Prayers for So and So

[Slydell]

You wear the underwear Sly?

Naw, commando old man. I didn't know it existed until I moved to Utah. I like jack Mormons though, more my style.

 

[SDV]

Naw, commando old man. I didn't know it existed until I moved to Utah. I like jack Mormons though, more my style.

Commando?? No chafing?

 

[Slydell]

Commando?? No chafing?

That's how you get rid of old dead skin.

 

[SDV]

Sly, you'll like this. My buddy is one of the founders

Home page

 

[SDV]

That's how you get rid of old dead skin.

Lol

 

[Slydell]

Sly, you'll like this. My buddy is one of the founders

Home page

Now those are jack Mormons right there. There's a lot of great local beers in Utah.

 

[Spartacavolus]

Ok. Let's say you have a sick child, you pray, but he died anyway. Did God not listen?

We don't always like the answers

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

Naw, commando old man. I didn't know it existed until I moved to Utah. I like jack Mormons though, more my style.

Jus gotta let the boyz breathe... right Sly?

 

[Slydell]

Jus gotta let the boyz breathe... right Sly?

Oh, yeah. Summer breeze.

 

[n_huffhines]

Now those are jack Mormons right there. There's a lot of great local beers in Utah.

Yes indeed! Uintah? Wasatch? What's your favorite? I'm not much of an amber ale guy, but Evolution is so good.

 

[wildnkrazykat]

Ok. Let's say you have a sick child, you pray, but he died anyway. Did God not listen?

God hears all prayers of the righteous (Prov 15:29).

I've never been a parent, so I've never lost a child. I know this will sound more callous than intended, but it's a misnomer that we think a child is/should be exempt from death because they are "innocent". That's in direct contradiction with what the Bible says in Rom 3:23 that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

I also believe there are things we aren't able to understand and will never understand. I think that's one thing about God that frustrates most people. In our own pride/arrogance/narcissism we can't comprehend that there are things that are beyond the scope of our comprehension.

 

[n_huffhines]

I would pray for your mom not to be in pain. And that you and your family would find some comfort and peace in a difficult situation.

I respect this position, too.

I guess I'm curious about the people who say "prayer really does work" after they prayed for an averted tragedy and liked the result. Nobody here really seems to believe that way.

 

[wildnkrazykat]

The hardest prayer to pray is that God's will be done. We are a people of control and that basically relinquishes all control to a God we believe in thru faith without seeing

 

[Slydell]

I usually bought Wasatch. I like the Polygamy Porter. The Devastator is good if ya need high octane. My favorite above the Wasatch beers was Black Butte. It's out of Oregon.

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

Oh, yeah. Summer breeze.

makes me feel fine :whistling:♫

 

[n_huffhines]

I usually bought Wasatch. I like the Polygamy Porter. The Devastator is good if ya need high octane. My favorite above the Wasatch beers was Black Butte. It's out of Oregon.

I like Hops Rising for that, Squatters' double IPA

Never had the black butte, I'll have to try it

 

[Slydell]

I like Hops Rising for that, Squatters' double IPA

Never had the black butte, I'll have to try it

Hops Rising is good. If you like porters, I think you'll find Black Butte to be one of the better ones. Wish it was sold back East.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Honest question...if praying for someone actually does any good, why wouldn't believers be praying for everyone in the world all the time? Wouldn't that fix the world's problems?

This probably comes across as antagonistic, but this is the way I think through everything, internally. Just my nature.

You are going to get blasted...

 

[VOLatile]

You are going to get blasted...

No doubt and only by people with no solid reasoning behind their arguments, too.

 

[amazingGRACE]

When I pray at night I pray for everybody in the world if that answers your question.

 

[PKT_VOL]

I've always figured a non-religious persons' hoping (for good in a bad situation) was roughly equivalent to the religious prayer.

Interactions with some religious people seem to support this assertion while interactions with other religious people infer that is not the case (they have a special link to a power who will turn that hope into action).

 

[DyronNix]

At its essence, for me anyway, prayer is not about sending a request to a cosmic vending machine in the sky. It isn't a list of wants or demands.

Rather it is asking that God's will be done AND THEN thereafter that all affected parties have peace, comfort and understanding with whatever God's will is.

For some things, there is no reasonable explanation that will make sense to a human's mind. We can't understand the larger picture. So, in those moments, I ask God to help me get through it as best I can.
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[Vols520]

No doubt and only by people with no solid reasoning behind their arguments, too.

Classic. You are prematurely blasting people for the fact that they may blast him in the future.

 

[BenGrimm]

I respect this position, too.

I guess I'm curious about the people who say "prayer really does work" after they prayed for an averted tragedy and liked the result. Nobody here really seems to believe that way.

I have a pet peeve when I hear someone who is facing a tough decision in life and they say they prayed and prayed until God pointed them in the right direction.

Like a college athlete who is deciding whether or not to go pro early.

99% of the time God seems to tell them the answer they wanted to hear to begin with. The one that benefits them most.

 

[JohnMarxism]

That is a very good question. I like to look at the story of Joseph (If you don't believe in Scripture, then this is irrelevant). Joseph was plotted to be killed, sold into slavery, but through a chain of events was placed in the ultimate position to have mercy on his own family. The point is that we look at life with our face stuck on one page in the book of life. Hindsight allows us to see the whole picture.