Friday, April 25, 2008

1 Peter 5:8 (the wall between science and God)‏


* Welcome God every morning before work by taking ~5 min to read this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (life-devotions.blogspot.com), which has snippets from Living Faith (livingfaith.com).

Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour. 1 Peter 5:8

Living Faith snippets: "Evil continues to prowl the world's streets, neighborhoods and homes. It often does not roar but comes quietly under subtle disguises. I believe it is vitally important that we heed the revered advice of Jesus to be sober and vigilant in order to offset potential dangers and to faithfully live our Christian lives. Lord, deliver us from evil and keep our feet on the path of virtue." by Fr. James McKarns (author of Saints and Seasons)

Pat nuggets:
* Last night, I attended the Expelled movie with Chad, Ben, Scott, and Jimmy. We all found the movie to be very insightful on how God is being pushed out of science vocabulary. Please watch the trailer at http://www.expelledthemovie.com/home.php. One of the highlights was when world renowned atheist, Richard Dawkins, acknowledged the possibility of advanced alien life adding intelligent design to the sequence of human life...yet he is 99% sure that God is a delusion. The movie highlights that Darwin does not have an explanation for the source of life. Darwin also took a major jump when using his observations of evolution within a species to justify evolution between species. Regardless, even evolution between species would not rule out God as the source and intelligent designer of life. The movie also highlights how Darwinism has fueled anti-ProLife and anti-Christian agendas. For example, Hitler used Darwinism to justify murdering the weak as defined by his point of view. And now, Science has built their own Berlin Wall to keep out God, the creator of science. Let's do our part to chip away at this wall (1 Cor 3:6-9). Like with the Berlin Wall, God's Truth will also bring this wall down...
* Chad shared these thoughts: "I have devoted much time in attempting to battle such voices as those from militant atheism such as Richard Dawkins. One very significant conclusion that I have thus far come to is that the fine sounding arguments against Christ often fall drastically short of reality. Perhaps when we lay down our life for Richard Dawkins, he may see the architect behind his will." cougarsdaily.blogspot.com

Through Christ for ProLife,
Pat
Phil 4:13

* Today's Bible readings at www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml.
* Prayer: If you have a prayer request, simply send it to our distribution list at life-group-distro@googlegroups.com. Prayer connects us with God's will & His miracles, thereby changing us & helping others (so let's pray daily!). Wayne Watson lyrics, “When God's people pray, there is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven, and miracles you can't explain await!” "If you pray that God will move a mountain and He doesn’t, assume Christ wants you to climb it instead & see Him."
* Defend the unborn: ProLife websites at life-devotions.blogspot.com. 'Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die' (Prov 24:11). 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you' (Jer 1:5). 'It is a great poverty that a child must die that you might live as you wish' Blessed Mother Teresa. Click for Prayer to End Abortion.
* Share the Good News: Let's joyfully live out the Good News and gladly tell others about it (Mark 16:15)!

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