Sentences with phrase «church prayer meetings»

I am becoming more and more convinced that if we look around at our friends and acquaintances, and none of them have any serious problems (more serious than what is shared in the typical church prayer meeting), we probably have not followed Jesus very far down the path of discipleship.

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The Catholic Church is being invited to meet the risen Lord in Scripture, the sacraments, and prayer, and to make friendship with him the center of Catholic life.

As a result, we tracked almost 3,000 new prayer initiatives in April alone, ranging from simple prayer meetings in churches that would never normally gather to intercede, right through to 24 - 7 prayer rooms in rural congregations that never imagined they would ever in 1,000 years manage to pray all night — let alone enjoy the experience!

@SeanNJ, I would think the meetings would primarily be about educating the public on the separation of church and state and opposing religious encroachment on the public / government arena, e.g. creationism / ID in the science classroom, ten commandments displays in government buildings, school sanctioned prayer or religious activities.

Your holiest look down upon the sinners, your prayers are scripted, your music is pre-planned out, you adhere to a schedule and you meet at specific times on a specific day as if to say... «if we arrive at church at 9:30 Sunday morning, God will meet us in this place.»

This is the church of the Council of Trent, that series of meetings in the 16th century which, in reaction to the Reformation, declared the Roman Catholic Church the sole vehicle of salvation, defined the nature of the seven necessary sacraments, approved prayers to the saints and set down the requirement of attendingchurch of the Council of Trent, that series of meetings in the 16th century which, in reaction to the Reformation, declared the Roman Catholic Church the sole vehicle of salvation, defined the nature of the seven necessary sacraments, approved prayers to the saints and set down the requirement of attendingChurch the sole vehicle of salvation, defined the nature of the seven necessary sacraments, approved prayers to the saints and set down the requirement of attending mass.

After leaving Parsons Green station, Rob and his church elder prayed together: «There on the street below, just outside the station, we had a prayer meeting.

In many cases, it's appropriate to mark a person's departure in a «state of the church» community meeting, congregational prayer time, or a small group setting.

At oral arguments about whether public prayers at a New York town's board meetings are permissible, the high court took a broad look at the country's church - state history and even the Supreme Court's own traditions.

I used to feel Christ in my prayers and church meetings but now it feels like the feeling is gone and it is so hard for me.

They say the same prayers in church establishing that everyone there believes generally the same thing, and the implication is that the same thing is being established in every meeting that features the same thing.

At the same time, cardinals were meeting Friday at the Vatican to participate in a day of reflection and prayer on several church matters, including the Vatican's response to cases of sexual abuse.

Narcissist: some redundancy in all these ics and ists & it amounts to fundamental Fear & Hate & welcome to the First Church of the Crippled & any one can join once outed & the cover - up's no longer adequate: leaking limp and lame shall enter first; no talk of golf or coming out parties of the debutante kind; potluck suppers and holy smoking prayer meetings possibly, with plenty of coffee

And not just church, but Sunday School, Sunday night, Wednesday night, and Prayer Meeting.

Prayer is vital, and gathering with other believers is vital, and praying together with others is vital, but none of this requires a regularly scheduled prayer meeting, as practiced in some churches Prayer is vital, and gathering with other believers is vital, and praying together with others is vital, but none of this requires a regularly scheduled prayer meeting, as practiced in some churches prayer meeting, as practiced in some churches today.

We have Spirit filled prayer meeting at my church and the prayer warriors are there.

Has it ever seemed strange to you that although there can be dozens of people out in the community loving others, serving the poor, meeting needs, and helping the homeless, the «truly spiritual people» are those who come to church on Wednesday night for the prayer meeting where they pray for the poor, the homeless, and the other needs of the community?

For example, have you ever noticed that the true «prayer warriors» of the typical church rarely come to «Prayer meetings&rprayer warriors» of the typical church rarely come to «Prayer meetings&rPrayer meetings»?

The main reason a church might want to consider letting prayer meetings cease is that even when prayer meetings are healthy and people don't learn bad types of praying, they still teach people bad habits about prayer.

OK, I just didn't get the sentence «have you ever noticed how the true «prayer warriors» of the typical church never come to «Prayer meetings»?&prayer warriors» of the typical church never come to «Prayer meetings»?&Prayer meetings»?»

Both kinds of church goers — those who fulfill their weekly duty by attending the Sunday morning service, and those who gorge themselves on a weekly smorgasbord of services, Bible studies, and prayer meetings — have the same problem.

(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.

Note that I am not talking about praying less, but only about the official «prayer meetings» at church, which often become a substitute for action.

Last month my wife — the social creature with a big heart that she is — met a couple through a woman's prayer group at the church we attend who was pouring out her heart about their impending homelessness.

In it, I explore the idea that prayer meetings, as beneficial and important as they are, might actually hinder the church from fulling the Great Commission and accomplishing our task of advancing God's purposes on earth.

Until the day he died he was either drinking or in active ministry or at least in church or a prayer meeting any time the doors were open.

Just as Robert's Rules of Order is the traditional secular guide to meeting procedure, prayer, Standish insists, is the foundation for a spiritual church.

Having no model at all to meet the upkeep on and no known shape to whip themselves into, they would for the first time be open to looking for really new answers — honest answers — that could range anywhere from «We haven't the foggiest notion, but let's get together next Sunday and see if anything's occurred to us in the meantime,» to «We're here to be the church, I suppose — whatever that means,» to «How about for openers we just try to stick with fellowship, breaking bread, and saying prayers?

What is the Gospel for those who want to live life with God, but can not read Scripture, attend church, or go to prayer meetings?

First there's the men's prayer breakfast, then the worship planning and staff meetings, and soon the morning will give way to an afternoon filled with papers, reports, bulletins to proof, mass e-mails that senders thought cute and faxes that advertise trips to Orlando («Dear Mr. and Mrs. Church»).

In the autumn of 1989, despite the threats of the secret police, 200,000 people came to Monday night prayer meetings at Nikolai Church.

We eat together at church — morning service, lunch (people bring stuff), prayer meeting, evening service.

>> >» Why didn't they just have a private prayer meeting off to the side or simply have a church - based reception after the graduation ceremony?

Prayers can be done privately with absolutely no problem as long as it doesn't violate any laws (like disturbing the peace, incitement to riot, etc.) Why didn't they just have a private prayer meeting off to the side or simply have a church - based reception after the graduation ceremony?

She is banned from offering prayers in church meetings and can not vote for church officers.

The principles Schuller urges must not be confused with the way they are applied in Orange County by a minister who left seminary equipped with expository preaching and heavy prayer meetings as models of church style and strategy.

Within a few months, following a financial crisis in New York, 10,000 people were gathering for lunchtime prayer meetings, with many churches opening their doors for prayer.

Involvement with the charismatic movement in the 1970s meant prayer - groups, meeting variously at St Patrick's church in Soho and then later the southern suburbs of London.

My church is not: its building its meetings its prayer its worship its teaching its reputation its leaders its plans its history its future...... and I get very tired of fighting off everyone...

Chapter 10 in Close Your Church for Good is called «Let Prayer Meetings Cease.»

Canceling prayer meetings can help the church follow Jesus into the world.

In previous series of posts, we have looked at two areas where churches often spend too much time talking and not enough doing: Doctrinal Statements and Prayer Meetings.

Julie continues to meet with a mums» group for prayer once a fortnight but has dropped out of attending any church.

In the church i prayer quietly in a meeting however we were on of the few fellowships that did use the gifts according to corinthians 14.

Of course, they are harder to recognize as prayers because they are nothing like what often passes for prayer in churches and prayer meetings today (per your previous posts).

What if elder's meetings were more about prayer for the people and ministries of the church than discussing the myriad and minute problems and issues of the church?

«For the last 10 years, there has been no prayer meeting or worship service in our churches without specific prayer for the nation,» said Narayan Sharma, Gospel for Asia's national leader for Nepal.

In the church, this wear and tear is met with more prayer, encouragement, and servant - theology, service and sacrifice is preached even harder.

The grace of God has impelled members of many Churches and ecclesial Communities, especially in the course of the present century, to strive to overcome the divisions inherited from the past and to build anew a communion of love by prayer, by repentance and by asking pardon of each other for sins of disunity past and present, by meeting in practical forms of cooperation and in theological dialogue.

Frank Viola has noticed many similar patterns in prayer meetings, and in his book Finding Organic Church, he writes this: