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Then why pray? It sounds like your damned if you do and your damned if you don't.
Why not just sit back and let God do whatever it is He wants to do. ' Thy will be done.'
No?
No !!
God has stated the fulfilment of all scripture is to Love God and Love our neighbor. When we pray for those in the path of a coming or even a possible coming disaster we are in effect fulfilling Gods Word. We know of a threat be it seen or unseen and we resond out of Love by praying for those who are threatened and in doing so we fulfill Loving our neighbor.
If my child is out playing in an empty street. Out of Love i will holler at him to get out of the street and say a quick prayer tell i can hustle him out of the street. Why ? did i see a car ? no, did i hear a car? no what i do know is playing in the street is a risk the possibility of being hurt is greater and because i love my child i have taken note to the risk and reacted out of love due to a possible risk.
This is much the same, is God sending these disasters ?? i dont know is it the work of satan ?? i dont know is it the effect of man on the eviroment ?? i dont know
But what i do know is that God has pointed out a risk [ to more than one ] of coming disasters all of which are no doubt possible. So we reconize the potential risk, we then yell out the danger, we give the warning , Why ?? out of Love
So why pray ?? same reason !!Love
We have been taught in Gods word that our prayers are very powerful in Christs name we can literally move mountians, heal the sick and its always our hope to stop a disease or turn a storm. Some times our prayers do just that some times they dont, why dont our prayers be answered all the time ?? i dont know thats a God thing not a man thing, maybe instead of 10,000 dieing maybe without our prayers 50,000 would have died i just dont know all i know is we are to Love everyone and try our best to pray then out of danger Why ?? Love
Its not about being right or wrong its not about true prophecy or false prophecy its about the possibility of a possible threat to people, our neighbors and reacting out of Love by warning so as to prepare and to pray for their protection out of Love.
If someone told me Rod a metor is going to hit new york i would not even questian who they were nor how silly it sounded i would just quickly say a little prayer for protection of the people in that area, Why would i do that ?? Out of Love for people. Well what if that person was a lier or a false prophet or maybe they were just funning with me, What if ?? I by praying have at that moment shown God my love for others at that moment in that instant i have fulfilled the whole of scripture. you see at the moment you read of a threat its not about the person stating the threat its not about how crazy it sounds. at the moment you hear about a possible threat to other people it becomes about YOU and the condition of YOUR heart, will YOU pray even if you have disbelief, will YOUR Love for others overpower disbelief or doubt. Let God take care of the false prophet the lier the teller of tales, let that person answer to God, YOU be concerned about answering to God for the condition of your heart. YOU dont have the ability to know if we are true prophets or false if the threat is real or not real, if the warning is from God or not from God. YOU do have control of your heart , YOU can choose to Love, YOU can choose to pray and in doing so show not only God but those around you you have the heart of Christ. YOU can read a possible threat bow your head and pray and fulfill the whole of scripture or you can choose to show God and all those around you a heart that has no Love and no concern for others, it really is your choice. brother rod
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