Month: May 2015

“In a general way we concede that God made the world out of joy: He didn’t need it; He just thought it was a good thing.” – The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon

Why did God create the world? What a question? I wasn’t really thinking very deeply (I was watching Spider-Man while reading a theological cookbook) until I just read the line above. I like the line from Capon’s book. “God made the world out of joy.” I like to believe that God was (is) so good, so beautiful, so much pure love, that he wanted to share. He wanted others to get to experience his goodness, his beauty, his love. 

When’s pray I pray in the mornings, I try to always start with adoration. I got this from a sermon that I heard from Rick Warren where he suggests using the acronym ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanks, and Supplication). 

However, When starting with praise, I often feel guilty or unworthy. I hear that old devil whispering in my ear;

“Your such a suck up. He knows what you did, what you thought, what you said, what you saw. How many times do you think he’ll forgive you for that failure. Haven’t you prayed this already?” 

When I listen to him, I am more prone to be distracted (while praying) and that happens more than I want to admit. Please pray for me.