How should you address God?

[Tony Mel]

Some weeks ago, my co-worker was talking to a customer on the phone, and for some reason, my co-worker told her that her shin was hurting a lot. The customer started praying for her (on the spot) and rebuking the fungi off her foot.

On a more serious note, I do not like it when Trinitarian people pray to the Father and end "in your name." It is clear that the Father and the Son are two different persons (John 8:17-18), and Jesus told his followers to ask to the Father in his (Jesus' own) name (John 16:23). Am I being too picky, or is this something that you've also picked up?

[Don]

(01-19-2011 04:12 PM)Scorpio Wrote:  

(01-19-2011 04:00 PM)Don Wrote:  Not only for a hedge but for someone to stand in the gap as well! (I'm not sure where the gap is or what caused it but someone needs to stand in it.)

But what if the hedge is in the gap thus making it impossible for someone to stand in it?

There will still be a gap in the hedge that the little foxes can get thru... someone could stand there I guess.

[Tony Mel]

(01-19-2011 04:39 PM)Don Wrote:  There will still be a gap in the hedge that the little foxes can get thru... someone could stand there I guess.

If someone stands in the gap, he must remain in that painful position in order to do any good. This makes perfect sense.

[elfdream]

Journey's mercies or traveling mercies. Why they couldn't they just ask for brother so and so to have a safe trip?

[captain_solo]

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I always thought it would be funny to pray a variation of this phrase
"Lord, We want........a shrubbery!!!!!!
it would be funny if I could get people to adopt that phrase since they clearly wouldn't know where it came from

[captain_solo]

(01-19-2011 04:47 PM)Tony Mel Wrote:  

(01-19-2011 04:39 PM)Don Wrote:  There will still be a gap in the hedge that the little foxes can get thru... someone could stand there I guess.

If someone stands in the gap, he must remain in that painful position in order to do any good. This makes perfect sense.

In the Dutch Reformed tradition, they substitute the phrase "put your thumb in the dike"

[Don]

(01-19-2011 05:02 PM)captain_solo Wrote:  

(01-19-2011 04:47 PM)Tony Mel Wrote:  If someone stands in the gap, he must remain in that painful position in order to do any good. This makes perfect sense.

In the Dutch Reformed tradition, they substitute the phrase "put your thumb in the dike"

Didn't we just go over that the other day when Darrell got nailed by one?
So if someone had been standing in the gap in the hedge that should have been prayed around Darrell then he would not have been nailed by the finger that was in the... Oy! that's complicated!

[Tony Mel]

(01-19-2011 05:31 PM)Don Wrote:  

(01-19-2011 05:02 PM)captain_solo Wrote:  In the Dutch Reformed tradition, they substitute the phrase "put your thumb in the dike"

Didn't we just go over that the other day when Darrell got nailed by one?
So if someone had been standing in the gap in the hedge that should have been prayed around Darrell then he would not have been nailed by the finger that was in the... Oy! that's complicated!

Is this the Fundy Theology: Serious Business forum?

[Don]

(01-19-2011 10:49 PM)Tony Mel Wrote:  Is this the Fundy Theology: Serious Business forum?

Oh yes, gap standing, shrubbery praying and dike plugging are very, very serious issues... don't you think so Capt'n Solo?

[captain_solo]

Very critical that someone stands in the gap in the shrubbery with their thumb in their...yeah. just take my word for it, its important.

And yes, this is the serious business forum.

Although I did snicker a little bit at the oxymoronic quality of the title of the section