Why, Felicity? There are multiple prayers in the psalms where petitions include a record of obedience on the part of the petitioner. It is indeed Biblical to approach the giver with a citing of the faithful record of the requester.
I will confess that I have at times approached God in a time of need with such an attitude... not to earn anything of Him but to remind Him that I have been faithful. Yes he knows but I still have done it!
I would imagine or guess that most of you have done the same!
I'm taking the opportunity to pick at your post because of something you said that I've heard so often, but don't know where it came from.
That is, the idea that God has to be reminded of our faithfulness in something. I just don't get why people do that, as if God might forget or not have realized it.
Not saying that's what you think, I'm just speaking generally of people who make that statement. I don't understand why it's done, that's all.
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I was thinking of another woman who prayed for her child and spread her hair over her child. Sorry. Just put it down to little short circuit in the wiring. Happens occasionally even though I try to keep the wiring in good condition.
Sorry for confusing you...LOL!
I mentioned a woman and her son in another post.
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It wasn't you. I heard it elsewhere and I've never forgotten the story I read about this mother draping her long hair over her child. It always comes to mind whenever this issue raises up.
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Okay, so everything is implied by her comments "My hair is a veil of protection for me and my family." But, she did not say that her hair healed her husband..
*sigh* but to be fair and balanced, I must say... It is my observation that conservatives will side with this hairesy to guard their position on A Woman's Glory: the Long and Short of It
Does it imply God healed her husband BECAUSE her long hair gives her and them a "veil or protection and covering"...and that she has power with the angels?
Does it imply God healed her husband BECAUSE her long hair gives her and them a "veil or protection and covering"...and that she has power with the angels?
Ummm...give me a second to think about this...YES!!
Believe your hair has power in any way is nothing short of witchcraft. The healing power we all receive comes from the stripes Jesus received for us. That's all. If that woman was bald and prayed for healing, I believe her husband would have received it all the same. It had NOTHING to do with her hair, as she implies in that post.
Statements like this get interspersed into some true statements and then the whole thing turns into a witch hunt.
The lady in question NEVER SAID that her hair would HEAL her husband! She never insinutated that her hair had any HEALING power. As phil stated, she simply reminded God, as the man after God's own heart did on occasion, of her obedience to His word.
Quit adding stuff to what she said and did and it's simple -- the lady asked God to honor her obedience.
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The woman states that she made a covenant with God not to cut her hair. There is certainly nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't mean that in making a covenant with God, one has more bargaining power with God.
The lady NEVER SAID she had "more bargaining power with God". Once again, statements like this lead to the witch hunt.
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you have intentionally misrepresented what is written in order to substantiate and support your uncontrollable desire to justify your position by ridiculing and misrepresenting the position of another.
Well, I didn't say it as precise and clear as you, brother! Thanks for the input!
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Ignorance of the Identity of the One True God is not a valid reason to practice idolatry.
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