- upset/stress 1st, then search for an appropriate response from the word, then pray....
why ah? wanna seek God in what i do... not just during crisis, though more during crisis. - personal, won't blog abt it...
- i'm not western, how i know? but i know, in sg, not so... we dun face death for what we believe in the very real sense. yes, maybe they'll lose face, lose a lot of other things, but definitely not life here.
- tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes (4:1)
the tearing of clothes was an outward sign of grief and distress over some disaster or calamity, it was also a sign of deep sorrow and mourning over someone who has died. sometimes it indicated a holy indignation (righteous anger) against sin and what is contrary to God's Word. (http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/bofbooks/booksch6.htm)
funeral wakes? wear white, have a cloth pin on clothes? (chinese traditions) - to abstain from food (or any other thing) to pray to God.
giving up something important to indicate the urgency of that prayer item?
not to twist God's arm or use it to threaten, not an exchange. - Mordecai wanted Esther to speak to the king. scare to make the request, might be killed? 4:14 encouraged her? that the whole reason of her being there might be to do something like this.
- that he understands and know God, that God will definitely deliver His people
- if they perish for what they believe, it is okay... but they will take the step of faith to do what is needed and right before the Lord
- it did not deter him, he knew the task to testify Christ is more impt than his life. (his life worth nothing to him)
- she put her life on the line for the Jews... it was easy to get distracted with all the riches..
- "slow down, get someone to keep u accountable... dun speed into things..."
- someone younger? been thinking abt the ns guys... keep the disciplines... press on..."
looks more and more like comprehension now... but well, pressing on... - Lawrence
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