Sentences with phrase «opening prayer of»

This is part of an opening prayer of adoration sung by a local Paraiyar Pucari, K. Pallaiyasn.

Recourse to Blessed Pope John XXIII's opening prayer of the Second Vatican Council may be apposite:

An opening prayer of confession sometimes does little more than suggest that worship is primarily about our failures rather than God's triumphs.

Not exact matches

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.

The Obama campaign sent us a list of who will be delivering the opening and closing prayers each day at this week's Democratic National Convention.

IHOP is a 24 - hour prayer center that has not closed its doors since it initially opened in 1999 — a place of refuge regardless of the time, weather or season.

From the pre-service hubbub to the opening worship to the sermon to the prayers to the response songs to the close of service to the post-service coffee meetups, there is just so much noise on Sunday.

Other faiths believe in burning candles or saying prayers in behalf of the dead — the Latter - day Saints believe in the same concept, but taken to the next level: that we really can open a portal to salvation for every human on earth, if they want it.

His prayers were answered last September, less than three years after the fire, when the Macedonia First Church of God in Christ opened the doors to its new worship facility, built on the same site as the previous building.

I would attend staff meetings where there would be massive outpourings of prayer, where lunch breaks would be accompanied by discussions of the nature of the Trinity, and where, at any given moment, I could walk into a coworker's office to see them bowed over an open Bible, meditating on the Bread of Life.

Prayer is also not limited (nor should it be) to asking for things that you want to happen; prayer is an open and direct communication line to your heavenly Father and Creator, and you may want to tell him how you feel sometime, even if you think it's a bunch of nonsense and you don't think he will Prayer is also not limited (nor should it be) to asking for things that you want to happen; prayer is an open and direct communication line to your heavenly Father and Creator, and you may want to tell him how you feel sometime, even if you think it's a bunch of nonsense and you don't think he will prayer is an open and direct communication line to your heavenly Father and Creator, and you may want to tell him how you feel sometime, even if you think it's a bunch of nonsense and you don't think he will reply.

As for the argument that we should look to our churches... the BILLIONS spent by organized religion to build exorbitant places of worship (Jesus preached in open fields and I'm confident that God hears MY prayers in the privacy of my home) and the building of health clinics in third world countries would help a lot — but they are not inclined to help those in need HERE!

The government's display of the creche in this particular physical setting [is] no more an endorsement of religion than such governmental «acknowledgments» of religion as legislative prayers,... government declaration of Thanksgiving as a public holiday, printing of «In God We Trust» on coins, and opening court sessions with «God save the United States and this honorable court.»

I doubt that many feast - table prayers tomorrow will open with words of gratitude for iPads or Android phones.

The problem is, most of us ignore all that and approach prophetic texts simply with an open heart and prayer.

If anything, their views resemble a charismatic form of Open Theism, in which every prayer is capable of tipping the balance in the running fight between good and evil.

For a long time the Temple in Jerusalem was actually a sacred place, it even was the most sacred place on earth, because the God of Israel had promised, to be present at the Temple (1 Kings 8, 29: That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.).

Notice how the prayer of Francis is not stating anything but just asking open - ended questions.

God is famous in the family dinners and protest marches, in the re-reading of a favourite book to small children and in Wednesday night Bible studies open to the public, in the prayers of the unknown and the faith of the uncelebrated.

In a world where power has become almost synonymous with violence and greed, the power of prayer is one of the church's best - kept open secrets.

The Rev Mary Cruddas, team rector of the Schorne Benefice, which includes St Michael and All Angel's in nearby Waddesdon, said in a statement that both churches would remain open for prayer.

We always include poetry and a time called «Open Space» in which we slow down for prayer and other opportunities to actively engage the Gospel; writing in the community's Book of Thanks, writing prayers, making art or assembling bleach kits for the needle exchange in Denver.

Every image opens an avenue of reflection on the mysterious business: prayer is music and manna and «the soul's blood,» and finally, simply, «something understood.»

I think of one of Jesus's last prayers (the one in the garden of Gethsemane... not for - now opening the can of worms regarding «whether He actually prayed it»).

I was offended by the idiot Christians in the house this morning that disrupted the Hindu prayer at the open of congress.

I think most people who believe in prayer don't have insidious reasons for it... I am open to the idea that I am wrong, but the paranoia of many on this blog is disturbing.

At the two major festivals, the Id al - Fitr at the end of the Ramadan fast and the Id al - Adha — or Id al - Qurban — at the end of the pilgrimage, Muslims are urged to perform additional congregational prayers, preferably in the open air, and to listen to the special address by the Imam.

James You think that people are opening these meetings with prayer as an «insidious method of identifying those who believe differently than the one leading the prayer» I hope you are wrong.

However, what many are expressing is concern that opening with a sectarian prayer is an insidious method of identifying those who believe differently than the one leading the prayer, which could lead to the persecution to which you refer.

If it's a government meeting supposedly open to all citizens of any or no religion, then there obviously should be no prayers to start it off.

I do not think nor have I ever thought prayer should be said at the opening of Gov» t meetings.

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

TV gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh has opened up about his love of the language used in the traditional Anglican prayer book.

There is a prayer in a recent hymnbook which goes something like this: Lord, bless all those who live in rural areas; help them to appreciate the goodness of nature and be open to those different from themselves.

Yet through all these diversities of phrasing — whether faith was thought of as a power - releasing confidence in God, or as selfcommitment to Christ that brought the divine Spirit into indwelling control of one's life, or as the power by which we apprehend the eternal and invisible even while living in the world of sense, or as the climactic vision of Christ as the Son of God which crowns our surrender to his attractiveness, or as assured conviction concerning great truths that underlie and constitute the gospel — always the enlargement and enrichment of faith was opening new meanings in the experience of fellowship with God and was influencing deeply both the idea and the practice of prayer.

Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

Eyes open, shoulder - checking, in - the - midst - of - life prayers are just as meaningful and powerful, I think, as any in a church altar call or a monastery.

The attack has been condemned by Parish Priest Fr Anthony Nwankwo, who pledged that the incident would not stop the Diocese leaving its churches across the region open as places of prayer and sanctuary.

The cells in the first houses of the Order had no doors, because what they learnt in their cells, and the prayer that was its vital accompaniment, had to be open to the world.

It made that clear in Marsh v. Chambers (1983), where it upheld a tradition of opening prayers in the Nebraska state legislature.

But microphones also opened up new possibilities for participation by members of the congregation, who began to read, make announcements, and lead others in prayer and song.

Within a few years, Bishops were asking for Madonna House staff to open houses in their dioceses, to live the Gospel of Love through soup kitchens, prayer houses, houses of hospitality and friendship.

Moreover, in The Divine Milieu, Teilhard reveals that a religious life which would respond to the death of God can not direct its prayer or meditation to a transcendent or numinous realm, but instead must open itself to a divine «center» that fills the whole body of the cosmos, and a «center» that has no existence apart from the movement of the cosmos itself.

I'm convinced it can be the story of so many others, if the Church really gets on its knees in prayer, gets to its feet in action, and opens its mouth to share Jesus.

Prayer groups have accomplished that, but the consensor has at times helped people break through their first lack of confidence, revealing their worries about being honest and open in pPrayer groups have accomplished that, but the consensor has at times helped people break through their first lack of confidence, revealing their worries about being honest and open in prayerprayer.

All prayer is the opening of the soul to God to discover his presence.

The lines of communication are opened by inquiry (prayer).

«Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first - rate accent.

If honesty pervailed: The opening prayer at all State universities (e.g. Penn State, Michigan State, Florida State, Ohio State,: University of California, University of Illinois, University of Alabama, University of Houston, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin) would be:

Here the field is wide open, not merely for the indictment of wrong in another person or group which is the usual approach, but for the appreciation and creation of right through the spiritual resources released in prayer.