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there will come a time when we have to fight for the food in our pantry. Some times prayer is not enough prayer wihtout works is like a bulldozer without diesel it can tear down mountains but not without diesel.
posted by
spinner
on August 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM
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I keep the Lord on my mind at all times. I think about Him constantly! I talk to Him about everything! sam
posted by
sam444
on August 2, 2008 at 4:19 PM
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We, as a country (USA), used to share similar values, and prayer was one of them! It is very sad that we have gotten so far removed from God, and yet we wonder why we are seeing higher incidents of crime, of people acting out without a moral compass. Until we repent of our selfishness, and turn back to God, I am afraid we will continue to spiral downward.
posted by
Rainbow_Writer
on August 2, 2008 at 3:39 PM
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Re:Sinome!
This was a well scripted comment...even well-strategized! Yet, prayer has been isolated from the gamut of spiritual practices and given prime coverage...by all religions. In fact , what should be taking place is communing with God. This is all done above language. Hence the importance of meditation. What was meant to be multi-faceted approach to communing with God was reduced to only praying. All other approaches to God-union were down-played. To commune is to have a 2-way telephone linkage. Christ said... Me and my father are one! This is the eventual conclusion of spiritual effort. The spark of God in you is the same substance as God. With effort, the reality of soul emerges. God speaks thru you just as the dastardly devil speaks thru his kind. Prayer may have psychological implications but it is the other spiritual practices that pull through. Oneness with God is the goal. Can you go past the devotee-God relationship into one where you can say ...me and my father are one! This is the highlight of spiritual striving. Cut the dark side down...and you can realize that!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on August 2, 2008 at 12:43 PM
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I am learning the discipline of just handing my life to God with
meditation. He knows better than I do what my needs are. Why else would I be where I am today.
By keeping my eyes on God, I keep evil away. It does actually work. When I take my problems back as I do because I am weak I have doubts and am scared and everything seems to go wrong.
posted by
Kabu
on August 2, 2008 at 6:33 AM
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Strange....when I pray...it has never been with a question that needed an answer...perhaps this is the reason why I feel that prayer works for me - just to comfort my thoughts as I think them through in my mind. And on the rare occasions I do ask a question, it is generally answered in subtle ways - but I guess that could be just my imagination overworking itself and making something out of nothing. No one prays the best and no one prays the worst - I feel that prayer is only something used to let us feel like our souls are not always alone...
posted by
NiteTide
on August 1, 2008 at 10:32 PM
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I enjoyed this one...
Food for thought...I try my best to do exactly what you speak of here, but it remains a constant struggle each day. Many people just give up that fight and do what is easy to do, what feels good, what brings short term joy without thinking about eternity...
posted by
celiaeli
on August 1, 2008 at 4:45 PM
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101 that was very well written. it kept me riveted to it until the last word but it also quite depressing. True that I am one of the uninformed masses, one of the many that has not been enlightened by the knowledge you seem to possess and that shines in your words, but the thought that in prayer I can get closer to G-d does sooth me. I do not expect every prayer of mine to be answered. I accept that because I know that In the scheme of things I am less than a spec of dust to an entity like G-d, but at the same time, I am his speck of dust. I believe that he created me and therefore bears some responsibility for what happens to me. Like a father that has many children, He cannot listen to all of us at the same time, He hears us all, but He helps he who he knows needs it most and for whom he does not have different plans, plans that we know nothing about. Another analogy would be G-d as the president of a huge nation, He would be privy to intelligence reports that we his citizens would know nothing about and he would act with that knowledge. His actions then might look strange or unfair to us citizens but He knows better . The bottom line is that at the very minimum prayer is an act of faith, and faith does not need to be reassured by a response to that prayer because faith by definition is believing in something without having proof of its existence. If there was no prayer, where would we go in times of dispair... what would we do in the face of pain and sickness and death... There is a reason most of the world prays... prayer is hope. Great post 101, made me sad but it also made me think.
posted by
Sinome
on August 1, 2008 at 4:43 PM
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