tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2851099824394178697..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Praying Against the TidePastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-6365040905604449462011-10-13T15:28:34.978-05:002011-10-13T15:28:34.978-05:00Pastor:
I would really like to hear more from you ...Pastor:<br />I would really like to hear more from you on this topic. <br />For example, my son has lost his business. He and his wife have a newborn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7222219266667050682011-10-12T21:38:02.089-05:002011-10-12T21:38:02.089-05:00Dear Rev. Peters: yours is a wonderful, edifying, ...Dear Rev. Peters: yours is a wonderful, edifying, and very appropriate homily. I too have never met anyone who is completely satisfied with their prayer life, and that, of course includes me. It also troubles me when corporately, or personally we give God a to do list as if we are more merciful and kind than He is.<br /><br />As you may have noted, I repeatedly refer to what I think is a fact, that our people do not know all of the Gospel. So that when you write, “If we knew the promises of God, then it would be easier to pray. I think he is right“, I have to ask, “Is not knowing the promises of God the same as knowing the Gospel?” Moreover, I believe that even when we do know the Gospel fully, we find it hard to believe that, “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” The old Adam keeps arguing that He simply cannot regard us as perfect, and love us as if we were perfect, because we know that we sin continuously, deliberately and even unconsciously. So that among our prayers might be to ask the Holy Spirit, who dwells in each of us, to stir up our faith, so that we could believe the incredible, absurd, unimaginable, wonderful, consoling promises our God has made to us through His Son.<br /><br />Peace and Joy!<br />George A. MarquartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-12486508275732752822011-10-11T15:12:32.437-05:002011-10-11T15:12:32.437-05:00Magnificent homily & a great hymn to go with i...Magnificent homily & a great hymn to go with it! Thanks for posting this!RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22030546966348879382011-10-11T12:00:08.190-05:002011-10-11T12:00:08.190-05:00When we make a PHYSICAL request in
prayer to the L...When we make a PHYSICAL request in<br />prayer to the Lord, we can not assume<br />that it is His Will for us to get<br />a higher paying job, to have a<br />successful surgery, to retire with<br />financial security, or to avoid<br />cancer. This is why we add the words<br />IF IT BE YOUR WILL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-33969107589761650282011-10-11T09:21:13.850-05:002011-10-11T09:21:13.850-05:00When we make a PHYSICAL request in
prayer to the L...When we make a PHYSICAL request in<br />prayer to the Lord, we add the words,<br />IF IT BE YOUR WILL.<br /><br />When we make a SPIRITUAL request in<br />prayer to the Lord, we already know<br />it is His Will for us to have a<br />stronger faith, more love for Him and<br />our neighbor, to be more forgiving.<br />So WE DO NOT ASK IF IT BE YOUR WILL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-25592670108824714952011-10-11T08:21:32.645-05:002011-10-11T08:21:32.645-05:00Thoughtful post, Pastor Peters. A secretary told m...Thoughtful post, Pastor Peters. A secretary told me once of her Pentecostal pastor who could name seven (count them!)reasons why she did not receive an answer to her "heartfelt" prayer. Not surprisingly, every one of them had something to do with something she did/din't do, should/shouldn't do, etc. Not a word about prayer and God's promises. With "counsel" such as this among Christians today, little wonder prayer is a challenge for many today. And, yes, I agree with Anonymous: it is a great hymn, one to which I have often returned.Irenaeusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-39293903109609267392011-10-11T07:01:46.090-05:002011-10-11T07:01:46.090-05:00Hey, great hymn!
Thanks for sharing.Hey, great hymn! <br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com