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“Babbling like a Pagan”

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I had some big spiel worked out in my head I’d planned on writing today

Oddly enough though, Pastor Brian covered the exact same talking points except he did it much better.

He even used the same verse I’d planned on opening with. (John 3:16)

Writing this stuff out helps me better conceptualize.

The theme was “unity”

I’d cracked smug jokes at all religions for so long that’s it’s been a rough habit to break.

Not that I should never joke about my own, I should just go about it a better way. Ragging on Christians is overdone and cliched- the low hanging fruit, besides I AM a Christian, I should strive to unite , not divide. There’s enough Christian in fighting as is.

Besides, if I wanna troll people’s religions; the more fun choice is Satanists and Luciferians.

They take themselves embarrassingly seriously.

How can people be so campy yet so serious at the same time ?

I once said, “Anton Lavey is just spooky Ayn Rand.”

Haha

One is quickly reminded that they do NOT turn the other cheek, they get butthurt instead.

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Unity

There are no worse enemies for Christianity online than Christians themselves.

I attend several denominations and not once have I heard any of them say, “our doctrine is the ONLY way to Salvation.”

I expected to hear it a lot, surprisingly not though.

Christians are way more diverse than I’d known.

At the end if the day, it’s about that core belief in the message of Jesus Christ.

Online on the other hand is a different story.

So much infighting it’s tragic

The trivial differences dont even matter at the end of the day.

I count the Mormons as my brothers in Christ, despite everything else

They do profess JC as their Lord and Savior.

They very much practice what they preach

Which I highly respect.

I’ll come back to the subject later on and see how this post aged

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Prayer.

I’m slowly making my way through the Bible and have only delved much into the gospels.

I’m a minimalist when it comes to prayer on my end.

Let’s look at what Jesus tells us about prayer

”“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬-‭10‬, ‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

My understanding from that was we should emphasize and pray the Lord’s Prayer most often.

No neeed to add or take away from it, as God knows what we’re praying for before we do.

I know talking about it is akin to “being like the hypocrites on the street corners, but I feel mabye my experience will help someone else some day

I don’t make big lists of things to pray for. I make mental notes throughout the day and then pray the Lord’s Prayer throughout the day

That doesn’t mean one should keep prayer to a minimum.

Quite the opposite in fact

Once I pray the Lord’s Prayer, I close my mouth and LISTEN

Spend some time in quiet adoration

Silence speaks volumes.

It’s sometimes not until days later that the silence is translated to “the message”

I place not much value on memorizing creed after creed and prayer after prayer

When does all that become “babbling like pagans” ?

Maybe I’m taking that a bit too extreme.

Lord’s Prayer

Listening time

Repent

repeat

I’ll get better at writing again the more I do it.

Once I work all the rust out of my brain

Thanks for reading

Stay tuned

Stay weird

Js