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Hi Sannhet, Thanks for all the information and I will tell you
I have looking for such information this week for my Q/A job at Blurtit.com. God is great! He answers even unexpressed prayers! The Jesus prayer is indeed a prayer of power and peace. Thank you and blessings on you!
faholo
posted by
faholo
on January 23, 2007 at 7:59 AM
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Sannhet
Your version of the Jesus prayer without the unnecessary "a sinner", makes the prayer so muich more the prayer itself. Only then can I like the cadence, not otherwise. I wonder why a prayer has to be non-assertive by adding those two words "a sinner?" Then what does "Hate the sin and not the sinner mean?" This is tantamount to saying, "I hate myself for being a sinner, O Lord save me from my sins."
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Bhaskar.ing
on January 21, 2007 at 8:49 AM
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sannhet
Sounds great. I just might try this!
posted by
avant-garde
on January 20, 2007 at 3:16 PM
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Sannhet, a powerful prayer indeed. Your mention of the concept of praying unceasingly reminds me of the words of my Teacher. Please excuse the length of this. It is really the last line that burned an impression in my mind: "pray until God relents," however, I find all of the words of my Teacher to be so profound as to not be able to resist posting them in their entirety:
First, establish the reign of Love in your own home, between the various members. Let the family become a centre of harmonious living, of sympathetic understanding, and mutual faith. The holy duty of man is to ever aware of the Spark of God that is installed in every living being; this will make him conscious of the kinship he has with all. This is the basis of the Brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God. Cast away the vice of egoism, the evil of greed and the poison of envy. When you seek joy from something outside you, remember that far greater joy lies in wait in your own inner consciousness (the Kingdom of God is within you); when you are afraid of something or situation outside you, remind yourself that the fear is born, fed and fertilized in your own mind and you can overcome it by denying it. How can fear counter the path of a spiritual aspirant? It can hide in no shadow, it can pester no spiritual aspirant who has God in his heart. Faith in Almighty God is the impregnable armor the spiritual aspirant can wear, and men in all lands are spiritual aspirants, whether they know it or not. Be steady, do not waver. Keep straight on. Hold fast to the ideal; do not despair. Pray until God relents; do not turn away sadly if God does not shower Grace when you expect it.
MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on January 20, 2007 at 12:31 PM
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