The night that Jesus was arrested He asked His disciples to watch and pray with Him for one hour. What happened? They fell asleep.
This past Sunday, I challenged the church to take one hour during this next week and pray. What will happen? We’re not much different than the disciples. We also struggle with fatigue and busyness in our lives. Jesus knew what men were like and what they struggled with when He asked than to watch and pray with Him. Jesus must have believed that they would be able to take one hour and pray. I believe it is just as possible today for us to “watch and pray” for one hour. This is a very critical day and hour in which we live. The answer to the problems facing our nation today will come as the church earnestly cries out to God in prayer. As we have seen in our study of the book of Joel, it is time to repent, pray, fast, and assemble ourselves together and cry out to God. Pray this week for God to bless our nation, to give our leaders wisdom, and to return the hearts of the people back to Him. I am encouraged by the words of Jeremiah:
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-13
That word is just as true today as when Jeremiah wrote it thousands of years ago. We serve a faithful God who listens to the cries of His people and enjoys answering their prayers and blessing them.
As you watch and pray for one hour this week I am believing God is going to speak to each one of you. As God does speak to your heart, please post any thoughts or comments that might be insightful or encouraging to others.
Keep watching and praying!
Question.... Why do you believe in Jesus? What do you mean by God will Speak to our hearts? Is this a literal speaking? Would I be able to hear a Audible sound? Does my heart have ears will it be able to detect sound? Pray for an hour to feed the starving children of the world will jesus listen? If it doesn't answer my prayer... Could I chalk that up on his mysterious works? What if i was on a football team and I pray to make a touchdown. I make the touchdown... Could I chalk that up to God answered my prayers? Does God care more about sports or starving children? You seem to be the expert on these things.
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ReplyDelete17 Then the flood [ac]came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. 18 The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark [ad]floated on the [ae]surface of the water. 19 The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains [af]everywhere under the heavens were covered. 20 The water prevailed fifteen [ag]cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. 21 All flesh that [ah]moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; 22 of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. 23 Thus He blotted out [ai]every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the [aj]sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. 24 The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Lovely story if it were true, but scientifically if we did this today it would be an epic fail. Unless God USED MAGIC.
ReplyDeleteTRUTH Even if God left out all the dino's and other types of species we would still have. 18,000 birds,12,000 reptiles,9,000 mammals, 5,000 anphibians, and over 2,000,000 types of insects.
But that is the least of the problem I see referring to Gen. 6:21... Do you know how much they would need eat in one year? Two elephants are going to require 365,000 1bs of food, 36,500 lbs of water. You say, "What it's gonna be raining for 40 days?" and i say, "YEAH, what are they going to do for the next 325 days?" Have you really thought this through? Hipos would need 65,700 pounds of food. Two Lions would need 16,000 pounds of meat. they didn't have cooling system to stock pile on meat it would spoil. What if they only brought babies. Well if they traveled from all around the world... BY THE TIME THEY GET TO NOAH they would be full grown... That KENT HOVIND THEORY is debucked on that one. OR... what if all the females TRAVELED FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD pregnant, then some how you manage to have all the insects and mammals birds etc... co-exist in one spot around noah's ark at the same time. ONCE ALL THE 6,000,000 different types of species reach the ark. THEY ALL GIVE BIRTH at the same time to twins A BOY AND A GIRL TO put on the ark, because babies would be small enough.. NOT LOL THAT STILL WOULDN'T work. NOT ENOUGH ROOM. YOU STILL have to leave out the DINOS LOL. PLUS, I would hate to be Noah's children and have to clean up that scene. Could you imagine all those births at the same time?>>>> RUN.. BUT NONE OF THAT REALLY MATTERS the real problem is when the water covers the highest mountain on earth, which is MT. EVERST. GEN 7:20 15 cubits over... HMMMM....That is going to put the altitude of the FLOOD waters at 29,055 FT. Don't believe me climb MT.EVEREST it's a real place in the world...all the animals are going to Freeze to death, those who don't die will still have a hard time breathing in a atmosphere that 34% less oxygen. They will most likely die...TONY. Not even most of the sea life will live...You say with cleverness, " Well what there is water around the whole world how would they not live?"... Yeah mix salt with fresh water, which is a great idea NOT.... God would have Changes of water pressure and temperature.. LIGHT FILTRATION. I can go on, but you get my point. Even if they did make it Everything is dead. Nothing to eat and if the lions eat one species that makes one species go extinct. Plus, with all the inbreeding there will be severe genetic defects. GOD USED MAGIC because he wanted a flood so bad to kill us. BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE
FUN FACTS: TITANIC
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Length:882 Ft
Width: 92 Ft
Construction: STEEL
Noah's ARK
45 Ft
450ft
75ft
MAD OF WOOD
Compacity for the Titanic: 3,574 people and enough provisions for a couple weeks
Compacity for the ARK
Over 50,000 animals, 2 million insects, 7 people, a 600 year old man, and enough provisions for 1 year..... AND SOME MAGIC
Time at sea: 5 days for the titanic and 7 months for the ark.
Let's try the SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK VS THE ARK:
San Diego ZOO 3,000 animals 1,800 acres 500 EMPLOYEES
NOAH's ARK 50,000 PLUS animals 1 boat and 8 people..... AND SOME MAGIC...
Do you see why I have a hard time believing stories and text. NOW please don't blow me off... Your suppose to be a man of god rightly dividing the word. Don't make me use scripture on you.... OK I WILL
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.” But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. (First Peter 3:14-15)
HMMMM i think just blowing me off and wishing me well is a great defense of the hope that is within you... I am sincerely asking you for evidence, and you want to say things like there is not point in arguing. LOL that is in violation of your scripture your suppose to give me a REASON, evidence, proof, BLAH BLAH BLAH. HAVE FUN today.
OH friend.... I really haven't forgot my new Favorite pastor TONY... I am ready any day for you to give up everything, and take me to the top of Mt. Everest and show me a flood experiment that proves you are right. What if i told you that random act of kindness could be the key from people like me from burning forever and ever in a hell fire place.... I am sure you have better things to do than to lead stray sheep to save one soul... But God wishes "NO NOT ONE" should burn and wishes that "ALL should come to the knowledge of the truth." Because if you are right that means God does exist. Maybe you should pray harder for the words to find of the hope that is with in you. I will take your silence as a person who knows he is wrong about everything he has ever believed in. Please feel free to comment on your own blog. Oh yeah, I am ready anytime to discuss your evidences or types of proofs that you seem know so much about. My father was a former Minister in the Methodist faith, I know how busy you have to be to look good for your sheep... Cause if you don't look good for your sheeple preacher man don't get paid... That was a joke.... You can laugh :)
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