know what to pray, that the Holy Spirit prays for us in moans that we cannot understand (Romans 8:26), Jesus Himself utters a wordless prayer – only a sigh in fact.
This does not mean that He did not know what to pray (as implied in Paul’s teaching). But be of good cheer that when you indeed do not know what to pray, wordless sighs are sufficient.
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PS – Jesus’ wordless sigh was sufficient enough even to heal
Atheism Grounded on Pretend
I’m probably going to get a barrage of abuse for posting this, but don’t get upset with me – I’m simply highlighting what they (the atheists) are saying themselves. So here’s the quote:
No gene – which is a mere collection of DNA molecules – can be said to have a selfish attitude or to make selfish plans, since these require a brain. Nevertheless, it is useful to pretend, as Richard Dawkins (1976) has done, that a gene thinks about it’s desire to survive … (Mary Maxwell, The Sociobiological Imagination 1991, p19-20, emphasis mine)
So, atheism is grounded upon a theory which admittedly relies on pretending. Mmmmm… interesting.
my name is darryl
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Violinists reminded me
I was listening to Casting Crowns this morning as I was dropping the children at school. There was this one portion where violins were the featured musical instrument. I was once again struck by the awe and beauty of the sound, and with that, the amount of effort and practice that most likely went into making the violinists as good as they were. I was truly blessed just by the excellence of the violinists. And I was reminded that EVERY job that is done if done to the glory of God, is worship to God (cf. Colossians 3:23).
May each of you be blessed today as you do that which God has ordained for you to do. May you do it in such a way that it glorifies God. Amen.
my name is darryl
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And we thought it had to do with money?!…
“‘Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.’ They brought the coin, and he asked them, ‘Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?’ ‘Caesar’s,’ they replied. Then Jesus said to them, ‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s'” (Mark 12:15-17).
What are “the things that are God’s”? Presumably, whatever bears the image of God. Jesus then was saying, “Give your money to Caesar; it has his image on it, and thus belongs to him. But give yourselves to God. You bear his image, and you belong to him.
(extract from Erickson’s “Christian Theology Second Edition”).
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Another aside thought
If a women becomes a Christian, there is a 17% chance that the others in the household will become Christian. If a man, however, becomes a Christian, there is a 93% chance that the rest of the household will become Christian. That is why ministry to men is so important. ~ Mark Gungor (Laugh your way to a happy marriage) #b #wp
my name is darryl
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