Sentences with phrase «prayers of intercession»

Our prayers of intercession flow out of that openness to God's love.

Prayers of intercession may be in the form of arrow prayers as someone you love comes to mind.

We are all familiar with prayers of intercession and we offer them up frequently.

Through its witnessing stance in its own situation, its prayers of intercession for churches in other parts of the world, and its sharing of persons and resources, it participates fully in the world mission of the Christian Church.

Luther closed his commentary on the Magnificat with a prayer of intercession addressed to the Virgin Mary.

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1 Timothy 2: 1 - 4 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people — for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

«I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people — for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

The verses says... 1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone — 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

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.

One of the dimensions of prayer that bemused me then, and still does, is intercession.

When the congregation I serve initiated a prayer chain several years ago, its participants were amazed at the response: healing intercessions requested for all manner of illnesses and ailments — physical, emotional, 1 spiritual, societal.

This solidarity in the end redefines what the church means when it says «poor,» for the prayers of the church, and the actions that make those intercessions informed prayers, challenge the isolation that is generally inherent in poverty.

Elizabeth E. said she shifted her sense of God & Prayer from intercession desire to salvation & enlightenment.

can any catholic provide me with any prayer from the bible to a deceased person in heaven, or can you provide me a biblical example of the idea of intercession of prayers?

Supplication for material benefits was the primitive beginning of prayer, and the development of Biblical thought in this regard is measured by the distance between two typical intercessions:

The man who considered prayer «the Church's banquet» and an «engine against th «Almighty» provides in these pages an example of how to pray unceasingly; intercession, praise, and thanksgiving are always on the parson's lips.

It combines two ancient traditions of prayer: intercession and pilgrimage.

Professor Rice always ended his appeals by entreating his listeners to prayer — «The most effective, practical thing we can do for Notre Dame is to pray, especially through the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God.

(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.

But if this is true, it is difficult to know what the «supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings» which Paul urges Timothy to offer on behalf of «kings and all who are in high positions» amount to.

Intercession is a large part of prayer, and here again uncertainties arise.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

We begin with types of prayer designed to call us to attention, move through praise, confession, intercession, thanks, and so on.

Instead of prayers for intercession, we'd have an imperative to intercede.

Bonhoeffer's popular book Life Together deals with the practical relations of the church's life in Christ, including his concept of Christian community; how the community should worship by always including scripture, hymns and prayer both individual and common; personal worship that includes meditation, prayer and intercession; the problems of the church that require learning control of the tongue, meekness, listening, forbearing and proclaming.

This book is worth buying just for an appendix that gives various prayers: the dedication of England to the Mother of God and St Peter; the litany of intercession for England; prayer from the Mass of English martyrs; an old prayer for the Conversion of England; and a prayer to beg the prayers of the saints.

Just as all Christians request the intercession of brothers and sisters on earth, so Catholics rely also on the intercession of the saints in heaven, of whom the Blessed Virgin Mary is foremost, and invoke their aid in prayers, recognizing that prayers to the saints are also prayers with the saints, directed to Christ and to the Father, and that all blessings are received from God.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Like most Pentecostals, I believe that speaking in tongues is first and foremost a prayer language, a language of adoration and worship and intercession, between us and God.

«That is why intercession is the most promising way to reach our neighbours, and corporate prayer, offered in the name of Christ, the purest form of fellowship.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

And Christ does not bestow on us any grace from heaven without the prayers and intercession of Mary whom he has made Queen of Heaven.

I remember reading a list of the five elements of prayer: praise, thanksgiving, confession, petition (for self) and intercession (for others).

Intercession is a central feature of Christian prayer and of prayer in many religious traditions.

For those interested in learning more about contemplative prayer, Jim Borst, author of Coming to God in the Stillness breaks it down into twelve steps, from silence through to forgiveness and intercession.

Indeed, prayer may change the attitude of the pray - er, and intercession for the suffering may inspire action to help them.

How many of us know and practice prayer in the order: adoration, thanksgiving, confession, intercession, and petition?

This idea, of the individual at prayer being a point at which things start to happen, enables us to say something about intercession.

The following prayer is an example of general intercession:

In terms of content, a distinction is often made between prayers of confession, thanksgiving, petition, intercession, and adoration.

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In a world where cause and effect have been shown to operate at so many more points than was earlier imagined, we are forced to ask to what extent prayers of petition and intercession which plead with God for the speedy fulfillment of certain clear objectives, really depend upon a belief in the «God of the gaps».

Here is how he handles the list of four kinds of prayer given in 1 Timothy 2:1: «I urge first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made.»

Thus Christian intercession and prayer of petition are not only a possibility but provide a valuable insight into the nature of things.

But intercession for others and for the causes which seem good to us, and petition for ourselves and that which we think is needful for us, are also part — although not the first or primary part — of prayer.

If a lady wants to see more emphasis on prayer, she might have the gift of intercession.

In the first place, the fact of intercession and personal petition as part of prayer implies that there is a certain «open - ness» about the Creation, so that genuinely new and different things may be accomplished in it if human wills are aligned with the Will of God.

We now turn to the two final aspects of «vocal» prayer, thanksgiving and praise or adoration; and we shall discuss them together, as we have just discussed petition and intercession together under one heading.

The author discusses various kinds of prayer in the traditional motifs — petition, intercession, confession, thanksgiving and adoration.

For example, the Collect for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary has restored the words «through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary» to the prayer also familiar from the Angelus that begins: «Pour forth we beseech you, O Lord».