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Electra
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| Posted 2/23/2003 11:41 AM (GMT -6) |   | The Pope has called for Christians to pray and fast for peace on Ash Wednesday (March 5). Whether or not you care what the Pope says, this is an opportunity to participate in a powerful expression of unity with many different kinds of Christians around the world. And whether you are for or against the war with Iraq, all Christians can agree that peaceful resolution is preferable to war.
As we are daily reminded that a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq is imminent, Ash Wednesday reminds us of Jesus’ humble entry into enemy territory, and we pray for the courage to follow his way, his passion, rather than our own. Though peaceful resolution with Iraq seems impossible at this point, our God is a God of the possible—we worship a Prince of Peace, and we pray that his kingdom would come and his will would be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Electra
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honorman
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| Posted 2/23/2003 1:02 PM (GMT -6) | | I do not pray for peace when peace is not what is best in our world. I pray that men and women of integrity will stand up and do what is right, not what is easy.
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selah
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| Posted 2/23/2003 2:07 PM (GMT -6) | | I agree with you Electra.
"If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men." (Rom 12:18) I think we should jump at any chance to unify over peace...especially within the Body.
amen?!
love
selah
Then He showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev. 22:1
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Tom
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| Posted 2/23/2003 3:18 PM (GMT -6) | | honorman: I do not pray for peace when peace is not what is best in our world. I pray that men and women of integrity will stand up and do what is right, not what is easy.
Tom: OK, so fast on March 5th that people will do what is right.
Get with the program! 
Tom
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Empiress
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| Posted 2/23/2003 7:14 PM (GMT -6) | | Electra, I agree, Ash Wednesday is an ancient day of fasting for all Christians, one that all of us can participate in with prayer. Thank you for calling us to use that time to pray for peace.
~E
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SeanG
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| Posted 2/24/2003 4:08 AM (GMT -6) | | I will fast and pray Electra. Fast and pray that either God will transform Saddam’s heart to accept the Biblical worldview, and repent of his evil ways (which would include Saddam coming to grips with the fact that he is not the inculcated spirit of Nebuchadnezzar, in other words, God is being asked to heal his mental illness as well as rejuvenating his heart). I will also ask that if this is not possible, that is, if God would not divert this war with overriding Saddam’s hard hard-heartedness (his freewill), I will be praying that God will use the United States as a tool and means to bring peace and resolution to a country (giving the Iranian people hope and a push to do it on their own… which people have been saying is coming) that has known nothing more than rape, murder, and fear. I pray that God will implement his justness and judgment on the leaders of Iraq, being that they are about to reap what they have sown. In the past (and present), God uses nations and people to implement His punishment and/or His blessings. This is what I pray and fast for.
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