Quaffer said:
Sooooo, are you saying that what's written in the Bible is actually not what it really means?
I think I cleard this with you already dingo. . .you know. . "if you abide in Me and My Word abide in You". If we're abiding in Him and His Word is abiding in us, it's IMPOSSIBLE to ask outside of His will.
::bows head and prays::
Dear Lord, I pray for a flamethrower, a high powered machine gun, and a truck load of grenades to start my own country. In Jesus' name, Amen.
::opens my arms expecting::
If God's will is for us not to have something, no matter how many scriptures we quote, and no matter how many times we pray, it's not going to happen. It's part of being God's CHILDREN and God being the FATHER. The Father knows what's best for his children.
If we need it. . .He will supply it. Period. That's what the Word says. If God calls me to go to the mission field and I need a million dollars to do it, then He will supply it. At the moment I don't need 20 cars so I'm not asking for 20 cars and ditto on the mansion.
Exactly. If we NEED it. God knows our NEEDS and provides for them. Our WANTS are a different story.
Besides that. . .who said anything about mansions, millions of dollars and cars? You must be working off those "documented facts" again
Along with members of Word of Faith churches, yeah. I'm currently working with one guy who believes God is going to bless him with one million dollars without doing anything.
If you watched Benny Hinn's show this last Saturday, you would have seen him on with Steve Munsey. They were on there saying how 2003 is a year of "doubling" since 3 and 7 are both numbers God uses. So as long as we all send in our donations of $77, or $770, and if you're a business $77,000, it will be doubled within the next 60 days. They're still talking about it on his daily shows. At least they were this morning.
How did they know it was going to happen within 60 days? Apparently, the Holy Spirit was telling Munsey this, right on TV as they were speaking. He even said he'd show it with scripture! Well, at least he said a few paraphrased verses here and there. He never actually opened his Bible. He just waved it around. Aparently that's good enough.
Anyway, I did some basic internet research, and aparently Mr. Munsey has being doing telethons every year for the past four years. What's strange is, every year has been the "seventh millenium" when he does some special math equations. 7 is a doubling number, so as long as you send your donations of $37, $77, $370, $770, etc. your gift will be doubled in a matter of days!
Oh, and by the way, this is all documented online. The FCC kinda mandates that programs document their broadcasts.
Now, I'm sure your "documented facts" say otherwise. Here, I'll help you out.
(Some random Word of Faith member)- "He did not say that!" (Title- ?, Copywrite date- ?, Publisher- ?)