Thursday, 3 April 2025

Prayer acronyms: ACTS, PRAY & TeaSPoon

 In alphabetical order three simple acronyms to help structuring prayer.


ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication)
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A - Adoration: Praising God for who He is and what He has done.
C - Confession: Acknowledging sins and asking for forgiveness.
T - Thanksgiving: Expressing gratitude for blessings.
S - Supplication: Making requests and needs known to God.

PRAY (Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield)
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P - Praise: Expressing admiration and reverence for God.
R - Repent: Acknowledge wrongdoing and ask for forgiveness.
A - Ask: Making requests and needs known to God.
Y - Yield: Surrendering to God's will and listening to His guidance.

TeaSPoon (Thank you, Sorry, Please)
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T - This part of the prayer focuses on expressing gratitude for blessings, such as family, friends, food, and home.
S - This part of the prayer is for asking forgiveness for mistakes and seeking guidance to do better.
P - This part of the prayer is for making requests, whether for oneself, loved ones, or others in need.

Thursday, 23 January 2025

Jesus the carpenter... and boat builder?

 Mark Goodacre - "NTPod18 Was Jesus a carpenter"

Is this why Jesus moved from Nazareth to Capernaum? A most fascinating talk.

John: A Commentary(Thompson,2015,NTL)

"Jesus does not do his works in order to evoke faith; he does them because he does the works of God. As works of God, the signs are witnesses to who Jesus is, and as such they call for faith. Both signs and words may lead to faith in Jesus, but they do so only when understood to be the work and word of God through him (3:2; 5:36; 9:3–4; 10:25, 32, 37–38; 14:10–12)."

From "Excursus 3: The Signs in the Gospel of John", final para. (PDF p82).

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