Men of Monday Prayer Breakfast: So you all said you would pray for me. What gives?

[Jo Freddie]

Re: Men of Monday Prayer Breakfast: So you all said you would pray for me. What gives?

Nobody wants to hear your lies, Jo Freddie. Had Brother Jed paid me $250 for a prayer, he would have had a brand new foot by now. Anyway, I don't embezzle Church funds. Fuel for the pastoral private jet fleet is expensive, and the money to pay for that has to come from somewhere. That's why Jesus told us to hold prayer breakfasts.

Sorry my misunderstanding, I thought you meant he had given you the $250 to keep, I didn't realise it is just resting in your account till the aviation fuel invoice arrives.

[WWJDnow]

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He only gave you 50 bucks?
WWJDnow told me he paid him $250, even then the idiot could get the prayer right!

Nobody wants to hear your lies, Jo Freddie. Had Brother Jed paid me $250 for a prayer, he would have had a brand new foot by now. Anyway, I don't embezzle Church funds. Fuel for the pastoral private jet fleet is expensive, and the money to pay for that has to come from somewhere. That's why Jesus told us to hold prayer breakfasts.

[Jo Freddie]

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What did you expect for $50?

He only gave you 50 bucks?
WWJDnow told me he paid him $250, even then the idiot could get the prayer right!

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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What did you expect for $50?

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Oh dearest Brother Jedediah, don't loose heart! The LORD answers ALL prayers of True Christians™! It may be that the answer to your prayer is to wait, but then again, it may be that the answer to your prayer is that God has something Better than miraculous healing; You may be invited to GLORIFY GOD through GANGRENE! Why, imagine it, Brother, what if the LORD chooses to turn your toe gangrenous, and blesses you with a staff infection! What if the LORD uses you as a great instrument to share His Glory even in times of apparent dread! Oh think of it, dear Brother, you could be a witness to God's Love even as your flesh dies from the toe up, damaging your internal organs, and finally your brain, but before that you praise His Holy Name and bring others to Christ! Then you would be richly rewarded in Heaven for all eternity! Oh, I'm almost envious! Jesus might be right at this very moment beginning your journey to Glorify Him through Your Painful and Torturous Suffering!

[WWJDnow]

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Well, I went to the doctor yesterday afternoon, and I was told that they would have to remove the toenail and deaden the nerve endings so it doesn't grow back. So now not only am I going to have to undergo a painful procedure, I will be forever mauled because some people were too lazy or negligent to include me in their prayers.

I was going to pray for your toenail, but there's this podiatrist I know who needed a faith blessing of a new Ferrari, so I told him that I'd pray for him to get some more patients, and after I finished with that I completely forgo....

.... oh no. This is all my fault. I'm sorry, brother. I hope you'll see it in your heart to forgive me.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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Of course, it is the thought that counts - the motive to our actions. Our actions themselves are chaff before the wind, for is it not written:

Eph:2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph:2:9: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

The problem that Brother Jedediah has is that God is not bound by time, whilst we earthly souls are. "A thousand ages in his sight, are like an evening gone." as Jesus said. So God is up there and, to His Ineffable Mightiness, it's only just this very moment that the words of the Prayer Warriors rang in His Perfect Inner Ear.

[Jo Freddie]

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Jed,

If the Lord hasn't healed your ingrown nail, it's your own fault! It simply means you didn't have enough faith.

It is NOT because prayer doesn't work and it certainly isn't because OUR prayers didn't work.

James 5:15-16 tells us that prayer works for the sick.

If that is the case should he still get to keep his Prayer Warrior medal ?

[Nobar King]

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I prayed for your toenail, although I couldn't remember which one, so I might have prayed for the wrong toe. Please forgive me for that.

[Levi Jones]

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Jed,

If the Lord hasn't healed your ingrown nail, it's your own fault! It simply means you didn't have enough faith.

It is NOT because prayer doesn't work and it certainly isn't because OUR prayers didn't work.

James 5:15-16 tells us that prayer works for the sick.

[Godfly]

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God answers all prayers brother. This time the answer was no.

[James Hutchins]

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Now Jedediah , stop being so impatient. Even though I am sure every single member of the Freehold Chrystal Cathedral™ has been praying for your toe., God is a busy man. I am sure He has you on His 'Miracles To-Do' list.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Psalm 37:7-9
7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

As far as 'doctors', keep the following in mind.
Leviticus 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

[Johny Joe Hold]

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So I have to say I'm just a little bit P.O.'d right now. That means Pissed Off. At all of you.

I will be forever mauled because some people were too lazy or negligent to include me in their prayers.

My sincere sympathies, Brother Jedediah. You have every right to by angry. An ingrown toenail is such a simple problem, one member's prayer would have God on the case and you would have quickly healed.

I feel badly myself. I often attend the Monday Morning Men's Prayer Breakfast and have seen several men healed from problems that range from cancer to bad wives. Mayor's business took me out of town Monday.

I don't want to be unreasonable here to the men of Freehold, but if the Freehold City Government pays for your breakfast, it seems like each man should feel a little obligation to be accountable. It would have taken just a minute to have prayed for Brother Jedidiah's ailment.

[Jedediah]

So I have to say I'm just a little bit P.O.'d right now. That means Pissed Off. At all of you.

At Men's Prayer Breakfast on Monday week before last, I told you all about my ingrown toenail, and I received assurances from everyone in the room that you would all keep my toenail in your prayers. Well, I went to the doctor yesterday afternoon, and I was told that they would have to remove the toenail and deaden the nerve endings so it doesn't grow back. So now not only am I going to have to undergo a painful procedure, I will be forever mauled because some people were too lazy or negligent to include me in their prayers.

I have to say, I'm very disappointed in all of you. It's enough to make me wonder if I'm the only True True Christian™ coming to Monday Men's Prayer Breakfast.