At the client's request, we offer
prayer ministry as a free and confidential adjunctive service to therapy.
Not exact matches
Throughout my
ministry as a priest, I have been sustained in grace by the
prayers of the parishioners and religious that I have been privileged to serve and by the
prayers of my brother clergy in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Voice of the Martyrs, a persecution
ministry that operates a popular and powerful Facebook page in which American Christians post
prayers for persecuted Christians around the world, has highlighted Easter persecution,
as well.
He was to put aside things which were not in any way bad in themselves, but indeed good in themselves, so
as to be completely dedicated to God in
prayer and pastoral
ministry (The Case for Clerical Celibacy, p. 99).
I'm not sure how I would deal in situation that would be similar but my hope would be that though (
as you rightly say David) my arousal was my «issue», whomever was involved in
prayer ministry would not want me to leave being worse off than I came but rather be served by the
ministry.
If by the power of God's grace we are in a position to accept ourselves
as pilgrims,
as mortal men seeking their way with difficulty through the darkness,
as failing again and again and yet bound in duty to an earthly task; if the Church effects that acceptance by celebrating the death of the Lord, and makes us men of
prayer who are really conscious of the future judgment of God, if the Church sends its children strengthened with God's grace out into their own maturity which burdens them but sets them free, then the Church by its official
ministry has done what it alone can and must do.
If the
ministry of disciplining is to avoid the image of punishing, it must find its roots in the word «disciple» with its emphasis on voluntary commitment and self - disciplining, and an image of the minister in
prayer as he both disciplines himself personally and professionally, and encourages the laity to do the same.
As I said yesterday in my
prayer from the cell post called «satellite phone», I have this strange feeling of alienation from God since I left the professional
ministry and haven't been to church...
As the gospel writers make clear, Jesus returned to mountain and desert throughout his
ministry for the explicit purpose of
prayer.3 Down the centuries — from Desert Fathers to monastic communities to contemporary pilgrims — the wilderness has proved less a place of bewilderment than a setting to get one's spiritual bearings.
Prayer should never be viewed
as a lesser
ministry.
There is a
ministry belonging to all Christian people
as participant in the Body of Christ;
as the Good Friday
prayer puts it, «every member of the same, in his vocation and
ministry» is to serve the purposes of God in Christ.
New Delhi said: «[This unity] is being made visible
as all in each place who are baptized into Jesus Christ and confess him
as Lord and Savior are brought by the Holy Spirit into one fully committed fellowship, holding the one apostolic faith, preaching the one gospel, breaking the one bread, joining in common
prayer, and having a corporate life reaching out in witness and service to all and who at the same time are united with the whole Christian fellowship in all places and all ages, in such wise that
ministry and members are accepted by all, and that all can act and speak together
as occasion requires for the tasks to which God calls His people.»
The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering
prayer ministry for healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such
as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such
as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground evangelising.
An inseparable part of the ecumenical task is to move the churches toward visible unity in,
as the New Delhi statement put it (I abbreviate), «one baptism, one gospel, breaking the one bread, joining in common
prayer, a corporate life reaching out in witness and service to all, a
ministry and membership accepted by all, and the ability to act and speak together
as occasion requires.»
I extend to you for whom this service marks both an end and a beginning my sincere congratulations on your accomplishments to date and my heartfelt
prayers as you enter upon new ventures of
ministry to Christ and his church.
In response to a $ 1 donation sent to the Rex Humbard
ministry in January 1980, the author received in a four - month period 10 letters, including one thanking him for the contribution, one seeking a special
prayer request he may have along with a further contribution, three inviting him to become a member of the Humbard «Prayer Key Family,» one advising him that he had been enrolled as a member of the Prayer Key Family (though no indication of willingness had been given), and four seeking urgent financial contributions to prevent cancellation of the program in the
prayer request he may have along with a further contribution, three inviting him to become a member of the Humbard «
Prayer Key Family,» one advising him that he had been enrolled as a member of the Prayer Key Family (though no indication of willingness had been given), and four seeking urgent financial contributions to prevent cancellation of the program in the
Prayer Key Family,» one advising him that he had been enrolled
as a member of the
Prayer Key Family (though no indication of willingness had been given), and four seeking urgent financial contributions to prevent cancellation of the program in the
Prayer Key Family (though no indication of willingness had been given), and four seeking urgent financial contributions to prevent cancellation of the program in the area.
In addition to Ignatius» captivating conversion, his work «The Spiritual Exercises,» continues to inspire contemporary Catholic movements in education and
prayer, and serves
as the foundation for all Jesuit
ministries.
Its main activity is the life of
prayer under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, with such formal and personal
ministries as are compatible with it.
The goal of this blog is not to provide all the answers or give a cookie - cutter approach to transitioning to family
ministry, but rather to provide encouragement, support, resources and
prayer as you move forward in your church.
The goal of this blog is not to provide all the answers or give a cookie - cutter approach to transitioning to family
ministry, but rather to provide encouragement, support, resources and
prayer as you move forward in your church.
The goal of this blog is not to provide all the answers or give a cookie - cutter approach to transitioning to family
ministry, but rather to provide encouragement, support, resources and
prayer as you move forward in your church.