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There are numerous sites devoted to prayer and meditation. The United Church has several pages. Here are a couple. . United Church of Christ Calendar of Prayer offers a guideline for lectionary readings, a prayer for the week, and descriptions each day of the UCC ministry throughout the world. http://www.ucc.org/worship/calendar/ United Church of Christ Prayer Chapel. A quiet place to share prayers with UCC congregations across the country. Members of other congregations will lift up your prayers along with you. http://forums.ucc.org/viewforum.php?f=1
Find a prayer on Beliefnet: http://www.beliefnet.com/prayeroftheday/prayer_main.asp#calendar The Upper Room provides news, resources for small groups, spiritual growth, cross cultural issues. http://www.upperroom.org/ A site that answers several questions about prayer, such as "Why Pray," and "What is praying with the spirit." http://www.gotquestions.org/prayer_archive.html Christian Classics Ethereal Library has many documents online including books, such as Confessions of St Augustine and the Pilgrim's Progress. Many books in "printer friendly" formats. This link will take you to Practicing the Presence, which is about Brother Lawrence. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/lawrence/practice.html
What is Prayer? Prayer is unity. Prayer is a common ground that people of all cultures, races, religions, color, creed, or sex can relate too. Everyone has there own "version" of "God" but they "Believe" in something. Prayer breaks down the barriers of society whether it is education, economic status, or role schemas. Prayer takes off the masks of society and forces EVERYONE who believes in it that we are all people united under one GOD. And under that unity, we all have NEEDS whether it is emotional, physical pain, worries, paranoia, miscommunication, misunderstandings, etc. God is trying to help heal ALL of his children. God doesn't discriminate-- why should we? What makes us so different than Him? Because society sets these standards? Unfortunately yes! But it shouldn't be that way.
God understands our desires not just through the
occasional utterances we call "prayers" in the traditional sense, but
through every thought we think, every word we speak, and everything we do. |
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