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Contradiction is defined as:

1. the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
2. assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial.
3. a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous.
4. direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
5. a contradictory act, fact, etc.

So many ignorant peeps believe the bible is full of contradictions, even though it states that those in whom it has been given to understand will indeed understand but to those outside, yes if you are a non-believer, fake-believer, make-believer, or stuck in the valley of indecision, this scripture is talking about you. The God detached individual cannot understand His language, no more than if you were non-communicative towards your neighbor could you then say that you could understand them.

Matt 13:11 - 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Ok so also note the order of the conversation that this message will take insofar as the book of Mathew. First Jesus addressed the question, can you teach us how to pray. Then He told them what appears to many even in the house of a God a contradiction which is related to food, and more specifically to bread.

My proposal will be to untie the theological knot and to suggest what I believe is a more accurate way to go about praying for your daily bread. I did include the whole prayer instruction but did so because I wanted to. Ha, here we go:

Matt 6:9-13 - 9 In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

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Ok so let’s address the pending accusational response to this message from those who depend on the pharmaceutical drug dealer to keep them leashed to toxins.

Oh that start is sure to invoke a response that might could resurrect the cancel culture. Am I against Doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics, and such? No, by God we need them, but for who are they for if you are a reader, seer, and a doer of the word of God. Just who is this industry for? Is God behind the partially corrupt industry? Ah, but facts be that as they are 5.5 trillion dollars went to feed the pharmaceutical industry during COVID, so if you wonder as I do, what that money could have been used for had it been slated to solve actual problems instead of creating them, we can see that using the words “partially corrupt” is a kind and a deflated definition for an industry that counts on fear, manipulation, and unbelieving and doubting Christians and regular non-believing people to exist.

Oh, that’s a lot of hubbub to kick off a sort of controversial topic such as the pharmacy toxin dispensing industry such as the one we have in America. But I have support and reason for my one-sided position of which you should hang around, and if afterwards you have heard the whole message, you can then determine if you want to change your insurance carrier from Blue Cross to the Cross or not.

Boop, yup, here we go. So, Pharmacy is also termed Pharmakeia or Sorcery. Sorcery is used in the bible only six times; twice in the Old Testament and 4-times in the New Testament. And but most would associate it with witchcraft thinking that they are one and the same thing. But wait let’s look:

Numbers 23:23 - “For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’

2 Chronicles 33:6 - Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

Rev 18:23 - The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

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Do you have an excuse prepared in advance regarding the prayers you are currently praying, before you receive a response? I say that you will know by what you do next after you hear that God is going to grant you your request. Now let's see if we have an example of this in the Bible. We will see what Luke and James have to say about this way of thinking:

We will start with some background scripture so as to avoid the, ”What is Podcast Preacher talk ‘in bout now”, comment:

Luke 1:5-6 - 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Luke 1:7 – 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

Luke 1:13-14 – 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Luke 1:18 - 18 And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

So now let’s breakdown this story about Zacharias and Elizabeth and see how it pertains to the thought that it is possible to work up and even rehearse unbelief, even but especially before we actually pray. And but if we do, do this then the question remains, why pray at all if we expect a no-show and a no-speaky from God.

And but also since this is a shorty-message I just want to be sure that this message gets on your radar as something we can do even in what we think is our own special clowd of faith. Keep in mind the scripture defines this couple as, “righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” Ha, if anyone would have expected God to respond it should have been Zacharias who had the correct heavenly pedigree. I say this because 2026 is coming around and it is time for you to pray as if you actually expected God to respond. Lay down your expectations for how He will respond only be open to Him and to His response in and through His methods.

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