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The danger with those who know little about life and reality is to emphasize mere outward correctness, but with those to whom life and reality are a matter of supreme importance, the temptation is to throw away the divine pattern of things, thinking it legal and technical. They feel that they have the greater and can therefore dispense with the lesser.
But God has not only revealed the truths relating to the outward expression of that life. God prizes the inner reality but He does not ignore its outward expression. We might think it sufficient for God to instruct us through Romans. Ephesians. and Colossians as to our life in Christ,but He has thought it necessary to instruct us through Acts, Corinthians, and Timothy as to how to do His work and how to organize His Church. God has left nothing to human imagination or human will. It is not our place, therefore, to suggest how we think divine work should be done. but rather to ask in everything. "What is the will of the Lord?"
Thus, prayer is our work with power. We have not because we ask not, so of course we shall pray that your sister Karen will find the Body of Christ and the Church for the purposes God has intended it to become:
"Dear Heavenly Father, we ask first for confidence in us who are praying; Karen has built an increasing argument, and it seems less likely that she will change, putting a burden on loverofJesus27 and her father's life. But, our faith is in You and Your will Lord. And the burden is a healthy one in connecting with our intuition of the spirit to act in prayer toward Your will. We ask You therefore to put in Karen's heart the things of Yourself in order to see the Church Body as it really is, thus, we ask you to grow her up in You. Lord, give the family Scripture and influence to bear a good witness as they also attend, showing her the blessings and work You have for them as they attend Church. Lord, we simply ask You now to move in Karen's life in moving her towards fellowship and the work of the Body as a whole as you have designed, in Jesus Name - Amen."
But God has not only revealed the truths relating to the outward expression of that life. God prizes the inner reality but He does not ignore its outward expression. We might think it sufficient for God to instruct us through Romans. Ephesians. and Colossians as to our life in Christ,but He has thought it necessary to instruct us through Acts, Corinthians, and Timothy as to how to do His work and how to organize His Church. God has left nothing to human imagination or human will. It is not our place, therefore, to suggest how we think divine work should be done. but rather to ask in everything. "What is the will of the Lord?"
Thus, prayer is our work with power. We have not because we ask not, so of course we shall pray that your sister Karen will find the Body of Christ and the Church for the purposes God has intended it to become:
"Dear Heavenly Father, we ask first for confidence in us who are praying; Karen has built an increasing argument, and it seems less likely that she will change, putting a burden on loverofJesus27 and her father's life. But, our faith is in You and Your will Lord. And the burden is a healthy one in connecting with our intuition of the spirit to act in prayer toward Your will. We ask You therefore to put in Karen's heart the things of Yourself in order to see the Church Body as it really is, thus, we ask you to grow her up in You. Lord, give the family Scripture and influence to bear a good witness as they also attend, showing her the blessings and work You have for them as they attend Church. Lord, we simply ask You now to move in Karen's life in moving her towards fellowship and the work of the Body as a whole as you have designed, in Jesus Name - Amen."
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