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Fortinbras Armstrong

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9. No, it's from the book of Nezemiah, 3:17

Reply to rug (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 04:26 AM

Sep 2014

I cried out, "O Lord, why dost thou ignore my prayer?" And the Lord answered me, "Why criest thou? Thee shouldst get off thy fundament and do thy portion. Why dost thou expect me to do all the heavy lifting?"

More seriously, Augustine says in one of his letters, "I should pray as if everything depended on God, and I should work as if everything depended on me."

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Do you get something out of prayer? Do you feel better after you pray? [View all] hrmjustin Sep 2014 OP

In my view, there is nowhere that God is not. Htom Sirveaux Sep 2014 #1

That's a good summation of the Native American view. okasha Sep 2014 #2

It's also a perfectly orthodox Christian view Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #3

I've been hoping to hear more about your beliefs and practices, Htom Sirveaux Sep 2014 #8

That is a greatway of looking st things. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #4

I have a difficult time with prayer. rug Sep 2014 #5

get off your butt and move it. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #6

I bet that's not from Leviticus. rug Sep 2014 #7

No, it's from the book of Nezemiah, 3:17 Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #9