Comments on: Pray Less http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/ Living life on mission Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mike Ellis, Church For Men Florida http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-22403 Mike Ellis, Church For Men Florida Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:25:05 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-22403 This is a great post! Keep up the great work brother. Thanks for your support and encouragement. Ellis This is a great post! Keep up the great work brother. Thanks for your support and encouragement.

Ellis

]]> By: Jeremy Myers http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21380 Jeremy Myers Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:11:29 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21380 HA HA HA! That is so funny! I'm going to start using that! HA HA HA! That is so funny!

I’m going to start using that!

]]> By: bullet http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21361 bullet Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:46:11 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21361 "...I'll pray on it...That means no..." That reminds me of a funny story, a bit off topic: My brother-in-law sells insurance and back in the day he was literally a door-to-door salesman in several states. He loves to tell the story of a Pentecostal community where he was working. All the Pentecostals he visited said the same thing when he was done with his pitch. "We'll ask God about it and let you know what we decide." Then they never bought a policy. One would think that was just a polite brush-off. However, he started telling them, "I've already spoken with Him and He said you should get the Extended Policy," and (he says, anyway) that it worked. :) “…I’ll pray on it…That means no…”

That reminds me of a funny story, a bit off topic:

My brother-in-law sells insurance and back in the day he was literally a door-to-door salesman in several states. He loves to tell the story of a Pentecostal community where he was working. All the Pentecostals he visited said the same thing when he was done with his pitch. “We’ll ask God about it and let you know what we decide.” Then they never bought a policy. One would think that was just a polite brush-off. However, he started telling them, “I’ve already spoken with Him and He said you should get the Extended Policy,” and (he says, anyway) that it worked. :)

]]> By: Jeremy Myers http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21345 Jeremy Myers Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:25:27 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21345 Guy, That is absolutely true. After Bob Roberts made this comment, someone challenged him on it. He clarified by saying that he prays all the time, everywhere he goes, as much as he can. He spends at least an hour in focused prayer every day. So in one sense, all of us need to pray more. But there are some things we pray about that we just need to pray less about, and just obey. I went and browsed around you blog. Wow. It looks like you are doing great things in Ecuador. I loved the post about church planting with prostitutes, and partnering with charismatics. Also, that post about the things Neil Cole learned in church planting was excellent. I have his book and will be reading it soon. I will be adding your blog to my bloglines reader! Thanks for all you do. Guy,

That is absolutely true. After Bob Roberts made this comment, someone challenged him on it. He clarified by saying that he prays all the time, everywhere he goes, as much as he can. He spends at least an hour in focused prayer every day.

So in one sense, all of us need to pray more. But there are some things we pray about that we just need to pray less about, and just obey.

I went and browsed around you blog. Wow. It looks like you are doing great things in Ecuador. I loved the post about church planting with prostitutes, and partnering with charismatics. Also, that post about the things Neil Cole learned in church planting was excellent. I have his book and will be reading it soon.

I will be adding your blog to my bloglines reader! Thanks for all you do.

]]> By: Guy Muse http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21335 Guy Muse Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:33:09 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21335 This is an issue I have long struggled with in our own work here in Ecuador. To me it is a case of BOTH are needed: prayer and action. One without the other is futile. One of the quotes I pasted in the back of my Bible many years ago says, "Pray as if everthing depended upon God; work as if everything depended upon man." This tension must be present at all times. This is an issue I have long struggled with in our own work here in Ecuador. To me it is a case of BOTH are needed: prayer and action. One without the other is futile. One of the quotes I pasted in the back of my Bible many years ago says, “Pray as if everthing depended upon God; work as if everything depended upon man.” This tension must be present at all times.

]]> By: freegraceguy http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21246 freegraceguy Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:36:07 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/13/pray-less/#comment-21246 Hey Jeremy! Long time no talk. I was thinking of you when I watched the following video. http://www.sozoproductions.org/videos/lazarus.htm The guy that does it is a universalist, but if you can get by that and watch his exegesis of the parable of the rich man and lazarus I think you'll find it a bit intriguing. The reason I find it so interesting is that it offers a way that the parable may not be talking about going to hell or heaven when one dies. This solves the problem of "repentance" in this passage (assuming you hold Hodges' view of repentance). I'd like to get your thoughts on it. I know you're busy so take your time in reviewing it. Later. Tom < Hey Jeremy!

Long time no talk. I was thinking of you when I watched the following video. http://www.sozoproductions.org/videos/lazarus.htm The guy that does it is a universalist, but if you can get by that and watch his exegesis of the parable of the rich man and lazarus I think you’ll find it a bit intriguing. The reason I find it so interesting is that it offers a way that the parable may not be talking about going to hell or heaven when one dies. This solves the problem of “repentance” in this passage (assuming you hold Hodges’ view of repentance). I’d like to get your thoughts on it. I know you’re busy so take your time in reviewing it. Later.

Tom <

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