Sentences with phrase «thinking about prayer»

Perhaps we need to adjust our thinking about prayer.

If there is one thing we learn from the Lord's prayer in Luke 11:1, it is that the best ways to think about prayer is to view it as simply having a conversation with God.

So I took advantage of this opportunity and it actually helped me understand myself and my thoughts about prayer a little better.

His book is one that taught me think about prayer and the presence of God the way I do.

Think about your prayer life.

See what she thinks about prayer in schools, abstinence education, intel design in schools.

While serving as a dorm parent at the Black Forest Academy, a school in Germany for the children of international Christian workers and international business families who want a North American curriculum that incorporates a Christian worldview, Paterson began to think about prayer and what a prayer might look like if it had a physical shape.

Not exact matches

We share our hearts with God through prayer and tell Him what we're excited about, what we're worried about, and what we are thinking about.

If one of the independent variables in an outcome, (besides an actual act of god), is prayer, then think about it... you do have a brain, right?

I want everyone here to think for a second about the muslim men who were arrested at the Twin Cities airport because they said their prayers at the gate — they were delayed, arrested, questioned not ON the plane but even BEFORE they got on it.

I find myself learning more and more about my emotions, my thoughts, my viewpoints and my deep heart - wrenched prayers through writing.

We can prayerfully think about an outright gift, a loan or maybe what is best is prayer and encouragement.

I began to engage in prayer but, slowly, my mind switched over to thoughts about the next day.

Hmm — whose prayers change things, and why doesn't all prayer change things... a friend asked for a new house — got one; another friend asked to be cured from leukemia, God didn't answer her prayers — she died; another friend asked for wisdom on how to care for her elderly father, an alcoholic — still drinks, she still has no knowledge on what to do about it — never thought to maybe look up information about elder care.

You know what they say about prayer,» Prayer: Doing nothing and still think you're helping» I'll keep you posted on whether they are making any chprayer,» Prayer: Doing nothing and still think you're helping» I'll keep you posted on whether they are making any chPrayer: Doing nothing and still think you're helping» I'll keep you posted on whether they are making any changes.

Dude, if you think he deserves your prayers, what about the kids that have been victimized?

«If you are just twittering to God your prayers throughout the day, then you are not taking the time to think about what you're praying.

Right wing conservative types have a Jesus who is against gay marraige, is anti-abortion, thinks there should be prayer in school, and teaches the prosperity stuff and so on... Left wing liberal Christians quote the verses about giving up possessions, feeding and clothing the poor... inner city Christians often have a Jesus who is about social justice... we were made in His image?

@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.

Now think about the excuses Christians give when God does not «answer prayers.»

In other words, we should think about and commit ourselves to some consistent prayer rhythms.

Approaching someone about sin should something that is done with a lot of thought and prayer.

If they weren't «good» and started praying and became «good,» that says something positive, I think, about prayer...

And, when she describes that change, what she ends up describing is what already more - or-less exists, namely: mainline christianity, embracing the reformed and the catholic, the scientific and the traditional, which has been doing (never perfectly, to be sure) the sort of deep thinking, social justice, and disciplined prayer that she talks about continually while the evangelicals were breaking off to do their own thing (the thing she seems to want them to stop doing) throughout the twentieth century.

And it's quite scary to think that he might actually not be there to hear and care about our prayers.

The way a person of faith is called to prayer, what words they articulate during prayer, and their thoughts and intentions while praying speak volumes about their particular faith....

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.

as far as IM concerned topher is nOT doing it so he can fell better.your argument does NOT support your response (topher only does it dso he can feel better about himself) Topher beliecves strongly the prayer works regardless of what YOU think ok?

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.

It's amazing to think about providing young people with the form of a lament or a prayer and then inviting them to create their own the way they do in poetry circles.

Pastors and mentors will of course feel compelled to offer guidance and prayer as young adults navigate the tricky terrain of sexuality, but they should not be deceived into thinking that the all the questions about faith, science, technology, religious pluralism, politics, justice, equality, and ethics emerging from the Millennial generation are related to sex and can be solved by abstaining from it.

One thinks of Theresa with her comparison of the life of prayer to a medieval castle, of John of the Cross with his lovely story of the lover in the garden of cypresses, and of Meister Eckhart (the most abstract of them all) with his talk about a spark of deity that seems to become the very self of the person praying.

(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.)

What concerns me the most about the mindset of these people is that they think sports are important enough to warrant a prayer — if they're that certain prayer works, shouldn't they be embarrassed about not using their religious fervour to pray for more important matters?

Now meditation as an exercise in prayer is no different from this sort of natural and normal human experience, except that it is thought about God, about God's character and his activity in the world.

Prayer, we saw, always centers in an I - thou relation, not in merely thinking about an impersonal Principle that might be referred to as «It.»

The thing about social media is that it captures our first reactions — before reflection, before conversation, before prayer, before second - thoughts.

@ Brigette — yeah, I don't want to be a Hare Krishna either... I do like what you say regarding thinking about your parents and grandparents teaching you the prayers — nice sentiment there even for folks like me who don't pray anymore.

The theological conversation about interfaith relations is important, Cragg accepts, but he thinks there is an equally urgent need to move beyond theological propositions and to be informed by what he calls «a community of reverence,» «a converse of soul» in joint prayer and worship.

People who replace a typical five - minute extemporaneous prayer with a set of five or so collects often remark on the experience of spending that much time in prayer thinking about God rather than about their own needs.

In contrast, some other prayer forms — including those shaped by the formula of the acronym ACTS (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication), so popular in some traditions — may serve to balance elements of prayer, but not necessarily in a way that helps us think about the flow or connections between the elements.

I'm not sure how that relates to the topic anymore, except thinking about the praying morning and evening and table prayers, brought down through the generations, makes me think of my parents and grandparents who taught them to us and prayed them with us, diligently and who certainly would be hurt by our going from them to a thousand Hare Krishna's every day.

That moment can be filled individually with a prayer of any faith, with true silence for the meditation people, with nothing in particular for the atheists, or with thoughts about how you are going to remodel your kitchen next week for those who really have no idea about it.

The killing Jihad which is what you are thinking about is only permissible in the rare case that a muslim is not allowed to praise Allah in any way whatsoever and that killing can only be against that individual that is not allowing the prayer.

Just let thoughts arise in your mind, and when you notice that you're thinking about something, turn that thought into a prayer.

People likely never think about what their prayers must sound like to God.

I think that the key to Jesus promises in prayer is what he says about «praying in his name.»

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,

Reflecting on her prayer not being answered she said: «I think about Jesus in the garden in Gethsemane and he's praying, sweating drops of blood in earnest praying out to God the father, giving him his desires... but your will be done.

And yet, in Africa and elsewhere fresh materials are «being introduced into scripture, prayers, hymns and liturgy» which could have an effect on «how people in the West think and speak about the gospel and the church.»