It is the Christian's natural mood to want to link
prayer for others with personal petition, and one intuitively feels that there is something selfish and therefore unchristian if he prays only for himself.
Improvement on four objective measures was significantly related to subjects» belief in the power of
prayer for others.
Petition has to do with prayer for ourselves and our needs; intercession has to do with
prayer for others and their needs.
It will be recalled that in describing the nature of worship, in its most general sense, we found that there were five elements which form the action of the believer in his cultic approach to deity: Adoration, or praise; thanksgiving; acknowledgement of failure or sin;
prayer for others; prayer for oneself.
The adoration, thanksgiving, acknowledgment of sin,
prayer for others and for self, which, as we have seen, are integral elements in the whole action of worship, have their significance in the total giving of self, so that the sovereign Will of God may be effected in worshiper and world.
Take
prayer for other persons out of the experience of the Christian, and a great deal goes with it.
It looks as if
prayer for other persons might be mere wishful thinking — at best an attempt at thought transference, at worst a relic of primitive magic and incantation.
Many
prayers for the other homeschooling families here.
Not exact matches
Tarr and
other students like Emma Gonzalez (the senior with the shaved head) and David Hogg (targeted by conspiracy theorists because his father once worked
for the FBI) have, virtually on their own, turned what could have become another impotent «thoughts and
prayers» response to a massacre into a national movement to transform the nation's gun laws.
This makes three weeks of regular warnings from Goldman and
other banks that stocks have soared on a wing and
prayer, with investors hoping
for, and pricing in, something that may be forthcoming only belatedly, if at all, and only in much watered down form, and perhaps without much effect on corporate earnings after all, especially since the US corporate tax code, as it is, already provides companies countless ways to shelter their income.
At this point the only
prayer the managers running those funds have is to throw more of
other - people's - money into Tesla's furnace and pray
for the Second Coming to save them.
«If you lust
for someone
other than your wife, what you do is replace that lust with
prayer.
Apparently,
prayer is not only not healthy
for children and
other living things, it's detrimental.
This the Opening,
for every
prayer 5 times a day, a muslim have to recite this before any
other surah (verse) in every Rakah at least 27 times in 24 hours...
Every
prayer, every rally, every event hosted by one religious faction becomes fodder
for the
other to question the sincerity of their faith.
So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares
for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like
prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record of him saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no
other evidence than «it just can't be accident».
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.
For me, those are the people who go to church and make a loud show of
prayer and
other worship to be seen, but treat
others badly.
This a call
for prayer in Islam and the belivers in Islam are called Muslims (Islam means subimission to the Creator) All the Prophets Abraham (Ibraheem in Arabic) Mosses (Musa) Jesus (Essa) and
others and Last prophet Muhammad peace be upon all of them were Muslims.
Some
prayers are answered almost immediately (George Frederick Muller)
Other prayers take longer to come to fulfillment, Some in the health and science realm
for example.
so
prayers please, should i stay on disability, and i could whine and moan enough, and i am probably a fool
for trying to be anything
other than a disabled aids case with a disintegrating back and diabetes and brain damage who should not be testing my luck in nyc.
Other forms of persecution: Preventing Christians from normal livelihood, not giving space
for prayer, obstructing or preventing the message from spreading by the media.
Look, there's very legitimate criticism to be made of Perry
for politically allying with these folks, given their proclivity
for mixing
prayer meeting and political rallies, given the Hagee connection, and some
other stuff.
Instead of bickering, we should support each
other, pray
for enlightenment and read St. Francis of Assisi's
prayer and Dostoyevsky's The Great Inquisitor.
He also founded the Center
for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an organization that encourages acts of justice rooted in
prayer and respect
for other religious traditions.
Not so easy actually...
for some reason, people forget the line in our Lord's
prayer regarding God's will being done on «earth» as it is in heaven, along with
others indicating that the earth abideth forever.
My
prayer for all people is to come to an understanding that Jesus is Lord and that there is no
other way to the Father except through Him.
Yes, the preachers and chaplins came with
prayers, but our love
for each
other and family was what we talked about.
I hope he hears my
prayers and let's you get a new perspective and respect
for others» choice of life.
Listen how muslims call
for prayer how the
others call
for prayer?
I prophecy that sometime in the next 3 pages of comments on this blog, someone going by the handle «Atheism is Not Healthy
for Children and
Other Living Things» will post a message that comprises, in its entirety, the words «
Prayer changes things.»
In fact God's Kingdom we pray
for in the Lords
prayer, according to Daniel 2:44 will «crush» all
other governments in the near future.
PRAYER is not healthy for children and other living things BECAUSE prayer changes no
PRAYER is not healthy
for children and
other living things BECAUSE
prayer changes no
prayer changes nothing.
because we know how much effect
prayer has ever had: absolutely none (
other than keeping a lot of idiots occupied
for a while, and a few
other non-divine side effects)
Since when do we need to be appointed to
prayer when God has called all of His children to comfort
others and make intercession
for other people.
Even back during my most fundamentalist / evangelical / pentecostal years I felt that, rather than being
for the purpose of entreating God to intervene in circumstances or change
others,
prayer was a way to draw strength, comfort, courage, and wisdom
for dealing with those circumstances.
Others pointed out that Tim Tebow, an evangelical Christian, was not penalized
for «Tebowing» - kneeling in
prayer - during games.
Just as in earthly life lovers long
for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love
for each
other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs
for the moment when in
prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
I want to leave the Baptist church but is very hard
for me to do, on the
other hand, I find it very hard to kneel in
prayer next to them, knowing that they refuse Jesus Calling to become Fishers of Man (Matt 4:19), nor do they obey Jesus Last Command, The Great Commission (Matt.
Atheism is not healthy
for children and
other living things and
prayer changing things are proven Truths.
The government should not be permitted to create incentives
for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to
other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of
others (like offering vocal
prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not
others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.
The basic ones —
for basic training — are Bible study,
prayer, attending a Bible preaching church, and fellowshipping with
other Christians.
Sometimes this means an idea loses its magic, absolutely, but
other times, it means that I ruminate on the idea
for a while longer, explore it in my mind or in
prayer more, before I hit the page in good earnest which is all good work, too.
I use it just about everyday to record
prayers, scripture, and
other spiritual thoughts so I KNOW it will be an awesome tool
for Christians.
The Dean of Southwark Cathedral had appealed
for prayers after seven people were killed and 48
others were injured during a van and knife attack nearby in central London.
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.
That's Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's advice
for atheists and
others who object to sectarian
prayers before government meetings.
We are called to give each
other honour and respect and to depend upon
others for prayer, love and respect.
During the Friday service, half the congregation stood
for the
prayers and half remained seated, and each side shouted at the
other, insisting that theirs was the true tradition.
I'd fill the walls of our conversation with Coast Salish artwork and your heartbeat would match the drums of singing First Nations
prayers and you'd learn to love the name Creator
for God along with so many
others.