{"id":85,"date":"2009-08-13T13:13:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T13:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2009\/08\/for-gods-sake-say-something.html"},"modified":"2009-08-13T13:13:25","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T13:13:25","slug":"for-gods-sake-say-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2009\/08\/for-gods-sake-say-something.html","title":{"rendered":"For God’s Sake, Say Something!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up with an image of Jesus as a meek and mild saint.  <\/span>But when I explore the gospels I see another side of him: Jesus the warrior.  <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

This may not be popular notion, but it is undeniable.  <\/span>Jesus came with a mission, on purpose.  <\/span>He came as a liberator, and a fighter.  <\/span>The question is not if<\/i> Jesus fights, but how<\/i>.  <\/span>How do we “Fight Like Jesus?” As I look at the stories of Jesus life and examine the ways he handled conflict, I see someone who was anything but timid.  <\/span>When Jesus entered a battle he fought not with physical weapons, but with words.  <\/span>Jesus sees the primary conflict in the universe as a war of words.  <\/span>He defeated his foes – which were not human – by what he said<\/i>.  <\/span>He enlists us, and invites us to borrow his words and join the fray – as we pray! <\/font><\/p>\n

I have fleshed out this idea in a short ebook called, Fight Like Jesus<\/i>. It’s available for free download on Prodigal<\/a>.  <\/span>Get it. Read it. Then let’s talk.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I grew up with an image of Jesus as a meek and mild saint.  But when I explore the gospels I see another side of him: Jesus the warrior.  This may not be popular notion, but it is undeniable.  Jesus came with a mission, on purpose.  He came as a liberator, and a fighter.  The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus","category-prayer"],"yoast_head":"\nFor God's Sake, Say Something!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2009\/08\/for-gods-sake-say-something.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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