Diane Moody

I’m sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream – times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we are talking about heaven here, amen?

I’m sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream – times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we are talking about heaven here, amen?

– Diane Moody –

Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

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Diane Moody

My pastor, Pete Wilson, gave a message on prayer, specifically citing this idea many of us have that prayer is a kind of transaction. beside him on the platform, an object the size of a refrigerator stood cloaked beneath a black cover. He said, ‘most of us have reduced prayer down to a transaction. A way to manipulate what we want. A vending machine.’ At that point, he yanked off the cover revealing a large vending machine, loaded with all kinds of snacks. He inserted some coins and pushed the button for peanut M&Ms (smart man, my pastor). Nothing happened. He hit the machine a couple of times, tried to rock it. Nothing.He continued. ‘Most of the time when we go to God, it’s because we want something. If we get what we want, we turn and walk off, satisfied. If we don’t get what we want, we get frustrated; we kick the machine and blame God for not answering our request.’This ‘transaction’ view of prayer will always disappoint us because at the root of it, we think it’s all about us. but prayer is so much more than giving God a list of our wants and needs or, in some cases, our demands. Prayer is communication. It’s talking and listening.

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