Comments on: And He Will Heal Their Land. Maybe. http://www.biblicalsense.org/?p=99 To know, in the Biblical sense Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:06:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: karean derby http://www.biblicalsense.org/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-3283 karean derby Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:27:31 +0000 http://www.divinspiration.com/blog/?p=99#comment-3283 Way to go Steve. You have certainly given me food for thought and a challenge to make change in my life. Thank you!!!! Love Mom Way to go Steve. You have certainly given me food for thought and a challenge to make change in my life. Thank you!!!! Love Mom

]]> By: A Living Trust is http://www.biblicalsense.org/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-3277 A Living Trust is Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:44:52 +0000 http://www.divinspiration.com/blog/?p=99#comment-3277 Prayer is our way of communicating to God, so let's not forget to pray to him.And as we pray let's not forget to follow his teachings. Prayer is our way of communicating to God, so let’s not forget to pray to him.And as we pray let’s not forget to follow his teachings.

]]> By: Steve Berven http://www.biblicalsense.org/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-3276 Steve Berven Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:19:26 +0000 http://www.divinspiration.com/blog/?p=99#comment-3276 The way this verse always gets bandied about just sorta irks me at times. The idea that if we all get together and pray, we can bring about radical change in this country. Maybe, but I doubt it. Only if those prayers are part of a genuine repentance and a turning towards God, away from the standards and values of this world. Which I see as a much bigger challenge. We can't have crosses on "public" property? We can have Muslim Week at school, but try having a Bible Week? Muslims don't have to ring up your pork products at the check out stand, but Christian nurses have to perform abortions or lose their jobs? Even within the "Christian" community you have more and more churches embracing humanist and new age traditions to make themselves more "appealing" and seeker-friendly. "Green" churches dabbling at the edges of this Gaia stuff. Don't get me wrong, prayer is vital and important. But it's not enough. Until people decide that doing what God wants is more important than what THEY want, things will continue to decline. IMHO. The way this verse always gets bandied about just sorta irks me at times. The idea that if we all get together and pray, we can bring about radical change in this country. Maybe, but I doubt it. Only if those prayers are part of a genuine repentance and a turning towards God, away from the standards and values of this world. Which I see as a much bigger challenge.

We can’t have crosses on “public” property? We can have Muslim Week at school, but try having a Bible Week? Muslims don’t have to ring up your pork products at the check out stand, but Christian nurses have to perform abortions or lose their jobs? Even within the “Christian” community you have more and more churches embracing humanist and new age traditions to make themselves more “appealing” and seeker-friendly. “Green” churches dabbling at the edges of this Gaia stuff.

Don’t get me wrong, prayer is vital and important. But it’s not enough. Until people decide that doing what God wants is more important than what THEY want, things will continue to decline. IMHO.

]]> By: Kirby L. Wallace http://www.biblicalsense.org/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-3274 Kirby L. Wallace Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:08 +0000 http://www.divinspiration.com/blog/?p=99#comment-3274 <i>However, is it as easy to say that we will pray… AND seek His face AND humble ourselves AND turn from our wicked ways? </i> There's one more condition... one more number on the combination lock dial... It's "my people, called by my name". This isn't a rallying call to everyone. Just God's people. Its not like God is wondering "How can I get those pesky atheists on the bandwagon with us?" This is God calling for his own people - who are supposed to be praying and fasting anyway! You wouldn't think this would be hard. You wouldn't think God would have to exhort THOSE people. The ungodly? Sure maybe... they might take some convincing. But he's not calling to them. How hard should it be to get - not sinners - but Christians to pray and seek God and repent? And the point I'm getting at? Consider: If God is having to rally his own because they are becoming sluggish.... and.... <i>if the righteous scarcely can be saved...</i>... Ouch. The way just became that much narrower. Ya know, Jesus must have been one skinny dude. ;-) However, is it as easy to say that we will pray…
AND seek His face
AND humble ourselves
AND turn from our wicked ways?

There’s one more condition… one more number on the combination lock dial…

It’s “my people, called by my name”. This isn’t a rallying call to everyone. Just God’s people. Its not like God is wondering “How can I get those pesky atheists on the bandwagon with us?” This is God calling for his own people – who are supposed to be praying and fasting anyway!

You wouldn’t think this would be hard. You wouldn’t think God would have to exhort THOSE people. The ungodly? Sure maybe… they might take some convincing. But he’s not calling to them. How hard should it be to get – not sinners – but Christians to pray and seek God and repent?

And the point I’m getting at? Consider: If God is having to rally his own because they are becoming sluggish…. and…. if the righteous scarcely can be saved……

Ouch. The way just became that much narrower. Ya know, Jesus must have been one skinny dude. ;-)

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