tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post4616304111132785772..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Discerning The Circle Maker's advertising techniques and how they match Genesis 3Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-82614162818569419482013-06-29T13:04:07.796-04:002013-06-29T13:04:07.796-04:00Hi Marlene, and welcome. I appreciate that you sto...Hi Marlene, and welcome. I appreciate that you stopped by!<br /><br />I'm working on a piece for today that examines what a culture that has been handed over by God looks like (Romans 1:18-32)<br /><br />I have the gift of prophecy, but I don't call myself a prophetess, only that I exhort the word of God to people to remind them of His sovereignty and to live up to the standards He set forth. But I have no new revelations, unless it is that I'm just a sinner doing my best to glorify God! :)Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-57664344270954315462013-06-29T12:56:40.473-04:002013-06-29T12:56:40.473-04:00Well done, Prophetess! I hope to read more of your...Well done, Prophetess! I hope to read more of your thoughtful writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188601576868454534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-18939358946276782192013-06-24T13:51:53.820-04:002013-06-24T13:51:53.820-04:00Anonymous, thanks for the excellent verse and wond...Anonymous, thanks for the excellent verse and wonderful commentary. I think it perfectly applies here.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-33462610588735561572013-06-24T13:42:38.289-04:002013-06-24T13:42:38.289-04:00I keep thinking of John 4:24, where it says: "...I keep thinking of John 4:24, where it says: "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." <br /><br />Matthew Henry's Commentary says: "The way of worship which Christ has instituted is rational and intellectual, and refined from those external rites and ceremonies with which the Old-Testament worship was both clouded and clogged. This is called true worship, in opposition to that which was typical."<br /><br />"If we do not worship God, who is a spirit, in the spirit, we neither give him the glory due to his name, and so do not perform the act of worship, nor can we hope to obtain his favour and acceptance, and so we miss of the end of worship."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-40836886834984283782013-06-24T12:06:55.636-04:002013-06-24T12:06:55.636-04:00I am sorry to hear that.
JenniferI am sorry to hear that.<br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-45962262300707359042013-06-24T11:26:47.352-04:002013-06-24T11:26:47.352-04:00No he did not. He was a lapsed Catholic and attend...No he did not. He was a lapsed Catholic and attended church only when we were in town to satisfy his parents, both of whom eventually died in the false faith.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-21749737714521503782013-06-24T11:25:40.590-04:002013-06-24T11:25:40.590-04:00Yay, good for you, Lily! Keep praying tot he Spiri...Yay, good for you, Lily! Keep praying tot he Spirit to reveal and bust up any deceptions in us that are starting to take root. He will do it! And our vision will stay clear.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-8272520432149499512013-06-24T11:06:59.460-04:002013-06-24T11:06:59.460-04:00I was just thinking about this saturday night (God...I was just thinking about this saturday night (Gods awesome gifts of salvation and His Word, and how so many think thats not enough). Thanks for another great post. Did your husband ever become a believer?<br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-61986909465047974492013-06-24T10:55:57.603-04:002013-06-24T10:55:57.603-04:00Thank you, Elizabeth for this eye opening informat...Thank you, Elizabeth for this eye opening information. I have never heard of the circle maker as I stay out of most self help books. I am doing the True Woman 101 at our church and will make sure they see this connection. I will not be drawing any circles and will not let that happen in my church if I can do anything about it! Lillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-65093568094750051172013-06-24T09:53:54.373-04:002013-06-24T09:53:54.373-04:00Carolyn, James 4:3 is a GREAT verse to apply here!...Carolyn, James 4:3 is a GREAT verse to apply here! Thanks.<br /><br />I'm still awed by the basic facts of salvation, and do not lust for more. I'm full as it is, each day taking little bites of the large elephant that is the truth. He is with us till the end of the age, perfectly bringing about our good. No, there is no more because He has already given it ALL to us!<br /><br />Yes, I am so glad we don't have to do rituals...my husband was Catholic and all I saw when I attended church with him was a cycle of sadness, empty ritual, and despair. And that was before I was even saved.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-17827575088043928992013-06-24T09:39:13.181-04:002013-06-24T09:39:13.181-04:00Elizabeth,
You said, "But wait, there's ...Elizabeth,<br /><br />You said, "But wait, there's more! If all that wasn't enough, we have the opportunity to pray to Him, and He listens. ... Far from being disinterested or inattentive, Jesus is monumentally interested in bringing about Good for our sakes. ... He is involved with His people. ... He listens to our prayers!"<br /><br />And now the Lord is using you to lift my spirit today, with His glorious truth!<br /><br />Contrast that to Mr. Batterson: "Do you ever sense that there's far more to prayer, and to God's vision for your life, than what you're experiencing?"<br /><br />But wait, there's more... God has the answer for him: James 4:3<br /><br />And no geometric figure drawing ritual will fix that. Repentance will, though.<br /><br />Elizabeth, aren't you glad we don't have to undergo rituals to call on our Savior!!!???<br /><br />-carolyn<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com