Sentences with phrase «prayers of petition»

Just as mysteriously, this remote God intervenes in life to answer prayers of petition that do sustain our lives in the particulars of bread and forgiveness in the measure we trust him and repent of our sins.

In a world where cause and effect have been shown to operate at so many more points than was earlier imagined, we are forced to ask to what extent prayers of petition and intercession which plead with God for the speedy fulfillment of certain clear objectives, really depend upon a belief in the «God of the gaps».

There is actually nothing religious except in a conventional and formal sense about prayers of petition as just described.

Rejecting the prayer of petition, and the risks that accompany it («Because if it didn't work...»), she simply waits.

But does this discredit the prayer of petition?

Inward sorrow is fulfilled in the prayer of petition; inward joy in the prayer of thanksgiving.

The recorded words of Jesus about prayer deal almost entirely with prayer of petition.

But a still more difficult problem confronts us: how is prayer of petition to be reconciled with the thought of obedience?

To be sure, God is for Jesus almighty, but prayer of petition involves the insight that the concept of omnipotence by no means lies at man's disposal as a way of viewing reality, that man does not in actual fact possess the knowledge of God as the Almighty.

Obedience can be attained only by my confessing my wishes before God, recounting them to Him, as in prayer of petition — not indeed presenting them as a claim, but always accompanied by «Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.»

Anticipating the violent death that is about to strike, Jesus offers perhaps the most basic prayer of petition, which we might call the foxhole prayer: Lord, spare my life.

What makes a desire into a real prayer of petition is the entertainment of that desire chiefly within the consciousness of the tentativeness and inevitable imperfection of the object of desire.

Thus Christian intercession and prayer of petition are not only a possibility but provide a valuable insight into the nature of things.

Not exact matches

In the book of Philippians, the Apostle Paul writes «Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

1 Timothy 2: 1 - 4 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people — for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

«I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people — for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

The only petition of the Lord's Prayer with a condition placed at the conclusion is the one about forgiveness.

An «arrow prayer» is a very simple and direct petition or word of thanksgiving and praise, which may be said at any time and in any place.

Before the quality and range of such petition much of the historic and contemporaneous practice and theory of prayer in the church should stand ashamed.

(Deuteronomy 7:12 - 16) With these for the main objects of petition, prayer was naturally evoked by their lack, and it was typical of early Hebrew as of all immature praying that the negative rather than the positive purpose of prayer was prominent.

In the New Testament the chief office of prayer, whether in petition or thanksgiving, is concerned with spiritual welfare.

Even when the petitions of the Old Testament concerning public matters are not vindictive, they are commonly nationalistic, as, for example, the Isaian plea for divine interposition in Israel's desperate need, (Isaiah 63:15 - 64:12) or Daniel's great prayer for his people, (Daniel 9:4 - 19) or the ejaculatory supplications of Ezekiel, (Ezekiel 9:8; 11:13) or the elaborate petitions in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

James even illustrated the efficacy of petition by Elijah's power to prevent and produce rain, (James 5:17 - 18) but the characteristic and original quality of New Testament prayer is of another stuff altogether.

In pastoral care settings, the context may generate a petition that sends the pray - er on a search for other parts of the prayer: «Almighty and loving God, your son Jesus Christ promised to give rest to the weary.

(Judges 16:28) Between this petition and the prayer of the dying Stephen, the first Christian martyr, «Lord, lay not this sin to their charge,» (Acts 7:60) lies a long road of ethical ascent.

Indeed, it may very well have been known to Jesus, since the first two petitions of the Lord's Prayer appear to be a significantly modified version of it.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Usually these prayers, whether in worship or personal devotions, include petitions for four overlapping groups of people: intimates and friends, public authorities, enemies and the needy.

That has always struck me as an obvious gloss on the second and third petitions of the Lord's Prayer: «Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.»

If the Church in Corinth had been taught by the Apostle Paul that the manner in which one is saved is to pray (verbally or nonverbally) a sincere, penitent, prayer / petition to God, such as a version of the Sinner's Prayer, why does this passage of God's Holy Word discuss baptisms for the dead and not «prayers for the dead», specifically, praying a version of the Sinner's Prayer for theprayer / petition to God, such as a version of the Sinner's Prayer, why does this passage of God's Holy Word discuss baptisms for the dead and not «prayers for the dead», specifically, praying a version of the Sinner's Prayer for thePrayer, why does this passage of God's Holy Word discuss baptisms for the dead and not «prayers for the dead», specifically, praying a version of the Sinner's Prayer for thePrayer for the dead?

This brings us to a fifth kind of petition, the special case of prayers for the recovery of health.

The question as to whether such prayers can expect an answer in the outward order of events, or only in direction and strengthening of the resolution to secure such needed goods for ourselves, carries us on to the fourth angle of petition.

This dual awareness of God's forgiving and empowering grace and our ever - present need of it leads to the next element in prayer, the mood of petition.

The Norito, literally «words spoken to the kami,» or divinity, are largely ritualistic prayers containing stanzas of praise and thanksgiving to the gods, and special petitions suited to the particular occasion for which they are being employed.

Prayer for health and physical well - being involves no different principles from those already stated in reference to other forms of petition.

There can be no doubt that petition is a dominant part of prayer.

The Lord's Prayer in Luke contains the petition «Forgive us our sins (11:4), and it is perhaps unfortunate that we do not commonly use this form instead of «debts» or «trespasses.»

Prayer is so often identified with petition that to put the discussion of it so far along in our analysis may seem artificial.

The petitions of the Lord's Prayer, no doubt used as a table prayer by Jesus when admitted to the hospitality of a home, were actually promptly answered in the house of the son of Prayer, no doubt used as a table prayer by Jesus when admitted to the hospitality of a home, were actually promptly answered in the house of the son of prayer by Jesus when admitted to the hospitality of a home, were actually promptly answered in the house of the son of peace.

In Matthew the Lord's Prayer consists of seven petitions, of which Luke has five.

Petition is a rightful element in prayer; in a sense it is prayer, but only in a setting that makes it an expression of the total religious life.

Most of the prayers and hymns used in the churches over the centuries do not present the message of love leading to justice, but rather individualistic petitions to God, praise of God or sometimes a triumphalistic thanksgiving for being Christians.

I suspect that these prayers must be viewed in the light of Old Testament petitions that «the king might exercise justice (see Ps.

Petition covers a wide range of elements, but should at the least include prayer not only for forgiveness but for wisdom and strength to go forward in closer fellowship with God and obedience to his will.

This is the stream of theology to which Comte, Nietzsche, and Mormon transhumanist Lincoln Cannon belong: We become more godlike through our own efforts of self - transcendence, rather than through humble prayer and petition and self - giving love.

As petition rises out of need or sin, in our first prayer it comes first; but it may fall into a subordinate place when, at the end and height of our worship, we are filled with the fullness of God.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Modern interpretations of prayer as an inner reconciliation with fate, a reverent submission to the purpose of God, are far removed from Jesus; his belief in prayer involves the paradox of the union of trustful petition with the will to surrender.

6.14 is certainly derived ultimately from the central petition of the Lord's Prayer and Mark 8.38 will concern us later — but it does mean that these gospel sayings are a direct source for knowledge of early Christian prophecy, not of the teaching of Jesus.

The old prayers of the church understood this so well and felt it so deeply that every one of them jumps into the moments» petitions after a running start in the eventful history of the people of God.