Sentences with phrase «old prayer for»

This had been particularly true of the sinful priest's millennium - old prayer for peace.

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.

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That was very interesting thing to read about and I respect every word it came with and Thank you for the guidance and encouragement therefore I find my self more attracted to read the old books after all they are the elder parts of our book what ever they say although each has his own belief and can figure which are similar to ours and which are not... after all verses seemed as ours although were put differently... Thank you again and wish all the Christians a Happy and Peaceful celebration for this occasion... our prayers and peace upon the soul and the spirit of the Prophet and Messenger of God Jesus the Son of Mary..

I want the sloppy prayers and the hope and the flags and the unreasonable and embarrassing expectations for the voice of God to break through my life and the unprofessional dancers and the praying in tongues and the Eucharist and the Book of Common prayer being read aloud like it's slam poetry in an old warehouse.

Nicholaes Maes's painting Old Woman at Prayer has hung on my wall for years as a reminder of the many who, hidden and unrecognized, summon God's power into the world through words faithfully uttered over the most daily concerns.

Though the prayer itself isn't played for laughs, the narrator — the older version of Sheldon from The Big Bang theory — says, «The good news was most of the neighborhood was spared.

Jesus hear my prayer to you and if it be so your will i ask for a financial miracle, i need so many things for my home and i have debts because i have been old and unable to work due to my age 55 years old, no company wants to hire old seaman.

I think the difference of me saying «I now know he isn't the right guy for me» vs my older prayers of almost asking for a sign, was powerful.

Personally i think those specific prayers are a distraction most of the times we pray these prayers because its what we think we need and often thats not the case.The better way is to just trust the holy spirit let him lead i think we miss the awesomeness of doing it Gods way its easy not difficult.The struggle is difficult when we are walking by the flesh and trying to do it our way.When i got to the point where i said to the God i am not going to do it my way anymore and i submit to you because know whats best for me.Change me and when i feel the wrong desires or temptation to walk by the flesh i just say Lord you know i am weak and i can not live a christian life without you help me.As soon as i do that it is effortless theres no struggle thats how we should grow.I am excited with what God is doing in my life he has opened his word i am seeing the fruit of his life impacting mine and i am changing day by day.I am walking by faith and not slipping back into my old desires i know what it means to be an overcomer sin does not have dominion over me anymore.In myself i can not boast because it is the power of God at work in my life and i give all the praise back to God.brentnz

And something should be said about the use of the old set services of the Church — for Lutherans and Episcopalians that means the reading of Morning and Evening Prayer, or Matins and Evensong.

After the final destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, Jewish rabbis began teaching prayer as a substitute for the old offerings.

In consequence, it is not alone to the prophetic tradition, with its distaste for priestcraft and animal offering, that we must look in the Old Testament to find personal prayer.

What a privilege to set out into the wilderness from among the Spanish oaks and the Guadalupe river, what a gift to be equipped for the journey by the saints of an old German town and the prayers of the earnest at the big evangelical church and the friendship and love of a few good people who loved Jesus and loved you.

I thought: He is «not now that strength which in old days moved heaven and earth,» when, for several years, he accompanied his old blind father to the synagogue and, for an hour, whispered in his ear every word of the prayers the old man did not know by heart, then going off to another service to fulfill his own duty to pray.

Even when the petitions of the Old Testament concerning public matters are not vindictive, they are commonly nationalistic, as, for example, the Isaian plea for divine interposition in Israel's desperate need, (Isaiah 63:15 - 64:12) or Daniel's great prayer for his people, (Daniel 9:4 - 19) or the ejaculatory supplications of Ezekiel, (Ezekiel 9:8; 11:13) or the elaborate petitions in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

For example, the old translation said only: «Lord, accept our prayers and offerings.»

As we prepared for the afternoon prayer, I saw his face, and it was not the face of an eighty - year - old man in discomfort discharging a routine religious obligation.

When Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies, he hardly has in mind the sort of prayer for vengeance characteristic of some prayers in the Old Testament (2 Chron.

Following a rhythm as old as Islam itself, Fridays meant lunchtime prayers at the mosque and relaxing with friends and family for the rest of the day.

a knee - level view from your bit of pavement; a battered, upturned cooking pot and countable ribs, coughing from your steel - banded lungs, alone, with your face to the wall; shrunken breasts and a three year old who can not stand; the ringed fingers, the eyes averted and a five - paise piece in your palm; smoking the babus» cigarette butts to quieten the fiend in your belly; a husband without a job, without a square meal a day, without energy, without hope; being at the mercy of everyone further up the ladder because you are a threat to their self - respect; a hut of tins and rags and plastic bags, in a warren of huts you can not stand up in, where your neighbors live at one arm's length across the lane; a man who cries out in silence; nobody listening, for everyone's talking; the prayer withheld, the heart withheld, the hand withheld; yours and mine Lord teach us to hate our poverty of spirit.

Washington (CNN)-- Employing faith, whether calling for nationwide prayer or healing the nation by quoting scripture, is a presidential tradition as old as the office itself.

They were, the same people, except for the old ones who had died and the babies who had been born since my day, and they sang the same songs and recited the same litany of prayers.

Prayers have been said at a mass for the 61 year - old teacher.

The Old Testament reading from the book of Exodus relates how important it was for the Israelites that Moses remain in an attitude of prayer while they were contending against Amalek.

I have seen the inaction of prayer I was one religious but luckily as i grew older I saw it for what it was..

But it is the prayer of a three - year - old, a beginner in the school of prayer who is not yet ready even for kindergarten.

Jefferson in his many words is todays paul by basically testifying to a lost society by preaching «The heart «that is what God wants not the shell which will rott away.I can stand with this truth until the day I die because I also have had disagreements in my church about this same topic.I dispise religion and encourage salvation which come from having a relationship with Jesus.Many may ask how do i have a relationship with him?by simply asking God through prayer, not what we know as pray but simply given up and telling God he win.That is what being righteous means saying «lord your're right and i will believe and obey that.Last i will like to thank jefferson for this clip, becuase for so long I have been feeling like todays churches in not like the first churches.They are stuck into their four cornered walls preaching to those who already obtain the word and people who already think they are perfect, but what about the weak and the sinners who we are suppose to love, go after, preach to, help and deliver the same way as Christ camed for the sinners so do we also be like him.Jefferson basically telling all us young people and old no matter who have suffered in the world, the church, or no matter what party or the past that there is hope and «God wants that person» not the sin but the person.Jefferson wants us to know that God can become personal with us and we do exist or can exist in the christian world not because we are perfect but because «he is perfect and he saw our broken spirits and rescued us!

It contains rituals for the funerary offerings at the tomb, charms, very old rituals for use in worship, hymns, myths and prayers.

And if there is one thing entirely certain about prayer it is that we will find that the age - old words «I am the Lord thy God» are true for us in our today.

So if there is one basic prayer for all of us I would say that it is the old one, «0 God make clean our hearts within us.»

It flew like cannon from a warship old, Seemed taking flight for heaven, without a death, To the alert receiver, while his prayer he saith.

Many candidates, making their Christianity a prime qualification, calling for a return to Old Testament law, or promising to get «prayer back into the schools,» secured major party (mostly Republican) support.

Prayer is like the old ladies who would put their purses outside on a full moon and recite a poem to the moon so it would shine on them for prosperity.

Looking back, I can see why my prayers to «fix» things in the old place were not answered as I'd hoped for.

What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this: «that zeal is as essentially a duty of all God's rational creatures, as [are] prayer and praise, faith and submission; and, surely, if so, [then] especially of sinners whom He has redeemed: that zeal consists in a strict attention to His commands» a scrupulousness, vigilance, heartiness, and punctuality, which bears with no reasoning or questioning about them» an intense thirst for the advancement of His glory» a shrinking from the pollution of sin and sinners» an indignation, nay impatience, at witnessing His honor insulted» a quickness of feeling when His name is mentioned, and a jealousy how it is mentioned» a fullness of purpose, an heroic determination to yield Him service at whatever sacrifice of personal feeling» and an energetic resolve to push through all difficulties, were they as mountains, when His eye or hand but gives the sign» a carelessness of obloquy, or reproach, or persecution, a forgetfulness of friend and relative, nay, a hatred (so to say) of all that is naturally dear to us, when He says, «Follow me.»

At the end of a speech addressing sexual slavery in Italy, Sister Bonetti offered a prayer for a 21 - year - old murdered sex slave named Tina.

We have been the prayer route, read the Bible for more years than you are old, and have discovered that it is bunk.

43 The Prayer Book uses it only of bishops; in monastic usage the tide «Father» for abbots, or for older, professed, or ordained members of the monastic family generally is ancient; in modern times it gradually spread, through the active missionary orders doubtless, to the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland; the heroic ministry of Charles Lowder and other priests during the cholera epidemic of 1866 in London seems to have started the common use of «Father» for nonmonastic Anglicans.

Also, I'm still waiting for a 98 - year - old nun to deliver a scouting report during a team prayer before a CFP game.

Feldheim Publishers puts out a small book called «Aneni: Special Prayers for Special Occasions» which has a few for pregnant and delivering women, but they are considerably tamer than those I've seen in old prayerbooks [which are usually in Yiddish, occasionally in Hebrew].

The next piece of «Herodism» we are offered is in the words of the former Archbishop «more shockingly» the campaign for the 700 year old Parliamentary chapel of St Mary Undercroft to be turned into a multi-faith prayer room so that it can be used for gay couples to get married.

DAILY POST gathered that Pastor Obinna forcefully cohabited and impregnated the 17 - year - old simply identified as Blessing who was referred to his church, Messiah Apostolic Church for prayers.

At 9 a.m., Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. and other officials from the NY Hispanic Clergy Organization hold their fifth prayer rally for the 64 - year - old nursing home patient and rape victim of Nanic Aidasani, who is scheduled to appear in court, Bronx Criminal Court, 265 East 161st St., the Bronx.

In Kasoa, Dr. Nduom greeted traders, market women, drivers and travelers at the old market and lorry park and thanked them for their support and prayers.

Speaking at a recent awards ceremony in London for children who had memorized passages from the old Book of Common Prayer, the heir to the British throne lamented the state of English teaching.

«Whether it's a handshake or a hug at carpool; a reflection on Sunday's gospel; an inspirational video from YouTube; a read - aloud from an old favorite like the Giving Tree; affirming a member of the community for a good deed; a blessing on a group of students like a CYO team before a big game or the eighth graders prior to taking their high school placement test; a prayer intention for someone who is ill or who has recently returned home to heaven; so many different activities can take place during morning assemblies, but there is only one goal, make God known, loved and served.»

Because when you're ten years old and getting ready for bed, on a night that's just like any other night, no darker or starrier or more silent or more full of smells than usual, with the familiar sound of the muezzins calling the faithful to prayer from the tops of the minarets just like anywhere else... no, when you're ten years old - I say ten, although I'm not entirely sure when I was born, because there's no registry office or anything like that in Ghazni province - like I said, when you're ten years old, and your mother, before putting you to bed, takes your head and holds it against her breast for a long time, longer than usual, and says, There are three things you must never do in life, Enaiat jan, for any reason... The first is use drugs.

In One Person by John Irving (Simon & Schuster) This new novel explores the life of a 60 - year - old bisexual man and is told in the first person — Irving's first novel from that point of view since A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Described by S&S publisher Jonathan Karp as reminiscent of the classic A Prayer for Owen Meany, Avenue of Mysteries follows an older man, Juan Diego, who is on a trip to the Phillippines.

Old new synagogue serves now for prayers of the Jewish community of Prague as main synagogue.