Showing posts with label salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salvation. Show all posts
Friday, January 31, 2014
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
WHAT IS PRAYER ?
"Prayer is one of the greatest tools one can have in the world because it opens the door to a dialogue with God. To pray is to know to whom you are speaking, rather than the form it takes. Prayer means that one is engaged in a dialogue with God in particular. Prayer means that you are beginning a dialogue with the One Who created you, the One who never left you, and you are reestablishing that connection within your mind, within your heart, and giving yourself the opportunity to have a deeper experience with Source. Prayer is the opportunity to transcend the world in any given moment and connect with what is really True and Real. When one chooses prayer, one is choosing to step aside from all that seems to be happening and seek connection with their Father.
"If you say a prayer to God and you stop
"If you say a prayer because you think you should, because it is the right thing to do, because it couldn't hurt, or out of an obligation or responsibility, again the prayer does not fulfill its function. A prayer can be as simple as "Hello, God" or "Thank You, God" or it can be an unending dialogue about anything you want to share with God. Prayer need not happen in a physical church, but in the church within you. If you are walking down the street, driving in your car, or shopping in a store, and you have the thought to say hello to God, thank God, or ask for something in as light-hearted and casual a way or as serious a way as you feel called, it is all the same.
Many believe they must be serious and reverent in their prayers with God, and yet that is unnecessary. Remembering God in a happy moment as well as a challenging moment is a wonderful blessing for everyone, and to connect with God in whatever place you are is always welcome.
"Prayer is necessary in the process of hearing God's Voice. It is not that you must get on your knees and pray the rosary this many times a day in these particular ways and then you will someday hear God. Prayer is what opens the dialogue. One person has to start talking for another person to talk back. It does not matter who talks first, what is said, where, how, or anything else, though as long as two people sit silently, no dialogue will occur. It could be said that God talks to you at all times, and at some point, you acknowledge that and you talk back and that is prayer. Then you hear God more specifically because you are now engaged in the conversation. Once you start a conversation through prayer, whatever that looks like, the relationship begins..."
WHAT IS PRAYER ?
"Prayer is one of the greatest
tools one can have in the world because it opens the door to a dialogue
with God. To pray is to know to whom you are speaking, rather than the
form it takes. Prayer means that one is engaged in a dialogue with God
in particular. Prayer means that you are beginning a dialogue with the
One Who created you, the One who never left you, and you are
reestablishing that connection within your mind, within your heart, and
giving yourself the opportunity to have a deeper experience with Source.
Prayer is the opportunity to transcend the world in any given moment
and connect with what is really True and Real. When one chooses prayer,
one is choosing to step aside from all that seems to be happening and
seek connection with their Father.
"If you say a prayer to God and you stop
"If you say a prayer because you think
you should, because it is the right thing to do, because it couldn't
hurt, or out of an obligation or responsibility, again the prayer does
not fulfill its function. A prayer can be as simple as "Hello, God" or
"Thank You, God" or it can be an unending dialogue about anything you
want to share with God. Prayer need not happen in a physical church, but
in the church within you. If you are walking down the street, driving
in your car, or shopping in a store, and you have the thought to say
hello to God, thank God, or ask for something in as light-hearted and
casual a way or as serious a way as you feel called, it is all the same.
Many believe they must be serious and
reverent in their prayers with God, and yet that is unnecessary.
Remembering God in a happy moment as well as a challenging moment is a
wonderful blessing for everyone, and to connect with God in whatever
place you are is always welcome.
"Prayer is necessary in the process of
hearing God's Voice. It is not that you must get on your knees and pray
the rosary this many times a day in these particular ways and then you
will someday hear God. Prayer is what opens the dialogue. One person has
to start talking for another person to talk back. It does not matter
who talks first, what is said, where, how, or anything else, though as
long as two people sit silently, no dialogue will occur. It could be
said that God talks to you at all times, and at some point, you
acknowledge that and you talk back and that is prayer. Then you hear God
more specifically because you are now engaged in the conversation. Once
you start a conversation through prayer, whatever that looks like, the
relationship begins..."
