tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post2355256553176334343..comments2024-02-17T07:44:05.334-08:00Comments on Sinning Boldly: Praise GodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835278970174444409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post-76960037317719999082007-04-15T10:08:00.000-07:002007-04-15T10:08:00.000-07:00God has taken me to a new church and I feel like I...God has taken me to a new church and I feel like I'm in such bondage, because they are not at all like that. That is not their love language..and if I where to just be myself..I know I would be able to feel their eyes burning into me. Plus, I would be the only one praising God in this way..I don't know why God has me there but I know this is a place that he has me passing through. I just feel like I'm in bondage sometimes because I can't praise him honestly, the way I honestly want to. But i do understand the concept of praying through study, I've experienced him like that before. I believe when God uses someone in that way, there is a reason from divine for it. Maybe you'll be a breakthrough messenger? Maybe he'll give you a word in your study time that is going to change nations? I have experienced him through study, and through conversation, sometimes I just talk, almost like when your young and you talk to your invisible friend..I still do that, accept sometimes my invisible friend does fill my mind with answers or responses to what i'm saying. sometimes I pray him like they do in monty python..i've experienced God in those different ways and I think the most important thing for all of us is to just work out our own soul's salvation through Christ Jesus and to keep a close relationship with him, however it is we do it.harleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602692804681421470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post-38765818005969975022006-12-04T19:22:00.000-08:002006-12-04T19:22:00.000-08:00Andy -- Great post. I’ve often struggled with how...Andy -- Great post. I’ve often struggled with how to pray, for many of the same reasons you describe (after all, what is there to say to the omniscient and omnipotent One?). Like you, my principal form of prayer over the years has been study, although I’ve often felt somewhat guilty about this. I used to think that I was condemned to an arid, intellectual faith, the product of my decidedly uncharismatic Lutheran upbringing. But I’ve also come to your “love languages” realization – God understands that my love of study is really another way of praising of Him. Indeed, I often find myself praying while reading a theological text, saying “Amen” or “Thank you, God” when I come across a satisfying or beautiful idea. I agree that this is another way to experience His presence.Thomas Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168017369500841150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post-14941028637100681832006-12-02T18:18:00.000-08:002006-12-02T18:18:00.000-08:00"The thing that occurred to me this week is that i..."The thing that occurred to me this week is that if people can learn to recognize and respect each other's love languages, surely God will do at least that. Words of praise just aren't my love language, and they aren't likely to become so. But God knows not just what's in my heart but what my various actions mean.<br /><br />I think you state this perfectly. View our relationship with God as a love relationship, and our communication with him as a love language. And you're right - He just wants us to connect with Him. Study is a great communication (i.e., prayer) with God.<br /><br />Good post.curiousnotionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649986084018610230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post-17347492722564379422006-12-02T10:57:00.000-08:002006-12-02T10:57:00.000-08:00Thanks for the great post. I have been struggling...Thanks for the great post. I have been struggling in some sense with trying to see why I am so often on the opposite side of teaching moments and studies in my church right now. I am serving in a church where they express their love for God in a much different way than I.<br /><br />Praise songs not withstanding, I have a different outlook on several aspects of "Christian" expression than some whom I work with. For instance, I value piety to a degree while others see it as a stumbling block.<br /><br />Perhaps we just don't speak the same love for God languages, I don't know. But I'm sure there is room for more understanding on my part at least.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235511328970565339noreply@blogger.com