Most Americans Pray Every Day, Studies Say- Oh, Really? Could've Fooled Me!

Fri, 12/19/2008 - 5:33PM by justanerd1975 2 Comments - 12 Views

According to The Washington Times, the United States may be a secular nation, but its people are anything but.
In fact, 90 percent of Americans have a spiritual interlude with God every day, according to a new study released last week and covered in The Washington Times....

"Most prayer writers imagine a God who is accessible, listening, and a source of emotional and psychological support, who at least sometimes answers back," said Wendy Cadge, a sociologist who directed the research for Brandeis University. The findings, though, have been supported for years.

In 2004, a survey of more than 31,000 adults released by the National Institutes of Health found that prayer is the most commonly used "alternative medicine." It's even more popular than acupuncture, chiropractic, yoga and vitamins."

It seems to me, if the majority of American's are indeed praying folk, then American's- by and large- must also be
Confused folk- because America by and large is NOT obedient to God!

The all-out assurance of salvation of many folks In America is cause for concern.
Indeed, at any given funeral, you will hear the overseers pontificating about how the deceased is
"Now in Heaven, with the Lord." Yet, we all know that, just because someone has died, that does not
mean that they are With The Lord. The truth of the matter is, many of those souls may be headed to Hell.

This brings forth a call for all of us believers to share the gospel with all of those God has placed in our
sphere of influence, as much as we can, while we still can.

There will come a day when each one of us will indeed die.

I want to know that Dear Folks are headed for Heaven, don't you?

Most American's pray- yet Most Americans Disobey God. Scary!


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THIS IS SO TRUE!!!! MANY PEOPLE THINK JUST BELIEVING IN GOD IS ENOUGH - IT IS NOT! THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE DEVIL ALSO BELIEVES IN GOD AND HE AINT GOING TO HEAVEN! WE ALL MUST REALIZE THAT GOD IS LOVING BUT HE ALSO EXPECTS THINGS OUT OF US- THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO REALIZE WE ALL ARE SINNERS AND ASK HIM (WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS) TO COME INTO OUR HEARTS AND FORGIVES US OF OUR SINS AND THEN FOR US TO TURN FROM SIN- NO I AM NOT SOME CRAZY CHRISTIAN JUST A WELL INFORMED ONE WHO READS GOD'S WORD! READ JOHN 3:16.

Sat, 12/20/2008 - 7:26am

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That's right, maye- even the devil and his minions confess with their mouths that Jesus is Lord, and they-rightly- tremble in fear of Him.

We can profess with our mouths that we believe in God and not be saved, but we can also "confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that Jesus is Lord, and be saved." .

We have those 2 types-

the Obama Type, Who is the False Believer- who professes that God is God and also say's that there are Many Paths to Heaven, that good deeds can earn a spot in Heaven and that Jesus was another prophet and not the actual son of God,

and the Ineffective, Usless Believer-
who has believed and so is saved, but still does not live in his/her authority as a beliver- he/she does not pray without ceasing, does not bind spirits and demoons, does not pray intercessorarily, does not seek out the broken hearted so that they might help Jesus as he binds their broken hearts up so that they might be whole again, as exhorted by God's word to do- they don't live in the Victory that IS THIERS over the devil either, because they don't resist the devil so that he will flee from them.

Yes, I like how you said it- God I LOVING if He is anything, He is SO loving, and He is also JUST- He saves us from our sin and He asks us, in return, to love HIM with all of our hearts and minds. He asks US to go forth and baptise and help Him bring the world to Christ so that others may be redeemed as we have been, and He asks us to put on the full armour of God and resist the devil so that he will flee from us.

John 3:16:
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,so that that whomever might believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

I said "Could have Fooled Me" about Most American's Supposedly Praying because I DON'T believe that most do-- I think that they just SAY that they do, to make themselves feel better about themselves-- it is that which we do-- or, we pray one-sided)we talk,we end prayers)instead of relating-with-God and listening for His guidance and asking for it prayers.... I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MOST AMERICANS PRAY AS GOD MEANT PRAYER TO BE USED AND DONE. Hence, why we as believers are Less Effective than we could be-should be!!- and less evangelism towards the hurting world.

"If the lion lies down with the lamb, the lamb must be replaced frequently." --Attributed to Martin Luther In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist violence of September 11, 2001.

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 1:34am


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