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5. A Paradox is where two thoughts seemingly contradict one another, but with more thought they begin to make sense!

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9. Weezer said, ““I won’t thank God. Because everybody else is gonna thank God, and I don’t think God cares. We’re a pretty godless band.” (Rolling Stone, Feb. 2006)

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11. Praying at the dinner table, Bart says, “We paid for this ourselves, so thanks for nothing.”

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13. "Dear Lord: The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here's the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won't ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign.

14. Upside Down Thinking OK, deal. In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. Thy will be done."

15. Upside Down Thinking “Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.”

16. Upside Down Thinking Edwin Orr was right when he said, “History is silent about revivals that did not begin with prayer.”

17. Upside Down Thinking The guys were about to be hung and Everett breaks out into fervent prayer asking for deliverance. Yet after they got delivered he returns to his original skepticism.

19. Upside Down Thinking Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:26

20. Upside Down Thinking Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:26

21. Upside Down Thinking Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:26

22. Upside Down Thinking Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:26

24. Upside Down Thinking Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2

25. Upside Down Thinking Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Ecc. 5:1

27. Upside Down Thinking Bill Hybels says, “If the request is wrong, God says, ‘NO!’ If the timing is wrong, God says, ‘SLOW!’ If you are wrong, God says, ‘GROW!’ But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, ‘GO!’

28. Upside Down Thinking Why Doesn’t God Hear? Secret Sin (Psalm 66:18) Despising God’s Ways (Prov. 28:9) Stubbornness (Zech. 7:13)

29. Upside Down Thinking Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer.

30. Upside Down Thinking Why Doesn’t God Hear? Secret Sin (Psalm 66:18) Despising God’s Ways (Prov. 28:9) Stubbornness (Zech. 7:13)

31. Upside Down Thinking Proverbs 28:9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to the Law, even his prayers are detestable.

32. Upside Down Thinking Why Doesn’t God Hear? Secret Sin (Psalm 66:18) Despising God’s Ways (Prov. 28:9) Stubbornness (Zech. 7:13)

33. Upside Down Thinking Zechariah 7:13 “When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord Almighty.

34. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We will give ourselves no rest 'Till Your Kingdom comes on earth We've positioned watchmen on the walls Now our prayers will flow like tears For You've shared Your heart with us God of Heaven, on our knees we fall

35. Knocking on the Door of Heaven Come down in power, reveal Your heart again Come hear our cries, the tears that plead for rain

36. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven We're crying, crying for this generation We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth

37. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're watching, watching on the walls to see You We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth All of the earth

38. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We will give ourselves no rest 'Till Your Kingdom comes on earth We've positioned watchmen on the walls Now our prayers will flow like tears For You've shared Your heart with us God of Heaven, on our knees we fall

39. Knocking on the Door of Heaven Come down in power, reveal Your heart again Come hear our cries, the tears that plead for rain

40. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven We're crying, crying for this generation We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth

41. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're watching, watching on the walls to see You We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth All of the earth

42. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven We're crying, crying for this generation We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth

43. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're watching, watching on the walls to see You We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth All of the earth

44. Knocking on the Door of Heaven Come down in power, reveal Your heart again Come hear our cries, the tears that plead for rain

45. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven We're crying, crying for this generation We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth

46. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're watching, watching on the walls to see You We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth All of the earth

47. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven We're crying, crying for this generation We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth

48. Knocking on the Door of Heaven We're watching, watching on the walls to see You We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth All of the earth

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