#without anger

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

A Call to Prayer

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; — 1 Timothy 2:8 | English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cross References: Psalm 24:4; Psalm 28:2; Psalm 63:4; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 141:2; Luke 24:50; John 4:21

[wiirocku]

1 Timothy 2:8 (NASB) - Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.

[acknowledgetheabsurd]

“In a silence violated only by the silky sounds of the sky, the night lay like milk upon the world. Mersault walked along the cliff, sharing the night's deep concentration. Below him the sea whispered gently. It was covered with velvety moonlight, smooth and undulating, like the pelt of some animal. At this hour of night, his life seemed so remote to him, he was so solitary and indifferent to everything and to himself as well, that Mersault felt he had at last attained what he was seeking, that the peace which filled him now was born of that patient self-abandonment he had pursued and achieved with the help of this warm world so willing to deny him without anger.”

Albert Camus, A Happy Death

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[wiirocku]

1 Timothy 2:8 (WEB) - I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting. 

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and learn to speak up for myself better when im feeling upset

[s-o-a-p-ing]

1 TIMOTHY S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 2

Friday, 9/13/24

SCRIPTURE:

Therefore, I want men to pray everywhere by lifting up hands that are holy, without anger or argument. ~ 1 Timothy 2:8

OBSERVATION:

I often "blame" my Presbyterian upbringing for feeling self-consciously uncomfortable lifting my hands in worship gatherings, despite being surrounded by folks who obviously don't...

...and in part because (despite what you might think 😋) I feel like I'm calling attention to myself, and that just ain't how Mama raised me... 

Instead, I do turn them and my face up, open to receive "privately,"- just between He and I - instead of folding them and bowing my head - even in a crowd of folks who do...

Is that the same thing?

Is that a start?

Is that a form of denying Him?

Could it be that I realize that my hands are "slightly less" than holy?

That they hold on to anger and argument (which are symptoms of selfishness, of "me-first-ism")?

APPLICATION:

Pray everywhere!

Lift my (holy) hands...

Release - confess - any anger and argument...

Make - keep - Him first...

PRAYER:

Worthy Father God - I ask that You forgive my angry and argumentative hands, that You take and make them holy, that Your Holy Spirit continue to increase my consciousness of You and Your grace and mercy through Jesus over me and my failures and fear of being seen by others so that You might be seen and heard in all I do and say, and receive the glory and honor for it all... In Jesus's saving Name, and for Your hand-raising, worshipful praise...

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If I may... we wrap the pastoral letters next Friday, I believe, and I've heard a desire to look at Acts... I think, since we've been awhile out of the Gospels, why not combine the two and read Luke-Acts in sequence as the "one book" it was (probably) "intended to be..." 

Yours, in Him...

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