Sentences with phrase «day of prayer made»

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I'd like to add to that the idea that as a Christian we may be tempted to flee day to day problems by imagining that God will lift us out of it all, or prayer will make it go away.

A National Day of Prayer is (1) for non-believers, an absurd and pointless pursuit of mass delusion, and (2) for Christians, a loving, usually unselfish, request made of a Supreme Being.

CNN: Personal e-mail urging Mormons to fast and pray for Romney goes national A Utah woman unwittingly started a grassroots campaign when an e-mail she sent to her five children and a handful of friends urging a day of prayer and fasting for Mitt Romney started making the Mormon rounds.

The National Day of Prayer is an embarrassment to America and makes us look as intellectually barbaric as fervent middle eastern theocracies that in many ways haven't progressed much past the last millennium.

It's not National Day of Prayer to «God»... stop trying to make a big deal out of nothing, dumb article.

thebutler, I would agree, if I understand you right: ``... as a Christian we may be tempted to flee day to day problems by imagining that God will lift us out of it all, or prayer will make it go away.»

The global Christian organisation 24 - 7 Prayer International is making one video for every day of Advent.

For a long time the Temple in Jerusalem was actually a sacred place, it even was the most sacred place on earth, because the God of Israel had promised, to be present at the Temple (1 Kings 8, 29: That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.).

One day again it will be my turn to make the meals, to lay hands and minister with prayer and perspective, and a folded load of laundry, I will be ready.

This means, among other things, rising before dawn each day (Proverbs 31:15), submitting to my husband (Colossians 3:18), growing out my hair (1 Corinthians 11:15), making my own clothes, (Proverbs 31:22), learning how to cook (Titus 2:3 - 5), covering my head when in prayer (1 Corinthians 11:5), calling Dan «master» (1 Peter 3:5 - 6), caring for the poor (Proverbs 31:25), nurturing a gentle and quiet spirit (1 Peter 3:4), and camping out in the backyard for the duration of my monthly period (Leviticus 15:19 - 33).

I'm not sure how that relates to the topic anymore, except thinking about the praying morning and evening and table prayers, brought down through the generations, makes me think of my parents and grandparents who taught them to us and prayed them with us, diligently and who certainly would be hurt by our going from them to a thousand Hare Krishna's every day.

When in the royal audience he prepared to make his plea for Jerusalem's rebuilding, he inwardly «prayed to the God of heaven»; (Nehemiah 2:4) when he and his fellows labored on Zion amid bitter enemies, he reports, «We made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night»; (Nehemiah 4:9) and when he laid down his finished work, he exclaimed, «Remember me, O my God, for good.»

If pricks from the day before still rankle and one feels harsh toward a member of the family, one's roommate, or one's employer, a prayer to let such stings be forgotten in loving understanding can amazingly make the mood over.

On the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there.

His parables frequently end with a «punch line» that presents a challenge to conventional expectation: the scorned Samaritan is the «good» one who proves neighbor to the victim on the Jericho Road; those who come to work late at the harvest are provided the same reward as those who toiled all day; the wayward prodigal son is the one who is feasted; the prayer of a repentant sinner is more acceptable to God than that of a righteous Pharisee.9 Shorter sayings make the same point: A camel could pass through a needle's eye more easily than a person of great wealth can enter into God's inbreaking realm (Mt 19:24).

As late as the 1940s King George VI could still seek divine help against the enemy in World War II by calling for a national «Day of Prayer» (though the enemy was making similar appeals to the same God).

As he did so, I could sense the power of this simple prayer, and made the commitment to memorize it and pray it several times a day.

I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works... I mean real good works... not holy day keeping, sermon - hearing... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

He read some Bible passages in Urdu, gave a long prayer in impossible Panjabi, and then made a little speech, in simpler Panjabi, illuminating the significance of the day's event.

The programs taught me about (1) admitting I was beat, (2) coming to believe in something greater than myself (eventually a higher power)(many evolutions and concepts of HP, all of these at one time or another: nature, the 12 steps, creator, Love, spiritual principles)(Step 3) applying my low self worth and gigantic Ego to these spiritual principles (4) write down my liabilities and assets (5) share them with another and my higher power (6 & 7) ask for the liabilites to be removed and be patient with the process (8) Make a list of all that were harmed by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assMake a list of all that were harmed by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assmake amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assist.

The day before Jesus makes his very important decision of picking the twelve apostles, rather than get a good night of sleep, He spends all night in prayer.

If everyone made prayer apart of their day, not just on a national day of prayer, this world would be a much better place.

Makes you wonder why they're so insecure about their god that they need a national day of prayer in addition to the weekly dose.

Philippe recommends reading the book «one chapter a day and then taking time to meditate on it, re-reading the quotations in the context of your personal prayer, and asking yourself what light they throw on your own life, what invitations our Lord is making to you through them.»

The National Day of Prayer is a black -; and - white, bald - faced violation of the First Amendment («Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...»).

Passing «days of prayer» and christen legislation does not make you a good christian, your own acts as an invidivual define your relationship with god, not weather or not you go along with some holiday the government passed.

«In the days of His flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears... He learned obedience through what He suffered; and being made perfect He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.»

This juggling with «days» to be got for so much monetary contribution, or so many prayers, the very idea that something one did oneself could produce a change, could cause God to act — all this would seem unworthy of one who owed a complete surrender to God, who could never be of himself worthy of the sovereign creator, but who had in fact been saved and justified by the Word of God, made one with the saints by the free act of Jesus.

At the end of the day after the blood was spilled & death made it's grand entrance; the people of God, the Christians gathered for prayer, not because we had the answers or that we are somehow better than those who don't believe what we believe, but because even at the center of despair, we feel an undying need to taste our Father's grace when all else seems to be lost.

I was touched by your response to the moveie, my heart is broke in prayer for you.This moment and this season may be the most holy time you have ever walked.The fullnest of God sits on you.Wierd way to express that, sit is just the word that came to me.Sit what does that mean?Any way just by you being so vunerable makes this holy ground.I love you and may God open heaven over you and give you revelation and understanding, and may His peace be with you this days.

Its purpose is the same as that of the prayer the high priest would make on the Day of Atonement, when the ram was driven out into the wilderness with the sins of the people symbolically on its back.

We have always tried to make sure prayer is at the centre of our children's day with grace and prayers before bed.

About taking the time each day to take care of me - even if it's just making time for meditation and prayer alone, doing my makeup or taking a shower.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Gowon made the call on Sunday in Sokoto at a one - day National Prayer Rally organised by Nigeria Prays.

One way we can do that is to make each 9/11 anniversary a starting point in service to others — a day of prayer and remembrance that is also a call to action for each one of us to commit ourselves to a cause where «me» becomes «we.»»

Many of us have spent the last month in a period of fasting, prayer and sober reflection and on Easter Day we will feast and make merry in remembrance of the resurrection of Christ,» Prof Delle stated.

«We would hope it would come up again and we're going to make sure that it does because it's an issue about which we are extraordinarily passionate,» Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, said after leading the state Senate in a prayer opening first day of this year's session.

These bishops are able to (and do) vote on legislation, make interventions, and lead prayers at the start of each day's business.

«The whole nation now expects a lot from the party in Edo State so it is my hope and prayer that in the days ahead, we will be able to build the kind of movement in Edo State that will make people outside Edo State say that we entrusted them with national leadership and they are not letting us down» he said.

Yet, this is a country of contradictions: despite the ostensible unimportance of Islam in Turkish society and its total exclusion from the business of government, every day at 5 p.m. the country reverberates to the haunting sound of the muezzin's call as 40 million Turks make their way to prayers.