The prayer for a sense of God's presence, often referred to as the prayer of communion, belongs in the midst of
every other kind of prayer.
It just seems incongruous to me, Sabio, that one kind of prayer is a speaking to «invisible friends» and
other kinds of prayers are ok.
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.
Other kinds of prayer were also suspicious.
Not exact matches
I had in my heart and tongue the Name
of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression
of any
kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age
of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among
other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word
of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot
of reciting verses
of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic
of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth
of many beliefs out
of curiosity but could not belief in
other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief
of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance
of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front
of him and when was on the top
of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..
The same
kind of coordinated action could unite evangelicals with
other Christians and concerned persons
of goodwill to address the key social needs
of the late 20th century — if not to solve them, at least to hold them before God responsibly in
prayer to seek whatever measure
of progress may be consistent with the church's task before the return
of Christ.
Well I hope they read Sura 9:5 - 6, «An when the sacred months are passed, kill those who join
other gods with God wherever ye shall find them; and seize them, besiege them, and lay wait for them with every
kind of ambush: but if they shall convert, and observe
prayer, and pay the obligatory alms, then let them go on their way, for God is Gracious, Merciful.»
There are different
kinds of prayer and those I have witnessed work each and every time happened when some
other force took control
of the
prayer.
This is a
kind of mysticism, reported by many as the experience
of prayer or visions and by
others as drug - induced.
The report recommended various forms
of community life which would bring about renewal in life and mission such as «Base» Christian communities, House churches,
Prayer groups, Monastic communities and
other groups seeking a simpler life - style or seeking involvement in various
kinds of mission.
The enthusiastic member is also a
kind of missionary, spreading the word to
others and constantly inviting them to come to
prayer meetings.
Prayers for church members in the military are
kind of interesting: «Keep our boys and girls in Afghanistan safe as they make
other people's boys and girls unsafe (or dead).»
On such a basis, there can obviously be no intercessory
prayer, though a substitute may continue in the form
of the moral resolution to be more
kind and serviceable to
others.
State Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, got national publicity on Monday for the
kind of prayer that no
other Democrat in the state would deliver.