Sentences with phrase «prayers of many»

They allow for other gods to listen to the prayers of their neighbors.

Jonah felt completely betrayed and let down by God when God listened to the prayers of the gentiles of Nineveh.

In fact the cries and prayers of those who need and want to be redeemed in part call forth and create the messiah.

It is not that God answers the prayers of ten people when He wouldn't have answered the prayer of only one.

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.

He visited the island and spent some time teaching these men the basic creeds and prayers of the Church.

I think I owe it to the prayers of others, both known and unknown, that I have often been kept in safety.38

As Paul relied on the prayers of his fellow Christians (2 Corinthians 1:10 «11), so we benefit from our prayers for one another.

I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing notes and flowers and warm socks and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement.

«The prayers of the Body of Christ all over the world have been answered.

Then we prayed the «Prayers of the People,» culminating in these words which the congregation spoke together: «On behalf of the church which blessed your marriage, we now recognize the end of that marriage.

As for prayers of thanksgiving: if God did not specifically cause us to be fed or clothed or housed or otherwise fortunate, for what should we be giving thanks?

It's not easy listening to the simultaneous prayers of 3 billion people you know.

Consider the first - person plurals of the Lord's Prayer («Our Father...»), Jesus's prayers before meals, his blessing of children, the audible prayers both in the Temple and in synagogues (often called «prayer houses»), the stories of national prayer in the Old Testament, and the communal prayers of the early Christian churches recorded in the book of Acts and the letters of Paul.

And so Pope Francis walked out on the balcony, spoke humbly of his mission, asked for the prayers of all people, and blessed the city and the world.

Pat Robertson once said on tv that god doesn't hear the prayers of Jews or Catholics.Fits right in with the born agains that their religion is the only correct one any others are anti christs what ever the H that means... sad we can't seperate church and state... The IRS should start taxing these bible cheats now... maybe they would get the message

And certainly there are other kinds of prayer that can have meaning for us: prayers for guidance, prayers of praise, prayers whose goal is meditation on God or a feeling of union with God.

The God of Israel is one whose «ear is open'to the prayers of his people and whose response to their prayers, as also to their acts, is determined by the sort and quality of their human and historical situation.

My dad used to say that the prayers of churches for their clergy went like this, «Lord, you keep»em humble, we'll keep»em poor».

This brief survey of the Biblical prayers of thanksgiving suggests the place that gratitude ought to have in our own praying.

Not many of the prayers of Jesus have been preserved, but we can be grateful for the fragment which represents him as saying, «I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes.»

The prayers of the Church which have been used through the centuries, such as the English Book of Common Prayer, contain many moods but center in the adoration and praise which lie at the heart of worship.

Perhaps in our public prayers we ought to make room for yet another category: «prayers of encouragement.»

But beyond this, there is a place for many specific prayers of thanksgiving.

It has its origin in Jesus» prayers of thanksgiving at the Last Supper and at the Feedings of the Multitudes, but its meaning was soon changed.

The prayers of God's people are not in vain.

For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of — excpet he pause and think.

The writer to the Hebrews goes on to say that those prayers of the son were offered «to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.»

At her request, he had agreed to pray for her, yet felt unable to offer up any prayers of his own.

The appeal did not result in a formal youth council, but Taizé became the meeting point of thousands of young people, especially at Easter, with more and more young «pilgrims» participating in the prayers of the monastic community.

Rev. Ray Dubuque, you posted «IYour sales pitch for prayer would be more believable if God would only answer the prayers of amputees.

To this type belong most of the great, time - honored prayers of the Church.

IYour sales pitch for prayer would be more believable if God would only answer the prayers of amputees.

Live sacramentally: teach yourself and the people in your church simple prayers of gratitude for what others have done for us.

When I read David's fervent prayers of repentance and forgiveness and Isaiah's wonderful poetry of reconciliation and deliverance I find it hard to fit God's message of grace and loving mercy into a neat legalistic formula.

But John's vision shows that, far from their being impotent, the very altar of heaven responded to the prayers of this nascent movement.

Indeed, it was.In that same speech she clarified how important the prayers of others had been to her.

neville briggs says November 1, 2016 at 9:53 am When I read David's fervent prayers of repentance and forgiveness and Isaiah's wonderful poetry of reconciliation and deliverance I find it hard to fit God's message of grace and loving mercy into a neat legalistic formula.

The prayers of adoration help let the air out of inflationary political rhetoric; and thus they ought to reduce the violence and divisiveness which that rhetoric tends to inspire.

Seems like believers not living according to Christ would find corruption their default state that wouldn't need the prayers of the church.

The Prayers of Confession.

There is only one true and LIVING God Almighty, who hears and responds to the prayers of those who seek Him in truth.

The Prayers of Invocation and Adoration.

Crucially, it was the Holy Spirit's impact on the leadership of HTB, including on Nicky Gumbel who was by now heading up Alpha, mediated by the prayers of John Wimber, John and Ele Mumford and others, that led to an environment in which an evangelistic course with a «Holy Spirit weekend» was invested in.

Worship leaders in places that resist set or written prayers of all kinds might consider using this form as a basis for jazz - like improvisation.

The real test of dialogue is whether people in one faith community can make their own the prayers of another faith tradition, without making faith traditions predatory or obsolescent.

Here are four areas that should garner the focus and prayers of Christians.

Many of us hear several collect prayers every week in worship, including prayers of adoration, invocation, confession, illumination and dedication.

It was further encouraged by the Holy See's approval in 1922 of the dialogue Mass, at which the congregation would together say responses to prayers of the priest.

But strangely enough, having learned to be polite can be a problem when it comes to prayers of thankfulness.