Comments on: Does God have Favourites?

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:48:22 +0000

In reply to colin. Yes, I love that aspect of prayer, just hanging out. I do set a timer, because I like consistency, but sometimes time feels suspended, and nothing much seems to happen, no wrestling or revelation, yet when the timer goes, it is a wrench to leave the place of prayer. I have been ministered to, and somehow am different. My spiritual life is a bit like weight-lifting. Times of challenge and growth, and times of rest, when it seems as if God just lavishes his love on me!

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:35:10 +0000

In reply to John MacArthur.

“when the cosmic frequency of his will is momentarily in perfect synchrony with our own, a huge surge of transfer of energy can take place, blessing and anointing is mighty, thoughts and plans are momentarily crystal-clear.”
Love this. This is exactly the connection I seek–but just achieve now and again. I think repentance is a pathway there. And desperation. All my life-changing decisions (applying to Oxford; whom to marry; what business to establish and how to establish a scalable, passive income one; to become a writer; to take up blogging) have been made in that place. How amazing it must be to always live in it!

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:30:09 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Jones. "God scooping me up, holding me to God’s breast." Yes, I too see myself as leaning against God. Thanks much for commenting, Elizabeth! Read yours too. A manicure--how lovely!

By: colin

colin — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:52:02 +0000

I really enjoy your entries. This one is so valuable for those among us who don’t necessarily get healed of whatever it is we are suffering with. More and more I seem to get the sense that the real object of prayer is in your words to ” hang out with God”. Just spending time in that way fills us anew with his spirit to the point that is doesn’t matter if we are healed of a physical infirmity, or an emotional pain. We gain strength by simply being with God. I also enjoy reading the comments from other people, shows me more of the picture than I manage to pick up on.

Thank you

By: John MacArthur

John MacArthur — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 07:29:33 +0000

No. God doesn’t have favourites, in the sense that we have preferences – it’s only our unregenerate nature that gets resentful and upset when one of us seems to receive more grace, more wisdom more authority than another. It’s always seemed to me – to borrow a metaphor from physics- that when the cosmic frequency of his will is momentarily in perfect synchrony with our own, a huge surge of transfer of energy can take place, blessing and anointing is mighty, thoughts and plans are momentarily crystal-clear. Some people simply spend more time seeking out the right frequencies – hanging out, if you like.

By: Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth Jones — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:05:23 +0000

Wow! If I hang out with Jesus, too, the same thing might happen to me!

Interesting thoughts–our two minds running on similar tracks, I see. In my devotions and prayer time this morning, I was praying about John 14:16-20, focusing on God _dwelling with me_. (Wow! Yikes!) My first thought was Isaiah in the Temple! On my face, double quick! But then, I reflected. My thoughts shifted, and I switched to Hosea 11. I saw myself as a toddler, and God scooping me up, holding me to God’s breast. Cuddling with God. (!!!!) And especially right now, when I have a cold and am not feeling 100 percent. Thanks, Anita! @chaplaineliza
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