Comments on: GD Lesson 47-The Prayer of Ezra and Humility http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian D. [Member] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6689 Brian D. [Member] Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:54:37 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6689 Good stuff! Since I am serving as a nursery worker in my ward, I don't get to attend GD. I enjoy reading these posts on GD lessons. :-) Good stuff! Since I am serving as a nursery worker in my ward, I don’t get to attend GD. I enjoy reading these posts on GD lessons. :-)

]]> By: HappyDaytoyou [Visitor] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6688 HappyDaytoyou [Visitor] Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:59:02 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6688 Ben, I really like how you share the themes of the Old Testament. It is very enlightening and hope to see more of it. Ben, I really like how you share the themes of the Old Testament. It is very enlightening and hope to see more of it.

]]> By: bkay [Visitor] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6687 bkay [Visitor] Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:17:36 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6687 That's in the old testament! Wow! I think I should read the old testament again! That’s in the old testament! Wow! I think I should read the old testament again!

]]> By: R. Bell [Member] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6686 R. Bell [Member] Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:15:03 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6686 Thanks, Ben. Your little reminders of gems in the OT are really helpful to me, a complete ignoramus when it comes to that book. Thanks, Ben. Your little reminders of gems in the OT are really helpful to me, a complete ignoramus when it comes to that book.

]]> By: Ben [Member] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6685 Ben [Member] Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:48:49 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6685 Annegb: It's not senility. The OT is simply huge and complex. I find new passages of interest all the time, and think "how in the world did I miss THAT?!" Annegb: It’s not senility. The OT is simply huge and complex. I find new passages of interest all the time, and think “how in the world did I miss THAT?!”

]]> By: annegb [Visitor] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6684 annegb [Visitor] Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:41:20 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6684 Sometimes I pray, saying, "God, have mercy on me, a sinner." And hope He knows me well enough to understand the depth of longing in that prayer. Sometimes, I just ask, "help thou my unbelief."<br /> <br /> Sometimes, like Ezra (I've studied the Old Testament, but I don't remember ever reading this, this has to be senility), I feel so not humble, (I wish), but so beaten I am willing to lay my burdens just fully at His feet.<br /> <br /> Again, like the posts on Millenial Star, I am given much food for thought and study and pondering and hopefully, growing, you guys are pretty darn good. Sometimes I pray, saying, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” And hope He knows me well enough to understand the depth of longing in that prayer. Sometimes, I just ask, “help thou my unbelief.”

Sometimes, like Ezra (I’ve studied the Old Testament, but I don’t remember ever reading this, this has to be senility), I feel so not humble, (I wish), but so beaten I am willing to lay my burdens just fully at His feet.

Again, like the posts on Millenial Star, I am given much food for thought and study and pondering and hopefully, growing, you guys are pretty darn good.

]]> By: Geoff B [Member] http://www.millennialstar.org/gd-lesson-47-the-prayer-of-ezra-and-humility/comment-page-1/#comment-6683 Geoff B [Member] Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:04:52 +0000 http://beta.millennialstar.org/?p=327#comment-6683 Ben, I think the best thing about Ezra's prayer is how consistent it is with the rest of the Old Testament. Moses warned Israel that if they didn't keep the commandments bad things would happen. Then one prophet after another warned them. And now Ezra recognizes the source of their suffering very clearly. The consistency of the OT is really quite remarkable given how many hundreds of years are involved. This consistency is also another witness of the truth of the BoM because the exact same type of consistency exists there. Ben, I think the best thing about Ezra’s prayer is how consistent it is with the rest of the Old Testament. Moses warned Israel that if they didn’t keep the commandments bad things would happen. Then one prophet after another warned them. And now Ezra recognizes the source of their suffering very clearly. The consistency of the OT is really quite remarkable given how many hundreds of years are involved. This consistency is also another witness of the truth of the BoM because the exact same type of consistency exists there.

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