Post by barb43 on Sept 4, 2019 2:30:35 GMT
Greg Laurie: Hurricanes, shootings and other tragedies require our prayers – Praying isn’t a waste of time
www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-laurie-hurricanes-shootings-and-other-tragedies-require-our-prayers-praying-isnt-a-waste-of-time
This is an Opinion Piece in which Pastor Greg Laurie talks about the value of believers' prayers in the midst of tragedies, and points out that our world these days is certainly experiencing a lot of tragedies!
Some quotes from the article follow . . . the whole article is a worthwhile read!
. . . and this is just snippets through the article. There is more.
Remember Philippians 4:6
www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-laurie-hurricanes-shootings-and-other-tragedies-require-our-prayers-praying-isnt-a-waste-of-time
This is an Opinion Piece in which Pastor Greg Laurie talks about the value of believers' prayers in the midst of tragedies, and points out that our world these days is certainly experiencing a lot of tragedies!
Some quotes from the article follow . . . the whole article is a worthwhile read!
The last few days have been filled with tragedies – Hurricane Dorian bringing massive destruction and claiming at least five lives in the Bahamas; seven people shot dead and 22 wounded by a gunman in Texas; 34 people killed in a boat fire off the California coast; seven people killed and 34 wounded in several shootings in Chicago.
Some would criticize people of faith when we offer our thoughts and especially our prayers at times like these. They instead say we should do something – as if praying was useless and just a waste of time.
Certainly, our response to tragedies can’t be limited to only thoughts and prayers and nothing else. But those of us who pray know that prayer is important, in addition to taking other actions.
This life is hard. And bad things happen to good people. We know this well. And we know there is an afterlife and that dramatically affects what we do in this life.
As C.S. Lewis once said: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.”
So, “thoughts and prayers” have their place – now and for all time.
Now, if we flippantly say we will pray and not do so, that is of no value. But if we really pray it can change circumstances, and it can change us.
Prayer matters and prayers change things.
Some would criticize people of faith when we offer our thoughts and especially our prayers at times like these. They instead say we should do something – as if praying was useless and just a waste of time.
Certainly, our response to tragedies can’t be limited to only thoughts and prayers and nothing else. But those of us who pray know that prayer is important, in addition to taking other actions.
This life is hard. And bad things happen to good people. We know this well. And we know there is an afterlife and that dramatically affects what we do in this life.
As C.S. Lewis once said: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.”
So, “thoughts and prayers” have their place – now and for all time.
Now, if we flippantly say we will pray and not do so, that is of no value. But if we really pray it can change circumstances, and it can change us.
Prayer matters and prayers change things.
. . . and this is just snippets through the article. There is more.
Remember Philippians 4:6
