Showing posts with label Prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prayer. Show all posts

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Whose Little Light?



Brothers and Sisters - Let's talk about that little light.  That little light is mine.  I give it to you through the good news and you proclaim and let it shine for all the world to see.  Your love for me is amazing.  My love for you is even greater than your love for me.  I am so proud to be your Father - I get teary eyed just thinking about it.

I'll admit it.  I enjoy a good football game every now and then.  I've always enjoyed the college games more than the professional games.  The spirit of competition to see who has prepared to take on their opponent and executes best.  I love to see teams and coaches correct when they are behind to fight the good fight and maybe earn victory.  I love the bands.  I love the spirit and camaraderie it creates among teams.  There's a special electricity in the air when it's going to be a good competitive game with impassioned fans.  The smell of the popcorn, enjoying a beer and a good wiener in the stands - maybe some nachos, too....   To a lesser degree, I enjoy hearing the trash talk, too.  Satan and I always get a good laugh when we watch football together.

One of our favorites is watching those famous touchdown end-zone celebrations.  Dude scores some points, drops to one knee, does the fist pound on the chest, makes the sign of the cross and points to heavens.  Kisses his finger and points to the heavens again.  Rock on brother... rock on.  Give me thanks and praise for your athletic agility and skill.  Give thanks that you are strong and able to play football.  I have blessed you with many gifts.  Give me praise, give me praise, give me praise. Yadayadayada...

As this occurs, Satan and I look at each other and bust out laughing.  We point at the idiot on the field doing all his shenanigans.  The dude is making a spectacle of himself thinking he's glorifying me.  Did he ever stop and think that this is why people mock me, him and our movement?  Does he not remember the stories in the bible referring to being humble.  If you ask me, it looks like these types are breaking one of my commandments - the one about 'bearing false witness.'  Last time I checked football was a team sport.  Give thanks to those who made the play along with you -  the coaches, the fellow brethren players, etc.  It's not about you.  It's about us.  Lift up everyone.  I didn't make that touchdown - your team made it possible.  Your preparations, the execution, the random selection that everyone would be in the right place at the right time.  Taking the opportunity that presents itself because your team has adequately prepared for competition by studying the opponent, practicing and executing better than the other guy.  Do a little celebration - give some high fives, etc.

When it is all said and done.  Each game is started with an invocation prayer in the locker room.  You ask to win, you ask for safety and guidance.  You give thanks.  Give a good "AMEN!" do some chest humps and get all psyched up to fight for victory.  Victory is already yours - you got it when you accepted me as your lord and savior and asked for forgiveness of your sins - it is yours for the asking....  At any rate, when was the last time anyone prayed to me after a loss.  When do they pray for the fact they are able to play when the lose or pray and give thanks for the other team inspiring them to practice harder to become better athletes?  Prayer works both ways.  Pray for the blessings and celebrations.  Pray for thanks.  Pray for guidance.  Pray for this.  Pray for that.  Pray.  Pray pray pray.  Pray all the time.  In the morning and the night.  We are all winners, we are all victorious.  Get that through your heads.  Then pray some more.  It is good for you.  It's like your daily God vitamin.

So the little video at the top of today's entry?  All the lost and confused souls doing their praise me after a touch down look like Brother Smith banging his tambourine. You be the judge....  Actually, that is my job.  The play stands as called.

Peace to you - Jesus!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

God's Power is on YOUR side?

Believers - As always, my inbox is flooded with prayer requests - both in written form and transcriptions from those thought and said during your medicative meditative prayer time.  If I heard them every single one of them, I would go nuts.  Remember when I let Bruce Nolan be me for a week?


Whenever it got quiet, he would go absolutely bonkers hearing all the prayer requests.  The same thing happens to me.  I'm a busy man and to be blunt about it, I don't have time to hear or answer all your prayers.  Some say I answer each and every prayer.  Sometimes the answer is, "No."  Well, that's not exactly true.  Garth Brooks put it best, "Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."  I only answer the good ones.

Prayer is used to get you talking and thinking about your life situations.  During prayer time I encourage you to really think about your life.  Give thanks for what is good and ponder what needs fixing.  When the mortals thank me for something, they are sending out the energy vibe of abundance.  When they ask for something like restoration or healing, they are sending their wish out to the universe's cosmic energy.  Where the attention goes, the energy flows.

This little video demonstrates the power of thought and the effects it has on water crystals.


Think negative thoughts and witness the ugly crystal formations.  Think positive thoughts and witness the beauty that is formed.  The same principle holds true with how your thoughts effect your life.  Think negatively about your situation and you get negative results.  Think positive thoughts and the results will be good.  It's the principle of the upward spiral and the downward spiral and thought controls the direction of the spiral.  People think of me as the one who controls your spiral.  News flash - I don't control it - you do.  It's the power of you.  Actually, we partner together.  My power is on your side when your power is on your side.  To borrow from popular business ideologies, we create synergy.

To be perfectly honest, one of my clergyman said it best.  Prayer without action is useless.  Your action plays just as much, if not more, of a role to changing your situation than mine does.  After you've prayed, act on what you just got done praying about.  Don't just stand there waiting for me to do all the work.  Come on, we are in this thing called life together.  You do your part and I'll do mine.

Speaking of my part - the best part of my job is working the miracles.  You know, the 11th hour healings.  The part when people are just on the brink of giving up hope, when the situation is looking most dire and hopeless. SHAZAM!!!  All is good in the world.  Those moments restore faith and keep me relevant in the world.

Your partner in life - Jesus

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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I am pleased to announce my new 1-900 line.  That's right.  1-900-Pay-4-Pray.   Annointed prayer partners are standing by. 8 cents per minute.

For a limited time, a portion of my proceeds will be donated to the Haitian earthquake relief fund.

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