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In this view asking, seeking, and knocking are all metaphors for the act of prayer. In the original language the terms ask, seek, and knock are/were intended to mean a continuous act versus a one-time act: Ask (and keep asking), and it will be given you. Seek (and keep seeking), and you will find.
Prayer may occur privately and individually (sometimes called affective prayer), [12] or collectively, shared by or led on behalf of fellow-believers of either a specific faith tradition or a broader grouping of people. [13] Prayer can be incorporated into a daily "thought life", in which one is in constant communication with a god.
Christian prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms used for this practice. [1]Christian prayers are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, such as from a breviary, which contains the canonical hours that are said at fixed prayer times.
The Lord's Prayer (Le Pater Noster), by James Tissot. The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer attributed to Jesus.
Daniel, a Bible hero in the Old Testament, had some really big asks in his prayer time. He believed in God with all his heart, was willing to risk his life for that faith, and prayed before his ...
Televangelists often ask viewers to pray a Sinner's prayer with them, one phrase at a time, to become a Christian. Quite commonly, such a prayer appears at the conclusion of a tract and is recited in a religious service or other public service as an invitation for congregants to affirm their faith, sometimes as part of an altar call. It is said ...
The prayer of petition is at its heart an act of faith in that the one praying must believe first, in the existence of God; and second, that God is both willing and able to grant the petition. The Catechism states that asking forgiveness, coupled with trusting humility, should be the first movement of a prayer of petition (see Contrition ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? The World English Bible translates the passage as: Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? The Novum Testamentum Graece text is: