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13 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Homosexuals and Lesbians · 0 replies · +1 points

Well stated, Fajri. How else will the love of God prevail? We are not in the position of judgment, we are in the position of ministry...

13 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Myth Buster: Real Men ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Excellent point, Mark, and I am very glad to hear you say that... Looking forward to seeing you and Diane this Sunday. I'll be teaching on the early church shown in Acts and expanding on what you just shared.

14 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - The Battle · 0 replies · +1 points

You are welcome, Kris.

14 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Childlike Faith · 0 replies · +1 points

He is not the one who hurt you. He may have even intervened in a way that you survived had He not, but that is mere speculation. What I know of Him is He grieved with you, felt your pain, and never left you in the midst of the abuse. What I know of Him is He is still with you. Maybe not the answer you wanted or expected, but the answer I have learned from my relationship with Him and from knwoing God. I pray for your healing, Ali. - Glenn

14 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Childlike Faith · 1 reply · +1 points

Hello Ali; This is a sincerely tough question to answer, and as we often find, tough questions end up having tough answers. I will not pretend to have all the answers to all the questions - I struggle with very similar questions in my own life and write about what the Lord shows me in answering my prayers. I am very sorry to hear you were in an abusive situation and understand why you would ask, "Where was God in that?" Where is God when a person abuses another? When a person murders another? When a person tortures another? In my relationship with Jesus, I have learned these questions have an answer in understanding God's heart - God was there grieving with the wounded. Why didn't He stop the abuse? The answer to this tough quesiton is wrapped up in the free-will He gives us all - would He over-power the free will of another, even if that free will has evil or abusive intent? No, He cannot. MORE-->

14 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Comfort Zones · 0 replies · +1 points

Hello Charlene;
Per my medical dictionary, we have the following definition for comfort zone: comfort zone (Per Medical Dictionary) The temperature range between 28° and 30°C or 82.5° and 86°F at which the naked body maintains heat balance without shivering or sweating; in the clothed body, the range is between 13° and 21°C or 55.5° and 70°F. As for beyond the physical, the mental state and emotional state both have comfort zones defined in differing ways - one might be the state of rest while the other might be the state of peace. Step out of any of these comfort zones and we become tense. Is this the sort of answer you are seeking, or are you asking a differnent sort of question?

Glenn

15 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Wake Up & Smell the Co... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thank you, Karen. You have, in your comments, blessed me. Thank you for the encouragement. - Glenn

15 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Conversing · 0 replies · +1 points

Personally, my prayer focus is Jesus. He is the One with whom I am having the conversation.

15 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Conversing · 1 reply · +1 points

(Continued from above...) Mary is quick to clarify her position on the matter in Luke 1:46-48, “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”

With a good understanding of the Mary-Jesus relationship, I doubt many would pray this prayer thinking Mary was God and then had a God child in Jesus. Instead, we see Mary as the earthly vessel to birth Jesus, who was already in existence in a different form prior to the birth.

Again, as I have emphasized in other articles, what is our focus in the prayer? If our focus is to elevate Mary above God, then the prayer is blasphemous. If our focus is to pray Scripture back to God, then the prayer is centering ourselves to further focus on our truly magnificent relationship with Jesus.

15 years ago @ What Glenn Writes - Conversing · 2 replies · +1 points

Hi Dutch – I realize some believers look at the Hail Mary prayer as blasphemous or elevating Mary above God. We should be careful in our interpretation of how or what others pray.

When we look at the Hail Mary prayer, the first portion is taken directly from Scripture. Luke 1:28 records the angel’s words to Mary with, “And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.” (King James version).

The first part of the prayer is, “Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.”

The second part is where some might think the prayer elevates Mary as or above God, with, “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

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