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Strong Pray
Once a child is following a race. That day the atmosphere was festive because it is the final round, one of which is Rio. Before the game started Rio bowed head, folded his hands and mumbling prayers berkomat. The game starts, turns Rio reach the finish line first. Rio certainly thrilled to be champion.
When the distribution of prizes, the committee chairman asked, “Hey champ, you must have been praying to God that you win is not it?” Rio shook his head. “No sir, it’s not fair to ask God to help defeat the others. I just asked the Lord, so I would not cry if I lose. “All the audience fell silent to hear it. After a while, there was thunderous applause that filled the room.
Application is Rio extraordinary prayer. He did not ask God to grant all his hopes, but he prays that given the strength to face whatever happens with a steadfast mind. The strength could be get from healthy food with good ingredient such as essential oils, and also healthy living and mind.
Often we pray to God to grant our every request. We want God to make us number one, making the best of every opportunity. We ask God to dispel any obstacles and temptations that exist in plain sight. No one indeed, but should not we need is His guidance and wisdom to understand His plan the most perfect in our lives, especially when we experience “failure and defeat”?
We should pray for strength to accept God’s will is perfect as the best in life, though perhaps it is not comfortable for us. Pray for winning is ordinary, but to pray for His will when we lose that is the true faith!
Rich and salvation
Being rich may be the hope of all people in this world. To date I have never met anyone who dreams to be poor. At a minimum, one hopes affluent life.
But did you know there are danger signs associated with the “desire” to be rich? In Paul’s letter to his disciple Timothy, he warned, “But those who want to get rich fall into temptation, into a trap and into many foolish lusts and the harm, which drown men into ruin and destruction.” (1 Tim 6:9). Even in verse 17, people who are already wealthy were also warned by Paul not to get cocky and look forward to his wealth.
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Baptism and The Presence of God
Today I’d like to talk about baptism and the connection with presence of God. Some of us doesn’t believe or doubt the presence of God. Its base on John baptism on Jesus. Why Jesus have to be baptist by John which is less position than Jesus Himself.
John the Baptist as one who anointed the Lord to bring Israel came to repent before God, as did priests in the old testament. Apart from having to carry Israel to the Lord, the priest also must mark / victim to sort out where that is pleasing before God to be burned as a sin, then he should lay hands on the victim as a sign.
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When HIS presence seems far away
Although God sometimes feels so far away, and although we can not see Him. God’s presence no doubt. This is the main lesson from the Book of Esther.
This book tells the history of the Jews only, but real obvious inclusion of God in every event. Significantly, God proved himself to be God’s sovereign.
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Prayer and crime level
The power of prayer can suppress the level of crime. This is said by the leader of the Christian Police Association , Inspector Roger Bartlett, in Barnstaple, Devon, England to one of the media. He and his team said that prayer can reduce levels of crime and save lives of others. Christian Police Association (CPA) has established itself in Britain since 1883. The CPA called on all Christians to prayer support for police officers in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Association is also arranging meetings with local residents to do the prayer for the police. This is driven by the rising crime rate in 2007 the percentage is only 26 percent, then rose sharply to 40 percent.
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