Christian Doubt» Evan Almighty http://www.christiandoubt.com thoughts from someone dealing with doubt Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:04:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Answer to Prayers? http://www.christiandoubt.com/2010/07/05/answer-to-prayers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=answer-to-prayers http://www.christiandoubt.com/2010/07/05/answer-to-prayers/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:52:50 +0000 Mark Lefers http://christiandoubt.com/?p=445 Continue reading →]]> Having a newborn in the house has taken much of my “free” time. However, with the late night or early morning feedings I have had an opportunity to watch more TV. The other day I watched the movie , which is kind of the sequel to Bruce Almighty. The movie is about a guy named Evan (played by Steve Carrell) who has been visited by God (Morgan Freeman) and told to build an ark, just like in the story about Noah in the Bible.  This movie has a lot of great quotes and scenes. One of my favorites is below.  In this scene Evan’s wife, Joan (Lauren Graham), and kids think he’s gone crazy, so they’ve left him to stay with Joan’s parents.  While on the road they stop at a diner to eat. They’re already on the road, and they’re stopping to eat at a diner.  Here Joan meets God but doesn’t realize who she’s talking to. God encourages Joan and gives her some insight on life and prayer.

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In my struggle with losing my Christian beliefs I wonder if in my prayers for faith, God chooses not to just give me faith, but gives me the opportunities to learn more so that I will have a reason to believe and to not just have a blind faith. Wouldn’t this actually be the BEST answer to my prayers? Unfortunately, my limited ability to see in the future makes this struggle hard and uncertain. But little clips like these gives me encouragement.

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