RE: Faith healing couple acquitted of manslaughter charges! How can this happen?
July 28, 2009 at 11:26 am
Pippy,
I would agree with your post; the action you are talking about is very powerful but I wouldn't call it prayer. I do a similar thing when I rock climb. I envision a chipmunk and try to imagine myself being as skillful as the chipmunk (If you have ever seen a chipmunk climb inverted blank faces it is truely a sight to behold http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...n%26um%3D1). I would call it meditation and it is not supernatural at all, just a way to center my focus.
It is frustrating when you have all this gear in the rock and strapped to you and some chipmunk solos by you and takes an impossibly hard route, stops in the middle, and turns 180 degrees to look at you, like he is saying, "Why the hell do you carry all that gear up with you?" then scampers away.
My years of being involved with the church taught me that prayer is meant to affect the world around you and change your fortune when god wills it. Here are a few verses I pulled up:
Gen 25:21-22 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
Exo 9:29 29 Moses replied, "When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
Mathew 21:21-22 21 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Rhizo
I would agree with your post; the action you are talking about is very powerful but I wouldn't call it prayer. I do a similar thing when I rock climb. I envision a chipmunk and try to imagine myself being as skillful as the chipmunk (If you have ever seen a chipmunk climb inverted blank faces it is truely a sight to behold http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...n%26um%3D1). I would call it meditation and it is not supernatural at all, just a way to center my focus.
It is frustrating when you have all this gear in the rock and strapped to you and some chipmunk solos by you and takes an impossibly hard route, stops in the middle, and turns 180 degrees to look at you, like he is saying, "Why the hell do you carry all that gear up with you?" then scampers away.
My years of being involved with the church taught me that prayer is meant to affect the world around you and change your fortune when god wills it. Here are a few verses I pulled up:
Gen 25:21-22 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
Exo 9:29 29 Moses replied, "When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
Mathew 21:21-22 21 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Rhizo
