Jesus Prayer

nature differs from Cotton’s views. Edwards sees the bodily nature of faith expressing itself in ways similar to athletics: working outwardly in prayer or Bible preparation to make the heart stronger. The effectiveness of an athlete on game day is not possible without the preparation and practice previously put in. Similarly, these unseen acts such as prayer and reading the Bible are crucial in obtaining a persistent and strong heart that is able to vigorously seek the Lord. These are not the…

don’t drink much and never get drunk, and I’ll profess that I believe the Lord is my savior and died for my sins. Besides that, my logic takes over and I question too many things. Take, for instance, last Sunday in church. We’ve been called to prayer, so we stand and close our eyes. After a few seconds, when the preacher’s words were in full swing, I open mine back up! Then, I noticed something that I hadn’t noticed since my childhood.…

If God is good, why evil? If God is all-good (omnibenevolent), all-powerful (omnipotent), and all-knowing (omniscient), why does evil occur? These are the questions most suffering people ask concerning God. Most of the time, we blame God for our pain, sorrow, grief, and distress that happen to us. The question that come in our mind is why me? Last Wednesday, I was on call. When the nurse called me, she informed me about a woman who was lying on the hospital bed while her daughter is…

meditation and then prayer brings God closer to us as humans and we are sometimes not able to see ourselves and what we can do better; but by meditation and study, we can seek God’s will and way and come into it. The Anglican divine Jeremy Taylor declares, Meditation is the duty of all. I now believe this whole heartily, as I embrace meditation along with my prayer life; I would be able to walk and hear God clearly, without doubt and know he is speaking. Mediation leads us into pure prayers and…

My book is a biography of George Muller, The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphanage, by Janet & Geoff Benge. This is a really good Christian book. George Muller is Christian from Germany. In Bristol, a lot of people were dying from cholera, so they held a prayer meeting together to encourage one another. He assured that Bristol, where he is at now, is the mission field. In the mission field, he made breakfast club for the starving children who don't have home or parents or food to eat.…

Invitation to the Study of Religion, religion is defined on a scholarly level with a form of reductionism, by reducing things to actions, such as; “Sacrificial rituals, prayer, meditation” (Cunningham). The Muslim prayers, called salat are a way of making contact with Allah, their god. The word salat does not neatly translate as prayer but more like worship, or direct contact with God. After all “sacred spaces are religious centers at which the heavenly and earthly meet, sites that act as…

especially during our weakest moments. Prayer is a very strong tool that…

Scriptures personifies ideal motherhood, her prayer for a son and subsequent psalm of thanksgiving is indeed a splendid model today for a person’s petitions and response. In the Old Testament, Hannah’s prayer is the only prayer from a women. In fact, “until that point men did all liturgical speaking and prayer publicly, for the entire community, making Hannah‘s prayer a revolutionary act.” Therefore, her supplication for a son is an example to all, as a prayer that God answered. Yet, even…

Who is God for you? Ever since I was young, I was taught to go to school and at the end of the night to pray to God. So that’s what I did; I tried my hardest to get good grades in school and pray to God at night. Both of my parents are Christians. In fact most, if not all, of my family are Christians. So I was raised in a Christian household. I’ve been going to a catholic school since first grade. Personally I don’t think my faith is as strong as I want it to be and I never noticed how low my…

In developing a spiritual growth plan for my life, and developing a plan for the coming three weeks, I enter this assignment in meditative prayer, seeking God’s help in selecting a discipline that is not as strong and consistent as it should be. While there are a number of disciplines that I could select for this assignment, in my heart, and what I believe God is pointing me to, is fasting. I recognize the importance that fasting has in my spiritual journey, and should be approach in a very…