Sep 03 2008
Last week the pastor finished a series on prayer. He referenced a passage from Deuteronomy that has stuck in my mind:
“What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?” (Deut 4:7, NIV)
What an incredible God we serve, a God who hears and responds to us as a father to his children.
Apr 17 2008
My sister-in-law was taken yesterday to a VA cancer treatment center in Indianapolis for a recently discovered cancerous lump in her lung. Docs said that it is a particularly virulent form of cancer and that it has already metastasized to her brain. Join me in prayer for a spontaneous remission of Suzy’s cancer. Pray for wisdom for the docs as well as peace and comfort for Suzy and my brother Jim.
Nov 26 2007
Jon at Levite Chronicles posted this guide to pointless prayer:
1. Look at it as obligation.
(you love to talk with people when you have to, right?)2. Look at it as a contract.
(If I promise to do this, You promise to…)3. Look at it as a monologue.
(Speeches are always more effective than conversation.)4. Look at it as a good luck charm.
(might as well, it couldn’t hurt.)5. Believe you have to be polite.
(If I raise my voice, if I get honest, God will get mad)6. Look at it as a formula.
(I have to get the words exactly right.)7. Believe it’s about posture.
(”close your eyes and fold your hands” - “so I can’t pray and drive?”)8. Don’t.
He’s a master at 8 Ways.
