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| (Inside the wonderful Norjo Cafe in Monroe, the week it closed as the owners retired) |
If I had a child who did not listen to my counsel and respond to my directives, I would not listen to their requests. If they asked for something, I would want to first talk about our relationship, and their noncompliance.
God has no use for the prayers
of the people who won't listen to him.
Proverbs 28:9 (The Message)
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable.
Proverbs 28:9 (NIV)
James 5:16 says, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Which would mean, the prayer of an unrighteous person is powerless and ineffective.
Which means, the prayer of a Moralistic Therapeutic Deist is powerless and ineffective. Because the God of Christian theism is not some big butler in the sky who exists for our gratification.
God is a God of relationship. He is a loving Father, we are his children. Relationship with him comes before requesting of him.
God is a God of relationship. He is a loving Father, we are his children. Relationship with him comes before requesting of him.
