Don’t Be Jealous

We got this in the mail the other day:

It’s a letter from “The Saint Matthew’s 59 Year Old Church”.

I was so excited that they chose to send this super exciting letter to us specifically. I mean THEY EVEN KNEW OUR NAMES:

{Or not}

And just LOOK what they sent us:

I know it might look like a big sheet of brightly colored paper but believe me, it is not. Oh no, this is so much more. It is “The Biblical Faith Prayer Rug”

It came with some very specific instructions. First we need to:

Then we need to:

And finally we need to:

When we do this:

{as opposed to the other times I pray, when it’s as if I kneel before…something else?}

But THAT’S NOT ALL!! They also sent us a “sealed prophetic word” (!!!!!)

 

Sealed! Prophetic! Of course I broke the seal and read what was inside.

It told me that, “a witness of {God’s} divine energy is flowing in and around you and the evidence of this will be completely visible as {God’s} destined will becomes known unto the flesh.”

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I don’t know if there’s really a church behind this or if they really believe all that hocus pocus, but I do know this:

1. I don’t need a special prayer rug in order to pray. And when I pray—prayer rug or not -- I am “kneeling before God Almighty".
   Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
   Hebrews 4:16
   
   
2. I already have a copy of God’s prophetic Word. It’s not sealed – what good would that do? No, it is well worn and marked up:
   
   There is no need to add to it. It’s complete, and it provides me with everything I need to live this life:
   All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 
   2 Timothy 3:16-17
   
   
3. I don’t have God’s “divine energy flowing in and around me”. I have His Holy Spirit living inside me.

Hmmm…so I guess that means this prayer rug thing is all a big hoax. But that’s ok…because we got something else in the mail that I’m convinced is the real deal:

It says right there…

No strings! They just want to give me a cruise out of the goodness of their hearts.

Of course I believe them! ;)