![]() ![]() They produce beautiful music under his direction. I love to watch the conductor with baton in hand as he leads the members of the orchestra. Romans 8:28 states, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” How does God do that? The how of “how prayers are answered” is God’s business. How prayers are answered? How does gravity work? How does a caterpillar become a butterfly? I cannot explain these or many other things. What are your thoughts on how prayers are answered? It would appear that in response to the prayers of the prophet climate change took place. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit” (James 5:17-18). In the Epistle of James we see how the prayers of a prophet actually changed weather patterns: “ 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Perhaps we do not fully realize the problem, so to call it, of enabling finite free wills to coexist with Omnipotence.” He allows us to neglect what He would have us do, or to fail. He commands us to do slowly and blunderingly what He could do perfectly and in the twinkling of an eye. ![]() It is not really stranger, nor less strange, that my prayers should affect the course of events than that my other actions should do so … For He seems to do nothing of Himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures. It might be accident … The question then arises, ‘What sort of evidence would prove the efficacy of prayer?’ The thing we pray for may happen, but how can you ever know it was not going to happen anyway? … ‘God,’ said Pascal, ‘instituted prayer in order to lend to His creatures the dignity of causality.’ But not only prayer whenever we act at all He lends us that dignity. But of course one cannot rigorously prove a causal connection between the barber’s prayers and my visit. The moment I opened his shop door he said, ‘Oh, I was praying you might come today.’ And in fact if I had come a day or so later I should have been of no use to him. Now my barber at that time was a fellow Christian and a man of many troubles whom my brother and I had sometimes been able to help. ![]() Go and get it cut.’ In the end I could stand it no longer. But then there began the most unaccountable little nagging in my mind, almost like a voice saying, ‘Get it cut all the same. Lewis had this to say: “Some years ago I got up one morning intending to have my hair cut in preparation for a visit to London, and the first letter I opened made it clear I need not go to London. On the topic of the efficacy of prayer C. Hasn’t God already mapped out His sovereign plan a head of time? Does prayer really change things? On a deeper level we may wonder why an all-powerful God would encourage us to pray in the first place. Their music pays tribute to yesterday, is an indication of tomorrow and the combination is perfect for today.How many of us have privately felt disappointed with God’s response to our prayers? We may have interceded for a certain need or the restoration of a damaged relationship seemingly to no avail. There is so much to 7 Sons of Soul, an incredible group of young men who deftly merge contemporary and urban sensibilities with the traditional and straightforwardness of the quartet sound. Not reflect the views of the individuals concerned at a Views were accurate at the time of publishing but may or may Not necessarily those held by Cross Rhythms. The opinions expressed in this article are The quartet is modern, but not enough to alienate traditional gospel lovers. Fred Hammond makes a guest appearance on "What Is This". There's a seamless vein weaving its way through the entire CD, it's cohesive smooch without the smooching - well that bit's up to you, it's none of my business what you get up to in the privacy of your own home. "He's Coming Back" is slow but grooves neatly, with lots of low level parts that will still interest the listener however many times it's heard. ![]() The majority of the 14 songs recorded are paced slow to medium, excepting "Prayer Changes Things" which is in stomp territory, having a bebop guitar part that propels the track forward in the most infectious fashion. These guys are new on the block, although you may have heard of them on WOW Gospel 2004 singer Cliff Jones made his mark as the lead singer on the US hit "Be Encouraged". Hi-fi vocals that are so close to me it's like they are in the room with me, their notes are surrounded by air and the harmonies built like a Jenga tower in its final stages. The 7 use space to great effect, yet the sound has a girth the size of Fatty Arbuckle, having real depth of field. There are seven of them but only four sing, the remaining three play keyboards, drums and bass some session guys play guitar, etc. ![]()
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