Trusting fully in God's divine sovereignty is sticking our talent in the ground?
"THE LORD set the rules. One of the rules is HE INSTRUCTS US TO PRAY ABOUT LEADERS ONGOINGLY."
There is a difference between praying that the Lord directs our leaders according to His perfect will, and attempting to bind spirits that the Lord uses to carry out His divine judgement on sinful mankind.
HE INSTRUCTS US TO PRAY FOR PEACE--OF JERUSALEM AND OTHERWISE ONGOINGLY.
I will pray for the peace of Jerusalem, but that peace will NOT occur until the Lord returns in Power and Glory and destroys this present evil world.
"HE SET UP the great mystery of our prayers influencing His hand and world events. HE IS THE ONE WHO GETS A KICK OUT OF THAT. IT IS HIS WAY. It is HIS delight that we ENGAGE with Him in a world changing dialogue. Who am I to try and change His rules on such?"
Scripture please.
"I almost cannot fathom that a believer would construe it otherwise."
Because I don't see any scripture that backs up your claims.
"I know Andrew Strom a bit--not Chris. I believe they feel a burden to stir up the gifts that are in The Body of Christ that each believer might be found to be busy about the Father's and the Master's business at Holy Spirit's direction. I can understand his focus in the article exhorting people to get with it in terms of intercession."
They may "feel" a burden, but it is of their own imagination. It does not align with scripture.
Where and when did God direct us to pray that the spirit of Sadaam Hussain be bound up?
"As Yong Yi Cho has noted--western Christians have classes on prayer; preach about prayer, talk about how essential prayer is--then don't pray. "
Who is Yong Chi Cho? Why should I listen to him? I pray unceasingly. I pray that God's Holy will be done in all things. So "Yong is wrong" about this "western" Christian.
"OF COURSE GOD IS THE STAGE DIRECTOR AND MAJOR ACTOR ON THE SCENE."
More unscriptural claptrap. God is not a stage director, nor is he an "actor". He is the sovereign and divine Creator of all things.
We need to recognize that authority and pray for the things which His word instructs us to pray.
Come on zadock.."all the worlds a stage "don't you know that ? *grin*..Now tell them that God owns the stage and the "actors" and that HE wrote the script they will have a fit. He can set the stage and "participate as "one of the players " ...but they want to write the script.....