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🗓️ 3 June 2022
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0:00.0 | And welcome. This is a 20 questions with Pastor Mike. I'm here to answer your questions |
0:08.4 | from the live chat. Today, the first question coming in is about the phrase thoughts and |
0:14.2 | prayers regarding tragedies. And so let me read it to you. This comes in from an anonymous |
0:18.3 | source saying following a tragedy, people will often say, quote, our thoughts and prayers |
0:23.6 | are with all those who are affected, unquote, which is often followed by angry or mocking |
0:29.0 | non-believer comments, such as your prayers clearly aren't working, do something that |
0:33.8 | will actually help like changing the laws. What are some proper biblical ways to respond |
0:37.8 | to that sort of position? This is one of those areas where people get immediately heated |
0:42.8 | so fast, like they get, and on both sides, I think this can be the case, but people get |
0:48.2 | heated, you know, upset, angry so quickly that having a calm, thoughtful discussion where |
0:54.2 | we don't, we have like a nuanced view of an issue. It's, it's a little difficult, but |
0:57.9 | I'm going to try anyways. So, here's at least my thought process on this and you guys |
1:03.8 | to consider. So sometimes it can be helpful to affirm areas of agreement with individuals. |
1:09.0 | And actually, if you're going to criticize certain prayers, the Bible's like pretty big |
1:13.3 | on that too. God criticizes prayer, not because it's prayer, which is what this person's |
1:19.1 | doing, but certain kinds of prayer, certain sorts of prayer, certain ways of using prayer. |
1:23.4 | Those things are criticized. So, praying for your own pleasures, not, not for ultimately |
1:27.8 | God's will, that's criticized, for instance, but prayer is never criticized in and of itself. |
1:33.3 | So here's some areas we can have agreement on. Thoughts and prayers can sometimes be used |
1:37.6 | to remove my responsibility for behaving well, for acting, for taking action to do something. |
1:43.9 | So there's someone who's like, you know, I'm out of shape, I'm, I'm, I'm not physically |
1:49.8 | well, and they refuse to exercise, but they're like, I keep praying and praying for God |
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