A conversation with portraitist and comic artist Noah Snoke about how to pray from Philippians 4:6-7.

Paul tells us to pray with supplication, but supplication is a phrase we don’t use all that often. Supplication sounds pretty elevated.

However, in Greek the root word behind supplication means to beg. That’s remarkably un-elevated. We all know what begging is. But Paul doesn’t just tell us to beg when we pray. He says to beg… with gratitude.

So Paul is advising us that we ought to beg God, but to beg with good grace. Beg like begging toddlers, but with the gratitude of a beggar satisfied, and yet still begging intensely.

It’s an odd image, and one that I think Paul fully intends…

That’s where I start my conversation with Noah Snoke, but first a little bit about Noah:

Noah Snoke has been drawing since he was a kid, but only took it seriously during the senior year of high school. In the past few years he’s done portraits in various styles, from styles that range from fine art to cartoons and everything in between. He’s worked on multiple book covers and illustrations for apps and web pages. He has also released two full children’s book “Sterling’s Gift” and “My Buddy’s a Bear” which can be found on Amazon. When he’s not making art he’s probably off playing Volleyball.

This episode digs deeper into “deēsei meta eucharistia” (δεήσει μετὰ εὐχαριστίας meaning ‘begging with thanking’) in Philippians 4:6-7.

Philippians 4:6-7 - “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication (“begging”) with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (KJV)

Mentioned:

Noah Snoke’s Website

Sterling’s Gift - Noah Snoke

My Buddy’s a Bear - Noah Snoke

Calvin & Hobbes - Bill Watterson

“Out of Scale” (1951 Donald Duck Cartoon)

Bandersnatch - Diana Glyer

Jake Parker

John Singer Sargent

J.C. Leyendecker

N.C. Wyeth

Marco Bucci

My Links:

Bammerhab Site: www.bammerhab.com

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

“You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)

The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: bammerhab.

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