Sentences with phrase «gods call to prayer»

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if your so called god will forgive murders and child molesters as long as they go to confession and say 10 worthless and meaningless prayers, don!t you think god would forgive a person the tales birth control, if there really was a god, which there is not, I do not believe in god or wasting time going to church to try to get myself into the dream world heaven, but if I am wrong I am going to hell because that's where all my friends are going and I don, t want to hang out for eternity with you morons in heaven.

to the ones do not believe in god when you in tragic situation who do you call on, 911 happen when a republican took whitehouse so you idiots a tragic have not happen yet so prayer does work and you with all the hate and jealousy you will reap what you sow

For all the times in the bible it is written that god will answer prayers and for all the medical recoveries that christians call miraculous and attribute to their god.

«to the ones do not believe in god when you in tragic situation who do you call on, 911 happen when a republican took whitehouse so you idiots a tragic have not happen yet so prayer does work and you with all the hate and jealousy you will reap what you sow» ok, if this is a serious post then my answer is... in a tragic situation I certainly do nt turn to an imaginary being in the sky because that would be pointless.

My prayers were answered: — God told me that he DOES NOT LIVE ON HIS OWN PLANET CALLED KOLOB — God told me that the Jesus Christ referred to in the Book o» Mormon is NOT that of Christianity, hence there is no Trinity — God told me that the Jews never cruised across the Atlantic in an air - tight submarine (which the Mormons believe are genetically tied to Native Americans).

Since when do we need to be appointed to prayer when God has called all of His children to comfort others and make intercession for other people.

I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack of an affirmative answer.

Earlier this year, the Texas Governor called on Christians across the U.S. to come to Houston for a prayer event aimed at bringing God's help to a «nation in crisis.»

It was only after fasting and prayer that the Church in Antioch laid hands on Saul and Barnabas and sent them off for the work to which God had called them (Acts 13:2 - 3).

These prayers always asks for God's blessing upon us all, as if without that call to God, there would be chaos and animal fornication.

Men began to call on God for advice (prayer) God heard the sincere prayers of His creation and began to answer.

Muslims are reminded of the time for prayer by the call to prayer which is given from the minaret of the mosque in the form taught by the Prophet, «God is Most Great.

(Jeremiah 15:20) It is not strange, therefore, that when temple and altar were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the exiles in Babylon, bereft of their sacrificial system, were in confusion, Jeremiah's faith was expressed in a message to them concerning personal prayer — anywhere, in any land, sacrifices or no sacrifices, the God of Israel was saying to his people, «Ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

(Matthew 6:8) Prayer was not begging a reluctant deity for his best gifts, as though he were an unjust judge or a surly neighbor in bed with his children unwilling to arise and answer a call for help — although if patience in prayer could accomplish its end even in such cases, how much more with the righteous and mercifuPrayer was not begging a reluctant deity for his best gifts, as though he were an unjust judge or a surly neighbor in bed with his children unwilling to arise and answer a call for help — although if patience in prayer could accomplish its end even in such cases, how much more with the righteous and mercifuprayer could accomplish its end even in such cases, how much more with the righteous and merciful God!

You don't have to have a doctorate or have access to a library to «study», it cab also be done through discussion, going to church, and especially prayer and tying to walk the walk in order to learn, and I do believe God takes into account what someone had access to in life in making the judgement call.

So since this is the most powerful of the prayers god uses, other than being called out on sins that need repenting how is this prayer dangerous and going to ruin our lives?

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(I did meet his wife though, after about 20 years — she was wonderful) I was in all the prayer / intercession groups (I was called to prayer and a few other things) and several times one of the other pray - ers sort of intimated that ours was «The» church of the city, and I'd always then start praying for every God called church in my city.

Prayer is «the practice of the presence of God» It is, communication and response to and from the very Source of our existence — the Source who is also what the late Professor Alfred North Whitehead called «the great Companion, the fellow - sufferer who understands.»

It affirmed that the ministry is a gift of God through Christ to his church, and is essential to the being and well - being of the church, that men gifted for the work of the ministry, called by the Spirit and accepted by the church, are commissioned through an act of ordination by prayer and the laying on of hands.

As I said yesterday in my prayer from the cell post called «satellite phone», I have this strange feeling of alienation from God since I left the professional ministry and haven't been to church...

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In the announcement he said he «never expect to make» he called his diagnosis «quite grim» but asked for prayers and still believed God for healing.

Mark Twain wrote an essay called The War Prayer which reveals what we are really praying when we ask God to bless our troops and give them victory.

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).

Paul in his letters often thanks God for his fellow Christians and calls upon them «in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving» to let their requests be made known unto God.

Short chapters on prayer, church and calling offer readers practical ways to reconnect with God.

A charming story about his impact concerns the so - called Serenity Prayer in constant use by the half - million acknowledged alcoholics in Alcoholics Anonymous groups throughout the world: «O God, give us serenity to accept what can not be changed, courage to change what should be changed, and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.»

It certainly is good to have finally found out that Christianity is nothing more than just tradition, ritual and culture and that all the things which the Bible says about God and prayer are not true — God does not speak to or lead or guide or direct anyone or put thoughts in anyone's mind or show them signs or speak to their heart or mind or tells them what to do or calls people or chooses people or has a plan for people's lives whether they are in an altered state of consciousness / transcendent state or whether they are in an unaltered cognitive state.

It is not so well known that Augustine encouraged mental prayer called wordless and ejaculatory prayer, sighing and groaning to God; he warned of the dangers of spiritual narcissism.

The prayers had just one focus — a request to God for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit so that those who don't know the love of Jesus might turn, hear his call and themselves becomes his followers.

Would God say, «No, I am not going to listen to the prayers of such and such a group, because they wiped out nations in my name, because they build unjust social structures in my name, because they have gone to war in my name, because they don't call me by the «right» name, or simply because their doctrines do not quite correspond to who I am»?

Originally, the call to prayer consisted of: (1) Allahu Akbar (God is Great), 4 times.

If prayers can be shown to more often result in the desired change than can be expected from random chance, you will have found evidence for a force that you then can call god (or Pink Unicorn).

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

Indeed it may be called the Christian sacrifice, for it is the offering of thanks, praise, and prayers, along with bread and wine, to God known through Christ.

There's an old joke: When you talk to God, we call it prayer, but when God talks to you, we call it schizophrenia.

In the «Call to Confession and Unison Prayer», Hobbs read: «We are so cautious about expressing our love for you, O God, that we are in danger of stifling it.

Raised a churchgoer in deeply religious Lancaster County, where churches far outnumber bars, Monville said she always enjoyed a close relationship with God, hearing his voice call to her, feeling his embrace during prayer and worship.

New Delhi said: «[This unity] is being made visible as all in each place who are baptized into Jesus Christ and confess him as Lord and Savior are brought by the Holy Spirit into one fully committed fellowship, holding the one apostolic faith, preaching the one gospel, breaking the one bread, joining in common prayer, and having a corporate life reaching out in witness and service to all and who at the same time are united with the whole Christian fellowship in all places and all ages, in such wise that ministry and members are accepted by all, and that all can act and speak together as occasion requires for the tasks to which God calls His people.»

During this prayer vigil, I urge you to ask God to help you find your vocation... The Lord calls many people to marriage, in which a man and a woman, in becoming one flesh (cf.Gen 2:24), find fulfilment in a profound life of communion.

I like to imagine the life of prayer as a long and winding path on which God calls us to journey.

He says that Catholic artists are no longer producing life - giving images of God, that Church people are themselves admitting that even in their rare moments of prayer they can not evoke the image of God nor call on his name (because these are inextricably linked with transcendence) and that many of the Church's own radical prophets and seers have witnessed to the death of God and to the fact that we can speak of God only when we speak of Christ.

As you respond to God's loving call in your life, I offer this prayer from Ephesians for your journey:

Prayer is our response to God's loving call.

Let me know when Obama claims to have run because god told him too, or when Obama calls for 3 days of prayer to end a drought or signs an anti-gay marriage bill on a sunday in a christian school.

We do not have to grope about blindly in prayer hoping we hit some cosmic bullseye called God's will.

Everyone can worship their Creator... the Lord of the Universe... who Christians call God the Father... so say the Lord's Prayer it was Jesus's answer when His disciples asked Him «How to pray?»

Dead people reading minds (or «hearing prayers» as they call it) from people on Earth and convincing God to perform miracles.

«When I pray, I pray believing that God will speak to me and give me an answer to that prayer, and so that's what a calling is.»