{"id":1359,"date":"2014-06-26T11:53:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2014-06-26T11:53:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T15:53:35","slug":"sometimes-jesus-just-doesnt-seem-to-make-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/06\/sometimes-jesus-just-doesnt-seem-to-make-sense.html","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Jesus Just Doesn&#8217;t Seem To Make Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Jesus<span id=\"en-NLT-25080\" class=\"text Luke-5-4\"> said to Simon, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cNow go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span id=\"en-NLT-25081\" class=\"text Luke-5-5\">\u201cMaster,\u201d Simon replied, \u201cwe worked hard all last night and didn\u2019t catch a thing. But if you say so, I\u2019ll let the nets down again.\u201d<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span id=\"en-NLT-25082\" class=\"text Luke-5-6\">And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Luke 5:4-6<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jesus was a Rabbi, not a professional fisherman. But a professional fisherman named Simon took his advise, counter-intuitive as it was, and caught the catch of a lifetime. It&#8217;s time to start listening to Jesus! He knows how to run your business, your life, your family, your finances, and your time! Your little kingdom needs the King. Open up his word and open up your heart; gain some knowledge, and apply it today. Let&#8217;s pray!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jesus, I open my mind, my eyes, and my spiritual ears to your voice. Speak to me and guide me. And give me the heart to respond like Simon:\u00a0 &#8220;If you say so!&#8221; I will obey! Take me deeper, Jesus. Amen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you want to hear more about this passage, here is a link to a Beliefnet audio blog that we recorded several months ago. This is what we love to do together in the morning; and in this audio blog we let you in on our morning chats:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MPNKSjQkPM\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thesupernaturallife\/2013\/02\/11\/fishers\/\">Fishers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fishers&#8221; &#8212; The Super Natural Life - prayers for strength, words of wisdom, daily bible reading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thesupernaturallife\/2013\/02\/11\/fishers\/embed\/#?secret=DxdlwBHTf9#?secret=MPNKSjQkPM\" data-secret=\"MPNKSjQkPM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus said to Simon, \u201cNow go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.\u201d \u201cMaster,\u201d Simon replied, \u201cwe worked hard all last night and didn\u2019t catch a thing. 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