What Is The Point Of Prayer?

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Context matters.

Are you pulling the persecution card now, and why did it take so long?

I have never experienced persecution for the sake of Christ's name.

This is definitely not persecution. But if I do sense I am being persecuted, you will know. For I will be rejoicing and thanking and praising God that He has seen fit to give me the honor and privilege of being persecuted for His name's sake in the same manner that the prophets and godly men and women who were persecuted before me.

All this is, is a demonstration of the similitude between this generation and the one to which Christ came. For Christ said of His own:

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ “For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.” Matthew 11:16-19

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that atheists when they use the word "god" are referring to the God of the Bible.

I don't presume to speak for all atheists, but when I refer to the God of Abraham, I use the word 'God' (or 'Allah'). For all others, I use the word 'god'.

Boru

Thank you Boru. This is exactly an example I was referring to.