tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25253203.post3652308077857477759..comments2023-07-04T08:14:16.030-05:00Comments on Eyes Open Wide: Back to School... Part 5Doulos Christouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575598875038475380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25253203.post-49396401063615323612008-02-23T11:02:00.000-06:002008-02-23T11:02:00.000-06:00Dave,You're right - and especially so in America (...Dave,<BR/><BR/>You're right - and especially so in America (or the west). What are our <B>needs</B> after all? <BR/><BR/><I>Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, <B>with these we will be content</B>. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.</I><BR/><BR/>By the way, I don't know if you have ever seen the book "Hungry Planet," but Time featured pictures from the book last June... showing what families eat around the world during a week. I know this will be a surprise, but we likely eat more than most of the rest of the world combined! Here's a link to the photos - <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html" REL="nofollow">Part I</A>, <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1645016,00.html" REL="nofollow">Part II</A> and <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1667690,00.html" REL="nofollow">Part III</A> - very interesting!Doulos Christouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575598875038475380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25253203.post-35044006111127559092008-02-23T10:09:00.000-06:002008-02-23T10:09:00.000-06:00Wes,This is something that has hit me hard as I pr...Wes,<BR/><BR/>This is something that has hit me hard as I pray the Lord's Prayer several times a day. "Give us this day our daily bread" is the ONLY request for ANYTHING material in the entire prayer! We pray for forgiveness and we ask God not to lead us into temptation but there is nothing else! Yet we persist in praying for all kinds of THINGS! What's with that? We won't fully understand prayer until we are satisfied with our daily bread and nothing more!<BR/><BR/>"Oh sure. You're a pastor. You're supposed to be poor and broke. You just don't understand the perspective of people who are in business or in some other careers. You don't know how hard it is to keep up with our neighbors in Tysonia or its neighboring suburb. It's easy for you to say things like that! Where's your faith? If you ask God for anything in faith you will receive it!"<BR/><BR/>"Give us this day our daily bread."<BR/><BR/>Always your brother,<BR/>DaveShiloh Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516285675816569740noreply@blogger.com