NounSingular prayer Plural prayers prayer (plural prayers)
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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional connection to some greater power in the universe through deliberate intentional practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words, song, or complete silence. When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creedal statement, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and worship/praise. Prayer may be directed towards a deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshiping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing sins or to express one's thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others. Most major religions involve prayer in one way or another. Some ritualize the act of prayer—requiring a strict sequence of actions, or placing a restriction on who is permitted to pray—while many teach that prayer may be practiced spontaneously by anyone at any moment. Scientific studies regarding the use of prayer have mostly concentrated on its effect on the healing of sick or injured people. The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical healing to a deity has been evaluated in numerous studies, with contradictory results. There has been some criticism of the way the studies were conducted. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What prayer should I pray before I go to sleep? Q. I am trying to get in the habit of praying before I go to sleep but I find I don't know what prayer if any I should say. I usually first ask God for forgiveness (for all my sins), to watch over me, my family and friend and to take away my burdens, after that I usually find my self rambling or talking to God about stupid things... Is there a structured Christian prayer I should pray? Something from the Bible I could start off with maybe? Asked by karlat - Fri Jun 5 19:14:19 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. I personally think the best prayers are personal ones. When I taught my children how to pray we would always kneel at their bedside they would: 1) Address their Heavenly Father (Dear Heavenly Father) 2) Give thanks (acknowledge all your blessings and all you are grateful for at His hand) 3) Request help/express needs/concerns/worries/pr oblems (express from your heart) 4) pray for others 5) acknowledge sins and pray for forgiveness 6) misc (anything else you need to share with Him - He is your Heavenly Father - He loves you - He wants to hear from you!) 7) Close in the name of Jesus Christ - Amen That is a basic format for personal prayer and beats a wrote repeated prayer anytime in my book! And if you can pray privately and out loud… [cont.] Answered by LindaLoo - Fri Jun 5 19:26:56 2009 What are some good prayer sites on the web? Q. For example, a prayer chain or prayer wall type of website. Maybe even a live site, where people pray with you. Asked by Mike - Wed Nov 5 20:41:08 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. i know godtube.com has an interactive prayer wall... Answered by Dave - Wed Nov 5 20:53:00 2008 What is a prayer normally said at a funeral?
Q. I'm doing an online funeral for my cat and I need to know a prayer. I know it sounds odd but we don't have her body and we don't exactly know what happened to her. I would really appreciate it. Thank you. Asked by Rachel B - Sun Mar 29 18:41:12 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Dry Your Tears You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that she ll come back or you can open your eyes and see all she s left, Your heart can be empty because you can t see her or you can be full of the love you shared, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday, You can remember her and only that she s gone or you can cherish her memory and let it live on, You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back, or you can do what she d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. A Celtic Blessing On the day when the weight deadens on our shoulders, may the clay dance to balance you. And… [cont.] Answered by Maiara - Sun Mar 29 18:53:22 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "prayer" Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate, commonly with a sequence of words, with a deity or spirit for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing sins, as an act of reparation or to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may take the form of intercession, a hymn, incantation or a spontaneous utterance in the person's praying words. Secularly, the term can also be used in referring too "hope". ContentsSourcedPrayer invites the Eternal Presence to suffuse or spirits and let God's will prevail in our lives. ~ Shaarei Tefillah
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