Forwarded from Before Sunrise (45TH DIVISION)
Living as an Evangelical all those years, I was taught that if God didn't answer my prayers, it wasn't His will. I was bewildered by this belief because the Bible says to ask and it will be given to you.
🚪The door slammed behind me as I left the faith, tired of all the circular reasoning.
📖 A window opened, and a calm voice said, "you must labor in prayer."
Not necessarily in those words or in that way, but metaphorically, it's how I came to this understanding. Since then, God has answered my prayers when I fasted and spent time in prayer instead. Not only did He answer me, He went beyond what I asked and did it in such a way that I could not deny that it was His doing.
I believe you have to nag God, and you have to prove to him that you are dependent upon him. In Romans 15:30, Paul says to strive [or labor] in prayer with him, in Colossians 4:12, he says Epaphras strived [or labors] in prayer for them, in 1 Thessalonians 3:10, Paul says to pray exceedingly day and night, and on and on...
People stop believing in God because they never made the effort to labor in the spirit and receive God's blessings, which is answers to prayer in this case. No one ever taught them this. They think because grace is given freely through Christ's sacrifice for the atonement of their sin upon their acceptance of him that nothing else requires work, but even Paul said he suffered in Christ and labored for the church. Nothing came easy to any of the Disciples, Apostles, or even Jesus. The Bible says we are in a spiritual battle, and no battle was ever won without hard work.
🚪The door slammed behind me as I left the faith, tired of all the circular reasoning.
📖 A window opened, and a calm voice said, "you must labor in prayer."
Not necessarily in those words or in that way, but metaphorically, it's how I came to this understanding. Since then, God has answered my prayers when I fasted and spent time in prayer instead. Not only did He answer me, He went beyond what I asked and did it in such a way that I could not deny that it was His doing.
I believe you have to nag God, and you have to prove to him that you are dependent upon him. In Romans 15:30, Paul says to strive [or labor] in prayer with him, in Colossians 4:12, he says Epaphras strived [or labors] in prayer for them, in 1 Thessalonians 3:10, Paul says to pray exceedingly day and night, and on and on...
People stop believing in God because they never made the effort to labor in the spirit and receive God's blessings, which is answers to prayer in this case. No one ever taught them this. They think because grace is given freely through Christ's sacrifice for the atonement of their sin upon their acceptance of him that nothing else requires work, but even Paul said he suffered in Christ and labored for the church. Nothing came easy to any of the Disciples, Apostles, or even Jesus. The Bible says we are in a spiritual battle, and no battle was ever won without hard work.
Why hasn’t this blasphemous filth been burnt yet? Ask yourself, what would the Catholic Monarchs do? What would St. Pius X do? https://t.me/RegnumEuropa/1833
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Degenerate interpretation of jesus ‘s crib in the vatican
Forwarded from The Daily Decade
It seems to run the risk of being political to share this; after all, the Daily Decade is here to better your spiritual life, not espouse a political cause. Briggs, however, in this article hits upon one of the most fundamental elements of a good Christian life: the boast in the Cross.
Do not mince words when confronting evil. Do not be timid or tepid in your Faith. Christ came to make us fanatics of God's Love, the love of God's justice and man's primordial innocence, that we might be saved by the New Adam who came to restore that innocence and justification. This is what it means to boast in the Cross: to be fearless, even audacious, in bearing witness to Christ and His Reign as King of Kings, seated upon the throne of the ultimate mercy, which is His altar of sacrifice, the Holy Cross.
Stop using language that softens the blow or obscures the Truth. As Christians, we hate with perfect hatred, loving God and His Order above all other things. We cannot be afraid to confess that we hate evil and the authors of evil, Satan and his angels.
God love you!
@thedailydecade
https://wmbriggs.com/post/33845/
Do not mince words when confronting evil. Do not be timid or tepid in your Faith. Christ came to make us fanatics of God's Love, the love of God's justice and man's primordial innocence, that we might be saved by the New Adam who came to restore that innocence and justification. This is what it means to boast in the Cross: to be fearless, even audacious, in bearing witness to Christ and His Reign as King of Kings, seated upon the throne of the ultimate mercy, which is His altar of sacrifice, the Holy Cross.
Stop using language that softens the blow or obscures the Truth. As Christians, we hate with perfect hatred, loving God and His Order above all other things. We cannot be afraid to confess that we hate evil and the authors of evil, Satan and his angels.
God love you!
@thedailydecade
https://wmbriggs.com/post/33845/
William M. Briggs
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Forwarded from Christianity in Albania
Kisha e t’Shëlbuemit Rubik (The Rubik Monastery Church in Rubik - Lezhë, Albania)
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Kisha e t’Shëlbuemit Rubik (The Rubik Monastery Church in Rubik - Lezhë, Albania)