I received an email in my in box the other day of a website call Pray4Trig.com... There are some folks trying to organize a worldwide day of prayer to force God to "cure" Trig Palin of Down Syndrome...By April 18 which is Trig's birthday... They are also asking individuals and congregations around the world to pray that God remove those extra chromosome that God Himself gave Trig.... The point being that when God cures Trig, it will show evidence of God's existence and power to "atheists and others who don't believe in God." However, in the event that God should fail to cure Trig, the group maintains, it won't be a measure of His existence or non-existence, it will only indicate that those praying had too little faith...Now Jesus made some very specific promises about prayer Matthew 21:21, John 14:14, Matthew 7:7 just to name a few...I believe God answers the prayers of the faithful with out any doubt...But He also knows our motive for asking....The truth is, God doesn't think like us...He sees the big picture and works toward a specific end...I also believe God wants us to live in anticipation and expectation every day...PS!!! I love that picture.
ANN BROCK.
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
When God Says No!
I received an email in my in box the other day of a website call Pray4Trig.com... There are some folks trying to organize a worldwide day of prayer to force God to "cure" Trig Palin of Down Syndrome...By April 18 which is Trig's birthday... They are also asking individuals and congregations around the world to pray that God remove those extra chromosome that God Himself gave Trig.... The point being that when God cures Trig, it will show evidence of God's existence and power to "atheists and others who don't believe in God." However, in the event that God should fail to cure Trig, the group maintains, it won't be a measure of His existence or non-existence, it will only indicate that those praying had too little faith...Now Jesus made some very specific promises about prayer Matthew 21:21, John 14:14, Matthew 7:7 just to name a few...I believe God answers the prayers of the faithful with out any doubt...But He also knows our motive for asking....The truth is, God doesn't think like us...He sees the big picture and works toward a specific end...I also believe God wants us to live in anticipation and expectation every day...PS!!! I love that picture.
