{"id":3741,"date":"2022-05-18T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/?page_id=3741"},"modified":"2022-06-24T20:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T20:40:30","slug":"candles-and-prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/index.php\/candles-and-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"About Candles &#038; Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3741\" class=\"elementor elementor-3741\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-718b90a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"718b90a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de468d0\" data-id=\"de468d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8009f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8009f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3837 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jesus-god-holy-spirit-3469896-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"jesus, god, holy spirit-3469896.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jesus-god-holy-spirit-3469896-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jesus-god-holy-spirit-3469896-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jesus-god-holy-spirit-3469896-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jesus-god-holy-spirit-3469896-600x376.jpg 600w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jesus-god-holy-spirit-3469896.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When Jesus came, he declared that he is the light of the world.<\/h2>\n<h5>&nbsp;Now the true light has come ( <span style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" data-url=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-content=\"<sup>3<\/sup>Todas as coisas foram feitas por interm\u00e9dio dele; sem ele, nada do que existe teria sido feito.<sup>4<\/sup>Nele estava a vida, e esta era a luz dos homens.<sup>5<\/sup>A luz brilha nas trevas, e as trevas n\u00e3o a derrotaram.&#8221;>John 1: 3-5<\/span> ). &nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h2><strong>The practice of praying to a candle is not in the Bible. <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Disciples did not light candles for prayer. Candles were used only because there was no electric light, not to help the prayer.&nbsp; Lighting a candle gives no power to a prayer. A prayer with a lighted candle is the same as a prayer without a candle.&nbsp; We don\u2019t need to make sacrifices, or burn candles to win God\u2019s favor, only come to Jesus with a contrite heart&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(<b> <span style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" data-url=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-content=\"<sup>16<\/sup>N\u00e3o te deleitas em sacrif\u00edcios<br \/>nem te agradas em holocaustos,<br \/>sen\u00e3o eu os traria.<sup>17<\/sup>Os sacrif\u00edcios que agradam a Deus<br \/>s\u00e3o um esp\u00edrito quebrantado;<br \/>um cora\u00e7\u00e3o quebrantado e contrito,<br \/>\u00f3 Deus, n\u00e3o desprezar\u00e1s.&#8221;>Psalm 51: 16-17<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-14708\" class=\"text Ps-51-16\">You do not delight in sacrifice,&nbsp;or I would bring it;<\/span><br><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-51-16\">you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.<\/span><\/span><br><span id=\"en-NIV-14709\" class=\"text Ps-51-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>My sacrifice, O God, is<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" title=\"See footnote a\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-14709a\" data-link=\"[<a href=\">&#8220;<\/sup>&nbsp;a broken spirit;<\/span><br><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-51-17\">a broken and contrite heart<\/span><\/span><br><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-51-17\">you, God, will not despise.<\/span><\/span><\/b>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Remember<\/strong> that Jesus is our light and that he must be the center of our lives, and that we are called to be light to the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7caef5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7caef5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5741ff\" data-id=\"e5741ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b3bbdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b3bbdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Except for idolatry or witchcraft, the Bible does not order or forbid lighting a candle. Using candles for lighting or decoration is not a sin.\u00a0<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78f7290 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78f7290\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d029ea6\" data-id=\"d029ea6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be229da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be229da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/massage-therapy-candles-relaxation-1584711-678x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"massage therapy, candles, relaxation-1584711.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/massage-therapy-candles-relaxation-1584711-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/massage-therapy-candles-relaxation-1584711-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/massage-therapy-candles-relaxation-1584711-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/massage-therapy-candles-relaxation-1584711-600x906.jpg 600w, https:\/\/islandcandle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/massage-therapy-candles-relaxation-1584711.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66c69f9\" data-id=\"66c69f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e98c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e98c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Light the candle as decoration<\/h2><p>The act of lighting a candle in itself is not sinful.\u00a0There is nothing wrong with liking the smell or light of a candle.\u00a0<strong>The believer is free to light a candle if he or she wishes.<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<span style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" data-url=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-content=\"&lt;sup&gt;22&lt;\/sup&gt;Assim, seja qual for o seu modo de crer a respeito destas coisas, que isso permane\u00e7a entre voc\u00ea e Deus. Feliz \u00e9 o homem que n\u00e3o se condena naquilo que aprova.\">Romans 14:22 The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">The most important is the\u00a0 thing is the heart. If lighting a candle makes you uncomfortable or tempting you to idolize, then don\u2019t use candles. But, if your conscience allows it, you can use it.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8de080 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8de080\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18de0a3\" data-id=\"18de0a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f643688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f643688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Lighting a candle for the dead is not biblical.<\/strong><\/h3><p>The saints cannot help us either.\u00a0And even if they could, their prayers could not be bought with candles.\u00a0<strong>We have only one intercessor with God<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Jesus!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>(\u00a01 Timothy 5\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"versenum\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span>For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus )<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> We can place our cares directly with him.\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus loves us and is already giving attention to each one of us<\/p><p><strong>(\u00a0<span style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" data-url=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-content=\"&lt;sup&gt;30&lt;\/sup&gt;At\u00e9 os cabelos da cabe\u00e7a de voc\u00eas est\u00e3o todos contados.\">Matthew 10:30<\/span> <sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered)<\/strong><\/p><p>we don\u2019t need to do much to get His attention and favor! Lighting a candle to ask for help from the saints or the dead is a lack of faith in God and His love for us.\u00a0 In this cases, lighting a candle becomes idolatry. 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