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| Prayer - What is It? by Thetus
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| Prayer is breath to the spirit.
It is the lifeline to the soul.
It is the tether to the eternal.
Prayer is communication between creature and
creator.
It is the eye into the invisible.
It is the ear to the unspoken.
Prayer is the access into the heavenlies.
It is the activator of the miraculous.
Prayer is enlightenment to the mind.
It is understanding to the emotions.
Prayer is man's greatest opportunity.
It is man's daily challenge.
It is man's amazing possibility.
Prayer is the mystery of all mysteries.
It is as complex as creation.
It is as simple as a child's talk.
It is the most powerful power available to man.
It is more piercing than a laser.
It is the seed of all things
possible.
It is the finality of man's ability.
Prayer is man plugged into God.
It is God working through
man.
Prayer is creative, destructive, cohesive, dividing, awe-inspiring, frightening, possible and probable.
Prayer is bigger than can be imagined.
It is faster than a beam of light.
It is endless inpossibilities.
It can be more concentrated than an atom.
Prayer is forceful, tender, shattering, healing, complex and simple.
Prayer has never been totally understood, completely explained or utterly exhausted.
It is beyond the wisest
man's comprehension.
It can be effectively used by a child.
All the words ever known cannot adequately describe
it.
Yet it can be reduced to a single word.
Every language can speak it.
Only God can understand it.
Practice it and find peace.
Believe in it and find faith.
Let it consume you and really live.
Prayer
- the unimaginable, imcomprehensible, obtainable connection between the finite and the infinite, the earth bound and the Almighty
who fills the universe.
Prayer - God's gift to man.
Use it. Engage it. Revel in it. Enjoy it. Reap from
its riches.
Sing it. Read it. Think it. Speak it.
"Men ought always to pray..."
The Bible
is a book of prayers. There are over 600 recorded prayers. There are long prayers and short prayers. There are desperate prayers
and prayers of devotion and thanksgiving. There are requests and rebukes and repentance. There are prayers of destruction,
life-giving prayers, and multiple intercessions. There are prayers from a lonely woman, a fearful child, a frightened fisherman,
a patriarch, an apostle, a prophet and a disciple.
Leaders prayed. Nations prayed. Friends prayed. Groups prayed.
Individuals prayed. Sinners prayed. Saints prayed.
Jesus prayed.
"When you pray..."
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