Sentences with phrase «prayers in prayer meetings»

I have heard thousands of prayers in prayer meetings that are genuine, heart - felt, meaningful, conversations with God about Who He is, what He has done, and how we would like Him to help us live life and serve Him better.

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In fact, I recently got an email from a friend whom I helped train for a short - term trip a few summers ago; she was asking for prayer for some friends that she met in downtown TorontIn fact, I recently got an email from a friend whom I helped train for a short - term trip a few summers ago; she was asking for prayer for some friends that she met in downtown Torontin downtown Toronto.

In early scenes she is seen at prayer meetings, where the pastor tells her that Jesus will shield her if she encounters evil.

After much discussion, study, and prayer over the course of a year, the statement «The Gift of Salvation» was agreed to at a meeting in New York City in October 1997, and published in the January 1998 issue of this journal.

The Catholic Church is being invited to meet the risen Lord in Scripture, the sacraments, and prayer, and to make friendship with him the center of Catholic life.

Now, if this prayer meeting was held in, say, an aircraft in flight, with the pilots bailing out at 40,000 ft..

Bill meets a child - murderer in prison, who screams a prayer every night for Jesus Christ to «take back [his] suicide.»

The case started in the little town of Greece, New York, where city officials have been starting meetings with prayer for some time.

Today, the Supreme Court finally weighed in on the hotly debated Town of Greece VS. Galloway case, determining that public meetings can start with «religion specific - prayer» (i.e. «In Jesus» name...»in on the hotly debated Town of Greece VS. Galloway case, determining that public meetings can start with «religion specific - prayer» (i.e. «In Jesus» name...»In Jesus» name...»).

The Supreme Court's 5 - 4 majority sided with Greece, saying that Town Hall meetings can start with prayer — falling in line with both public support and the White House.

As a result, we tracked almost 3,000 new prayer initiatives in April alone, ranging from simple prayer meetings in churches that would never normally gather to intercede, right through to 24 - 7 prayer rooms in rural congregations that never imagined they would ever in 1,000 years manage to pray all night — let alone enjoy the experience!

Although it might also include opposing government encroachment on civil rights, such as, banning personal prayer in school, banning student led prayer groups and meet - at - the - flag - pole groups, and banning Muslism garb.

@SeanNJ, I would think the meetings would primarily be about educating the public on the separation of church and state and opposing religious encroachment on the public / government arena, e.g. creationism / ID in the science classroom, ten commandments displays in government buildings, school sanctioned prayer or religious activities.

The proselytizing prayer of this person must be met in kind.

Our forefathers met in what they called a prayer cottage.

Your holiest look down upon the sinners, your prayers are scripted, your music is pre-planned out, you adhere to a schedule and you meet at specific times on a specific day as if to say... «if we arrive at church at 9:30 Sunday morning, God will meet us in this place.»

Apparently, Christians are so shaky in their beliefs that missing a prayer in a government meeting will cause them problems.

Muslim and Christian children in Syria are meeting next month to gather in prayer for an end to the region's brutal war.

This is the church of the Council of Trent, that series of meetings in the 16th century which, in reaction to the Reformation, declared the Roman Catholic Church the sole vehicle of salvation, defined the nature of the seven necessary sacraments, approved prayers to the saints and set down the requirement of attending mass.

Bible studies and prayer meetings are not the only acts of worship you can do in college.

«The board will conduct its meeting in an atmosphere of prayer, contemplation and dialogue and will develop a plan to involve LCWR membership in similar processes,» the group said in a statement.

The town outside Rochester began allowing prayers to start its meetings in 1999, after years of having a moment of silence.

But they don't leave it there — they want to set laws based upon their religious beliefs, set school curricula based upon their religious beliefs, have their religious prayers in public meetings, put their religious texts on public buildings, etc..

In many cases, it's appropriate to mark a person's departure in a «state of the church» community meeting, congregational prayer time, or a small group settinIn many cases, it's appropriate to mark a person's departure in a «state of the church» community meeting, congregational prayer time, or a small group settinin a «state of the church» community meeting, congregational prayer time, or a small group setting.

We met in the lobby of the Washington Hilton the night before last month's National Prayer Breakfast.

If these women do nt want to hear it, do nt want to have their meeting begin with the prayers to some pretend men in the sky who do nt exist, if that feels absurd to them, if they'd prefer the meetings me grounded in reality and good conscious decisions..

The Kingdom is often taking root in small ways — in our kitchens and in our parish halls, in our streets and our subsidized daycares, in youth group mentoring relationships and after - school care, in prayer circles and by - law meetings at city council.

I remember one tie sharing in a prayer meeting about loving yourself to then be able to love others.

In a 5 - 4 decision written by Kennedy, the Supreme Court allowed Greece, New York, to continue hosting prayers before its monthly town board meetings - even though an atheist and a Jewish citizen complained that the benedictions are almost always explicitly Christian.

«We accept anyone who wants to come in and volunteer to give the prayer to open up our town meetings.»

I used to feel Christ in my prayers and church meetings but now it feels like the feeling is gone and it is so hard for me.

I am then forced either to participate in the prayer, waste my time sitting through the prayer (and get noticed for not participating), or worse yet, arrive late to the meeting.

Since what I hear over an amplified PA system (kind of hard to «ignore» 70 db invocations in a mid size room, tbh) are things in the prayer I passionately disagree with, yet barred by prayer protocol to challenge the assertions of the prayperson (which such challenges to ideas are encouraged at public meetings) it sets up a «I'm not going to get anything accomplished unless I pretend I am one of them.»

a prayer is not voicing something as in the rest of the town meetings... you are grasping at straws...

If the meeting is a religious meeting, which it clearly is to some degree if the agenda includes a religious prayer, then I, as an atheist, am in complete opposition with the intent of the meeting.

«Even though starting a government meeting with a religious prayer is offensive to many, considered a violation of our const.itution by many, makes many feel ostracized and as if their voice will not be given equal consideration to those who are religions, I think we should still start of government meetings with prayers because this is a country that believes in the free expression of ones beliefs and opinions without fear of percecution.»

Still no one has been able to offer a reason why citizens should be forced to endure a religious prayer to participate in a civic meeting.

You have yet to explain why you think we should have a prayer in a government meeting, so your position is weak.

They say the same prayers in church establishing that everyone there believes generally the same thing, and the implication is that the same thing is being established in every meeting that features the same thing.

How do we think they are always going to be in agreement for prayers inside of a government meeting.

I will also vote to allow prayers but it should not be imposed and should be done by each individual in the meeting on their own way or not at all.

I think you should have the right ot counter it with a statement criticizing the idea of God and prayer in public meetings or schools or any gov» t led group meeting.

Announce that the meeting starts at 2:00, and anyone wishing to attend a pre-meeting prayer could come in early at 1:50.

I have never said I agree with prayer in the town council meeting.

Right now, this definition «is» your «rights» associated with prayer in a public meeting...

All government meetings should start with a prayer to Yahweh Maccaddeshcem, so that he can guide us in the right direction for our communities and selecting the right people to lead our government offices.

At the same time, cardinals were meeting Friday at the Vatican to participate in a day of reflection and prayer on several church matters, including the Vatican's response to cases of sexual abuse.

In what way does not saying a prayer before a town hall meeting contribute to «society's moral decay»?

(And while you might think I am trying to be funny with requests about toenails and sick cats, if you have been in many prayer meetings, you know that these sorts of requests are not uncommon.)

That's one of the things that make this whole issue so absurd — religious people demand the right to government - led prayer (a prayer that meets with their approval, of course), but the things they'll typically ask for in their prayers can't be by accomplished by their god anyway, so it's a lot of unnecessary trouble over nothing.