I started reading blogs not long ago when the current economic problems started decreasing the amount of work I have. I suddenly ended up with a lot more time on my hands. I do not think that I have anything especially new or revelatory to say, but as I made part of my blog title, there are just some things I want to say.
There has not been a lot of response as far as commentary yet, but it is okay. I wish more would give a little bit of themselves to this effort to discussion and one friend suggested that I just ask a question instead of writing out a whole thought. So this is what I am going to try here. If it works I will try to do this every Tuesday.
I decided on Tuesday simply because according to my statistics there has been the most traffic so far on this day of the week. And for anyone that is reading and not commenting because the few that do, seem to be acquainted with me; I invite your thoughts also. Please feel free to state what you believe. There is a lot of diversity in the body of Christ and I think we can probably all learn something from each other. Anyone that is not tolerant of someone else or their beliefs, will have their comments removed, so go ahead, and say what you want to say.
For this first open discussion I have created a scenario and will end with a question. It is not a true scenario that I am aware of and I do not know this person. But the idea behind this is to provide an example of the many situations where the question could possibly apply. I’m sure you can fit your own scenario to the questions.
Here it is.
You and Bob go to the same church, one with about 400 attending most Sundays. You also work at the same company. You are not close but do talk in passing. Bob attends church most Sundays but is not active in any ministry although his wife is a worker in the children’s department. You teach a Sunday class for teenagers with your wife.
One of the reasons you and Bob do not talk much is because you know for a fact he is having an affair at work. You were also told to mind your own business when you tried to talk to him about it. So you have only been able to pray about the situation since that time.
Bob has just came to you though, and asked to talk. He tells you he has been told he must have surgery because he has an aneurysm. He tells you that he knows you are living right and asks if you will pray for him.
My questions are simple.
What do you do?
How do you pray?
What do you ask for?
And do you think it would be effective?
There are some things I want to get at by asking these questions. Hopefully we will get to develop thought and ideas from your responses. I do have to work, as you do, and when I do I have no access to computers. So leave your comments and answers and I will do some responding myself when I get in.
Love you all.
Tags: Blogs, Discussion, Prayer, Townhall
