This study of Jonah 4:2 reveals what Jonah did, and you will find it very encouraging for your own
prayer life going forward.
In this study of Jonah 4:2, w see what Jonah does, and you will find it very encouraging for your own
prayer life going forward.
Not exact matches
«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.
I do not read your minds (or «hear your
prayers» as you like to call it) and you are not
going to achieve immortality (or «eternal
life» as you like to call it) no matter how many commandments from Iron Age Palestine you choose to «keep».
Whomever wrote the «
prayer poem», I wonder what has
gone so wrong in your
life that you are so spiteful.I don't know you, but God does, and I will definitely pray for you.I can't imagine
going through
life each day with the hatefulness you have in your heart.I'm so very sorry for you.
Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his
life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your
prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are
prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and
goes as pleased...
I could
go on with examples from my
life about how
prayer was answered, and answers were provided without my even praying.
She was a devout woman from a devout family; all those
prayers to save her
life went unanswered.
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.»
He will then
go on to explain what following this call will mean: a
life of charity,
lived out in celibate chastity, in obedience to him and his successors and nourished and strengthened in
prayer, focused especially on Our Lord in the Eucharist.
I don't think simply saying a
prayer and
going about your
life the way you used to does it, and it's because of the scriptures I listed above.
He
went on to say: «This has not been an easy journey and honestly, Leo's had quite a dramatic
life so far, but I am completely blown away by my wife's consistency in such deep
prayer.
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
none of these
prayers are dangerous, for example if you pray to become like jesus, and god downgrades your
life and you lose your house and car etc, this is good, as God is happier with those who don't value the material things in this temporary world, and your only
going to achieve heaven with Gods happiness
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.
For Catholic schools to be a worthwhile enterprise for the Church, they must survive and flourish as institutions where pupils grow in a «personal relationship with Jesus» which includes following the teaching of Jesus, through His Church, that we should attend Mass every Sunday,
go to confession regularly, say our
prayers and be loyal to the magisterium - especially in its moral teaching regarding the sanctity of human
life, and the meaning and purpose of sex and marriage, in accord with Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae.
As we develop this constant awareness and the constant communication that
Goes with it, and as we learn to pray the Scriptures, we will soon find that our
prayer life changes, what we pray for changes, and how we pray changes.
«He made me blessed wherever I
go, and enjoined me to observe the Contact
Prayers (Salat) and the obligatory charity (Zakat) for as long as I
live.
They might be some of the best places to
go to learn about powerful
prayer, costly discipleship, death to self,
life in community.
Prayer for the Day: «O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have
gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit
lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever.
You don't have to have a doctorate or have access to a library to «study», it cab also be done through discussion,
going to church, and especially
prayer and tying to walk the walk in order to learn, and I do believe God takes into account what someone had access to in
life in making the judgement call.
So since this is the most powerful of the
prayers god uses, other than being called out on sins that need repenting how is this
prayer dangerous and
going to ruin our
lives?
And if you take the Christian
life one day at a time, one step at a time, and
go from one answered
prayer request to another, from one time of Sunday fellowship to another, from one blessing of God to another, one good Christian friend to another, one
prayer partner to another.
It can leave many people thinking that they are
going to heaven because they have «prayed a
prayer» yet never understood that eternal
life is received by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can
live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to
live a righteous and holy
life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we
live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not
go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a
prayer and someone who did not, and they are
living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone
live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,
What is the Gospel for those who want to
live life with God, but can not read Scripture, attend church, or
go to
prayer meetings?
The lights
went on for me when I started worshipping at an Anglican Church and when I began to integrate the Book of Common
Prayer into my devotional
life.
So I had expectations about
prayer that ran quite contrary to what else was
going on in my
life.
We
go to him, shaking in our shoes, wringing our hands, begging for a better
life, or for things to work out, or simply for Him to hear our
prayers.
It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep
prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my
life — there were things
going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep
prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.
It was not simply a question of more men
going into the monastery (Cistercian monasteries did experience a phenomenal growth in that period), but the avant - garde journals of the day were filled with articles about liturgical
prayer, Gregorian chant and experiments in community
living.
It
goes on to list the four pillars as the Profession of Faith, Sacraments, the Moral
Life and
Prayer.
For me I do believe in the Sacraments and the role they play in Salvation - Jesus did change wine into this blood and the bread into his body during the last supper and told believers to do this in his memory and he did foreshadow what would happen on the Cross he gave up his
life so we maybe could be saved, because not all who profess Christ is Lord or believe in God will be saved, there are many people who claim they can abuse, sleep around, steal, cheat and that they'll still
go to heave because 1 day they said the sinner's
prayer, actions speak louder then words.
The blessings come down as the
prayers go up, so build your
life on the Lord.»
Then unexpectedly, just one year after founding the Missionaries of Charity, her spirit was plunged into darkness, her
prayer became empty, and her Jesus, «my own Jesus»,
went suddenly silent (and would remain silent for the rest of her
life).
You say, «[
prayer] is simply telling God what is
going on and keeping him the in the loop on your
life.»
while breifly
going thru this artical it was makeing my stomach turn, this is just what the devil wants is for doubt and confusion, christianity is growing stronger than ever, souls are being saved and
lives are changing every day, and do nt for one minute think any different, or try tp put christians down, why would we loose faith, god answers our
prayers everyday, think what you want and do what you do, but do nt try to put things in other people's opinion or minds, jesus died for our sins, so that we can have better
lives and be forgiven for our sins here on earth and move on to a beter place, becouse souls do nt die «read the bible, if you do nt understand it, find a church that can help you learn a better way of
life, I pray for everyone out there that does nt know jesus christ as ther savior to accept what he has to offer to you «love forgiveness and ever lasting
life «Christians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in
life» god bless everyone»»
There must be a time when the woman of
prayer goes to pray as if it were the first time in her
life she has ever prayed, when the woman of resolutions puts her resolutions aside as if they had all been broken, and she learns a different wisdom:
I listen to rock music, I enjoy
going out with my friends and having a good time, I have problems with lust, pornography, being judgmental, hateful, and unforgiving, my
prayer life and bible study are practically non-existent.
Obviously, if you are not
living right in the sight of God, YOUR
prayers will
go answered.
The activism, the testimonies, the active
prayer life, the hours spent reading the Bible — these things emerged from a deeply experiential and powerful relationship with Jesus and the church that until my young adulthood
went almost totally unquestioned.
The church's
life of worship and
prayer and sacraments and Scripture reading is a way of making that a reality, so that even though we find it hard to describe what's
going on, the reality of that fusion of time — God's time and our time — is a very present reality.
And the problem must first be faced honestly; only then can we
go on to consider the how of
prayer, its various aspects, its basic meaning, and its relation to Christian
life and faith.
What would it mean for me if I
went through my entire
life as a human being never experiencing the energies that are biochemically and electromagnetically produced during periods of
prayer and meditation?
I make a commitment to
go on two retreats a year and see those times as integral to my
life of
prayer.
We're definitely thankful people and I say my
prayers every night before I
go to bed and thank God for the
life we've been given.»
My
prayer is that «Atheism is not healthy for children and other
living things»
goes away to heaven AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, so the rest of us can be rid of their stupidity and tiresome postings on CNN.
But from this, of course, we must
go on gladly to recognize and gratefully to acknowledge all that God has done; as the words of the General Thanksgiving in Morning and Evening
Prayer put it, «We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this
life.»
Even if a Christian believes they are saved, they are still constantly trying to please God: «If only I can be holier than maybe I'll be closer to God, maybe he'll hear more of my
prayers, maybe I'm
going through this trial because of my sin, if only I can stop this sin then I'll have victory in my
life.....
I cant praise God enough for the internet we cant be ignorant these if we want to learn anything all we have to do is to jump on the internet for answers since I have accepted Jesus as my personal savior thirty five years ago i cant stop myself to share my experience with people but since i lost my husband through a tragic accident my
life took a different turn my savior became more personal and real to me i give myself full to the lord and the result of that people stat asking me for bible study which i have never done in my
life so I decided to search the net and i came across your website which put the whole gospel in a simple way and i am
going to use it for my first bible study and see how the holy spirit will lead from there.I came to the conclusion that our trials is a blessing in disguise and i praise God for it.keep up the good work God bless Martina keep me in
prayer please