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Praise God... Always?

Posted by Tony Villari March 30, 2015 - #Faith #Gratitude #LOVE #happiness #praise #praising God #proof of faith #God's requirements #God's gift - 913 views

I think we need to ask ourselves, why our God would want to be praised all the time. This is a question that strikes to the very bone of Abrahamic faith. Psychologically, why do we want praise? We are usually after a stroking of our ego through acceptance, reassurance, confirmation, etc., basically everything God should be above feeling the need for. To reaqd this post, please follow this link to, "The Path":Praise God... Always?

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Rev. Yoda . Aka.. JG and Rev. Suzanne Ranu like this
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Tony Villari Thank you, Jean, for bearing with me. I think it great we have such a diversity of opinion here and can feel free to give and take. I don't think I've met many here that can't leave their ego at the door. A few, but not many. lol
March 30, 2015 - 1 likes this
terry lay Another good one Tony! In my own personal form of Christianity, as you feel the praise, the Lord has received it. Any thoughts, words, or actions after that are for you, or someone else. Which can be good, given the situation. Or could be bad, if it distr... more
March 30, 2015 - 4 like this
Tony Villari Terry, it's a good thing I reference that particular text or I would have been running for the bible. As it is, Matthew is a bit dog eared. In particular, for me is 6:6 which fairly much says we shouldn't even have churches, for the same reason.
March 30, 2015
terry lay Yep! actually christian churches started in the living rooms of the people the disciples were teaching. The disciples were teaching Jesus's teachings as best they understood them. They didn't totally understand. Nor did all the books of the apostles get p... more
March 30, 2015 - 3 like this

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