Christians' Prayer

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Christians' Prayer

Prayer has been described as "the life breath of the Christian faith".

In it's simplest definition, prayer is "talking to God". Prayer has

always been a part of religion, especially the Christian faith.

Christian prayer is not compulsory, and unlike religions like Islam

there is no set time or place in which to pray. The Christian faith

teaches that we can pray to God wherever and whenever we need to. The

disciples asked Jesus how to pray. Jesus' reply is his model prayer

which is still a good way to pray today:

"Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy

will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily

bread; and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is

the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen."

Matthew ch 6 v 9 - 13

This prayer contains the basic elements of prayer. Reverence for God

is upheld ("holy is Your name") and He is acknowledged as Father (a

fundamental and unique aspect of the Christian faith). The prayer

displays mankind's dependence on God ("Give us this day our daily

bread") and how we must put aside our own desires to follow God's will

("Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"). This act of

self sacrifice was demonstrated in the extreme by Jesus Himself at

Gethsemane, soon before his crucifixion. He prayed: "Father, if thou

art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but

thine, be done". God's eternal nature is reflected, as is humans

sinfulness and need for forgiveness. This in turn leads to our need to...

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...od can teach us nothing

beyond how facts are related to and conditioned by each

other...knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what

should be. One can have the clearest and most complete knowledge of

what is, and yet not be able to deduce from that what should be the

goal of our human aspirations. This goal is to please our Creator."

Many other intelligent and knowledgeable people have found themselves

concluding that the Bible is the word of God, and that He must exist.

This Bible says that this God is a loving being who wants a

relationship with us. In this way, Christianity can be "proved", yet

there are still steps of faith to be taken (i.e. - prayer). There must

be some element of faith involved in Christianity as there is in every

religion. However, it is not "blind" faith as many people think.

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