Sentences with phrase «of prayers of»

He said the bumper harvest was as a result of the prayers of Nigerians which was graciously answered by God.

I see the futility of making any assumptions about fertility, about wishing for any more than God has given, and I can shake my head in wonder at the audacity of the prayers of that first - time mother.

A large part of the prayers of the Church that have come down to us through the centuries are intercessory.

The perpetual round of prayers of praise, thanksgiving and petition in the churches had still spoken of God's all - comprehending presence.

Prayers of the Martyrs compiled and translated by Duane W. H. Arnold, foreword by Madeleine L'Engle Zondervan, 122 pages, $ 12.95 A beautiful collection of prayers of Christian martyrs arranged for devotional purposes.

To hear one's own name, to feel oneself as the special object of the prayers of the whole group was, indeed, an experience one could not take lightly.

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.»

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.

And, in a very strange reinterpretation of American history, Huckabee declared, «I believe America is an exceptional country created out of the providence of God because of the prayers of people who, on their knees, begged for a place where they could be free and raise their children in the freedom to worship and to speak out and to protest, and where every person was equal to every other person in intrinsic value and worth and no person was worth more or worth less because of how much land they owned, what their last name was, what their occupation was and what their bloodline was.»

I could share personal experiences of prayers of healing that have manifested, and those that haven't.

I appreciate Benson's reminder that these prayers are not meant to be said alone and indeed are very difficult to say alone: «One of the keys to the discipline of the prayer of the office is the realization that... we are joining our voices with a great multitude unknown to us who are marking the same office at the same time each day.»

On the other hand, however, it also becomes evident that the official order of prayer of the Church as a society must also be the prayer of the Church as the people of God in the Holy Spirit.

As it is put in the classic words of the Prayer of General Confession:

In 2005, members of the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist adopted a formal proposition questioning whether the sign of peace might be better placed elsewhere in the Mass, for example at the end of the prayer of the faithful and before the offering of the gifts.

The Book of Common Prayer had this meaning in view when it employs, in the course of the Prayer of Consecration in the service of Holy Communion, the words: «Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here, before thy Divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same.»

Readers of The Prayer of Jabez may come to imagine God as a cosmic Santa Claus, merrily doling out gifts to any individual who asks.

The problem is solved if an entirely different approach is used — namely, to show that one aspect of the definition of «God» and the understanding of the prayer of confession are simultaneously given in the analysis of the experience of imperfection.

They need, as all need, some of the blunt realism of the prayer of the Gallican Liturgy before the eighth century.

For spiritual communion is by no means merely an act of longing for the reception of the Lord under the sacramental signs; much deeper, and more properly, it is the act of prayer of a living and understanding faith, by which it enters into living communication and communion with Christ, the eternal and living Truth.

They rested only on Sunday, while Nagel studied game tapes in his den, a tapestry of The Prayer of St. Francis on the wall in his living room.

Ironically, that's the last thing the author and publisher of The Prayer of Jabez are feeling.

Not exact matches

The professor, who teaches at Sweden's Lund University, went straight to the authorities when he became suspicious about the provenance of a 16th - century prayer book he had purchased online.

For my husband, this takes the form of prayer.

Whoever is managing TMZ.com is clearly a fan of duct tape, Band - Aids, hope, and prayers, because it sure doesn't look like there is a solid plan behind their stack.

«We're living in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and author of the book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.

This time, when they started driving again, one of the brothers produced a CD with music that Danny said sounded like a Middle Eastern call to prayer.

My body had not quite adjusted to the time change, but within minutes (as compared to an hour or more in the past), I was wide awake and starting my «miracle morning» routine, which involved reading, prayer / meditation, and light exercise with a healthy dose of good, old fashioned peace and quiet.

«While the details of this horrific act are still under investigation, Cecilia and I want to send our sincerest thoughts and prayers to all those who have been affected by this evil act,» Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said in a statement.

It is in front of us, and I ask the community for your prayers, your support for these children and these families.»

Liveris: I condemn the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, and my thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones and with the people of Virginia.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

Sherazee, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, worked with his staff to set up the accommodations that have been installed across other OFC companies — the female prayer room, and the partitions in offices and on factory floors to give women privacy in line with labor regulations.

None of its companies was equipped to provide the required degree of segregation: Women would need their own restrooms, canteens, prayer rooms, and workspaces, not to mention transport to and from the job, since Saudi women aren't allowed to drive.

When Kat Cole traveled to Egypt with the international director of Cinnabon last year and the call - to - prayer came on over the speakers, she stopped and said, «That is so beautiful.»

«Five days before my mother died, she gave me a journal that contained 10 years» worth of prayers and words of wisdom she had been writing down,» says Taylor.

We may all try to say our prayers and take our vitamins, but at the end of the day, most of us may find ourselves caught in the clutches of some unhealthy habits.

But the Standing Rock Sioux, whose tribal lands are a half - mile south of the proposed route, have said the pipeline could pollute the tribe's drinking water and desecrate sacred burial and prayer sites.

That's the nature of the beast, as many fledgling companies are run on a wing and prayer until they get their financial footing.

It's hard to explain the feeling of watching the quarterback, Case Keenum, launch a pigskin prayer with the final seconds ticking off the clock, and then watching Stefon Diggs jump skyward, clutch the ball in his hands, and race to the end - zone as the clock counted down to zero.

While he heard about a wide variety of habits, most nurtured their bodies in the morning with water, a healthy breakfast, and light exercise, and they nurtured their minds with meditation or prayer, inspirational reading, or journaling.

You can get that sense of connection or love through intimacy, or friendship, or prayer, or walking in nature.

We discussed the philosophy of history as Egyptians knelt in prayer before water cannons and as the fires set in the Ministry of Finance in Athens flickered light across the marble of the Acropolis.

One person asked for prayers while they mourned the loss of a wife.

Sending «thoughts and prayers» to the people in the affected area also feels a little thin — garnering engagement that way smacks of desperation.

«It's a sad day for the National Guard, and our thoughts and prayers are with the families of everyone involved and everyone with the National Guard as we work through this,» he said.

President Donald Trump opened his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning by plugging the latest incarnation of The Apprentice while taking a dig at Arnold Schwarzenegger, the show's host.

Police said that due to fears of violent protest over the deadly Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, they would bar men under the age of 50 from Jerusalem's flashpoint Al - Aqsa mosque for what are usually packed prayers on the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

«My thoughts are with families of the deceased and prayers with the injured.»

«We've had enough of thoughts and prayers.

People often feel sorry for you because you're not quite «right» and they try their best to try to fix you by providing helpful advice, free seminars and, in extreme cases, lots of prayer.