Saturday 20 September 2008

Pray for Us

My friends, can I ask you something?

What is prayer?

Most of you will answer, 'To pray is to talk, to communicate with God.' I do agree with you, but then,

'What are you doing in prayer?' Do you talk with God or you read for Him a hymn, quotation, script? Do you think that God is like a little child that need to be read a story before He sleep?

What is God for you, my friend? Is He not your Father? Is He not your Friend? Is He a wicked, cold hearted being? Who is God, then?

Most of you will again answer, 'God is my Father, He is my Friend, Love of my life.'

Wow, that's great. Do you know how to talk to your earthly father? To talk with your best friend in this world? Do you need to think what to say? Why if you talked with your friends, you can spend hours, but to talk to God, you lost your word? And because you don't know what to say, you quote from books, from somebody's prayer script, etc? Is God really your Father, your best Friend or not?

Yes, Alvin. I know prayers should be sweet since it talk to our Father, but I can't. I don't know how to pray. Even if I pray, my prayers seems to be stuck in the ceiling of my roof. But, when somebody who are religious, faithful pray for me, I can feel the effect of his prayers. That's why I always quoted his prayer.

My, friends. You should learn how to pray by yourself. God is our Father, we are His Children. If you have a little child, will he immediately speak fluently to you? Will he not struggle to find words to speak? It is normal, right? But, with time, what do you experience? You experience that your child can talk with you fluently. And as father, you are so happy for that, right? God is your Father, He wants to listen to you, calling Him, 'Abba, Father'. But because you never learn how to pray, always quoted from somebody's prayer script, He will never hear it from you. If you as earthly father is upset when your child doesn't want to speak with you, how is your Father in heaven?

I know, Alvin. But it seems to me that I can't reach Him, no matter how I try. My prayers are always stuck in the roof, never rise to heaven. Let me tell you something, hope you are ready to listen to me.

Isaiah 1:15-17

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right!

Do you know the reason why your prayers always stuck in the roof? It happened because your hands are full of blood, full of sins. God is Holy, you will never reach Him if you live unrighteous life. That's the reason why. No matter how many prayers you offer to Him, He will not listen. Read another verses, my friends:

Isaiah 59:1-3

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.

Because of your iniquities, God will never listen to you. I know what people think. Many of them are selfish. They want to be heard by God, but they also don't want to put their iniquities aside, since sins bring a lot of pleasure. Commit immorality, cheating someone's money, etc. And because of that, they pray through another mediators. Listen to what Bible said,

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Tell me, my friends. Did Jesus teach you to pray to his mother, his angels, saints, etc? This is what Bible said about that:

Colossians 2:18

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.

2 Peter 2:11

Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.

Revelation 13:6

He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.

Do you know what the Bible mean?

Slander those who live in heaven

"Hail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

"Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen."

Worship of Angels

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray:and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

Prayer to Saint Joseph

Holy Mary, pray for us. St. Joseph, pray for us. Renowned offspring of David, pray for us. Light of Patriarchs, pray for us. Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us. Chaste guardian of the Virgin, pray for us. Care father of the Son of God, pray for us. Diligent protector of Christ, pray for us. Head of the Holy Family, pray for us. Joseph most just, pray for us. Joseph most chaste, pray for us. Joseph most prudent, pray for us. Joseph most strong, pray for us. Joseph most obedient, pray for us. Joseph most faithful, pray for us. Mirror of patience, pray for us. Lover of poverty, pray for us. Model of artisans, pray for us. Glory of home life, pray for us. Guardian of virgins, pray for us. Pillar of families, pray for us. Solace of the wretched, pray for us. Hope of the sick, pray for us. Patron of the dying, pray for us. Terror of demons, pray for us. Protector of Holy Church, pray for us.

Is this how you pray? This is not prayers, this is repetition pray in vain, blasphemy to God. If you read this prayer, it said: Joseph, Head of Holy Family, Diligent protector of Christ, Joseph most just, most faithful, Protector of Holy Church, etc. Are those for the Father in heaven or for the earthly father of Jesus, Joseph? Are you not blasphemying God everytime you pray this words? Open your eyes and see. You have been deceived by your institution. They want you to go to hell, end up as idolaters, blasphemy to God. They are not the true church, they are antichrist church. See the inverted cross there.

Do you still think that I mock you? If you still thinking like that. I don't know what to do to convince you that your sincere is in the wrong foundation., that you are preached another gospel, that your Jesus, Mary, Peter are not Jesus, Mary, Peter in the Bible but from paganism of Babylon. Mother and Child Worship, Jupiter and Venus worship. Come back to your senses and repent toward God and faith toward Jesus Christ. Amen.

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