Have faith in God – Mountain lion motivational poster
This sign about what to do if you encounter a mountain lion left me wondering what it would look like if it were written strictly according to advice found in the Bible. So, I did a little bit of research and designed a Christian mountain lion motivational poster based on what I found.
After the poster, you’ll find the Bible passages that I drew upon for inspiration. I chose to quote the King James Version because the old style is funky and, as you’ll see, it’s got unicorns in!
'Have faith in God' Motivational poster
Here is the explanation, together with Bible quotes:
1. Praise God and be filled with confidence. He put this mountain lion there on purpose to test your faith. Have faith in God and you will have no trouble approaching the mountain lion safely because God’s right hand will save you.
1I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3In the day when I cried thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.
4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Psalm 138
2. Actually, to be saved you have to ask first. Ask God to save you from the mountain lion by singing Psalm 22:21 over and over.
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psalm 22:21
3. If you have any children with you, begin to sacrifice them to God. If you don’t have a knife handy, you can try throwing them to the mountain lion. God won’t actually let you do it, but this act will prove to him just how strong your faith is.
10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Genesis 22:10-12
4. Have faith in God and he will do as you ask and intervene to save you from the mountain lion and make sure you are unharmed.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 21:22
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mark 9:23
That’s it! Now go home and pray to God to save the millions of sick and starving children all over the world with the same absolute faith that convinced him to save you from the mountain lion.
On the other hand, if you’re one of those who doesn’t believe in the Bible and you ever encounter a mountain lion (or any other kind of lion), good luck buddy. You’re on your own!
So, do you have enough faith to make this work? Got any better suggestions for dealing with a fierce mountain lion? Post a comment and let me know.
I tried this and it didn’t work.
Psalms is a song of praise, and of what has been done.
If the mountain lion is: “1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”. Then yes God works in my life, and He will work for you also!
Good for you Mike! I’m glad you can overcome your fear of devils trying to devour you, whether these demons be real, imaginary or allegorical.
I’m not too sure about God working in my life though, but the good old Flying Spaghetti Monster (bless his noodly appendages) sure does his bit whenever I choose to settle down for some delicious Bolognese!
Well, If you had a brain..which we all can see you obviously don’t…then you would have quoted the chapters..inwhich explain the things that they say…
You said above you chose to use the “old version” because the other was to funky…
Thre is nothing funky about the Holy Bible…
If you need someone to explain it to your 5 year old brain…my suggestion is same as before go to a preacher…u don’t get what the bible is saying and that’s sad in itself..you choose to interpret it your own way…not the way it was meant to be interpreted…wow..what a sad lonely case you are…
Don’t delude yourself. The Bible can be interpred in so many ways because it is a collection of self-contradicting writings. You get to pick and choose what bits you want to adhere to, depending on whether you are a genocidal manaic or a peace-loving hippie. Actually, you are forced to choose in order to get around the contradictions.
Have you not forced yourself to see another point of view? to support your agnostic beliefs? The original poster of this blog did also. He interpreted it as literally as he could, in order to make it sound ridiculous. Is God, in all his wisdom, not allowed to use a metaphor? Could the “mountain lion ” not be symbolic for the lions we all face in our lives? The lions I have faced as a Marine have shown themselves. I stood fast, as god commanded abraham to do that day.
And I am still alive.
I will say that Dalina was rash and is an example of why us who are faithful to the one true Lord have the reputation we do.
And Dalina, there are plenty of funky things in the bible. For God’s sake, read Revelations.
Dog, plenty of people use religon to their own gains. Hitler and Bob Marley weren’t the only ones. The Shi’ite radicals claim they commit the acts they do for God.
Don’t let what radicals dissuade you from the truth. Anne Frank didn’t. She said;
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”
If Anne Franke, amidst the destruction of her own people, can retain her faith…
What’s stopping you?
Well said Mike
On the contrary, John. I seek the truth and choose to follow it wherever it may lead, unlike others who say they have found it in a collection of ancient writings, without substantiating their claims. The word ‘trugh’ is not a little insignificant word to be bandied about like that!
And it is most interesting how you quote Anne Frank speaking about Judaism to support Christianity. That one sure did tickle me this morning
And finally, if a non-existant god should be allowed the use of metaphor, as you say, surely I can stake my claim to the right to use humor!
All I to say is that dog when you die I hope your body is absorbed by the earth and with your expired life force a tree is formed and that tree is harvested and the paper formed from that tree has biblical scriptures printed on it…not just biblical scriptures the little kid ones…maybe then you can grasp the metaphorical concepts better
Should your wishes be granted, it won’t make a difference to me. As for you, be careful lest the water you drink contain molecules that once formed part of a heathen waste products
To the “flying spagetti monster” poster, please cite your information. It’s Dane Cook. Don’t act as if you come up with that genius idea all by yourself. AND dog, maybe you can just be the pictures with the cool pictures on them.