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PROTOCOLS OF PRAYER , part 2

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
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The word “Hallowed” has different meanings to different people. To the baseball fan, hallowed is Yankee Stadium or Wrigley Field. To the football fan it’s the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. To the Christian, it’s the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem.

But in New Testament terms, especially the LORD’s PRAYER (below) it means “holy” or “make holy”….from the Greek word “hagiazo”. Today, we continue in our examination of what Jesus meant when He said…”THIS IS HOW YOU PRAY”. Again, the Lord’s Prayer below is a guideline and not meant to be a stand alone prayer as most people make it.
Matthew 6: 8-13:

Our Father in heaven,

      Hallowed be Your name.

      Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

(As aforementioned, the following brief prayers based on each phrase of the Lord’s Prayer, are from my own prayer Journal, bl)

HALLOWED BE THY NAME:

 Heavenly Father Your Name is so Holy the ancients would call you YAHWEH, Jehovah God. Father every Name of Yours and Your Son in the Holy Oracles of Scripture has special meaning sent from You.
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CP, TM AND OM!

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

 

NOTE: (CP, TM and OM are not an Acrostic of a Law Firm or the initials of the Three Stooges…..read on……)!!!
In troubled times, people seek comfort in many ways.

Some look deep inside themselves for the answers.  In fact, many of the great self-help gurus of the past few decades became multi-millionaires selling just that concept. From the loud navel-gazing of Tony Robbins to the teachings of eastern mysticism, all have a form of godliness…but it is the god of this world.
Some look to the sky, without knowing how to ask. In a country where almost 91% of adults have NO Biblical worldview, this is easy to grasp.
Now comes a new thing…actually a New Age thing, which more and more people inside the christian church are getting caught up in. It is the wrong kind of meditation and something called Contemplative Prayer (CP). In some circles, it is called Centering Prayer.
But is it Biblical Prayer? Is it what Jesus called for when He said “…when you pray..” three times in a row in Matthew 6:6? The conclusion is – no way!But what are the differences? Here are some of my thoughts in brief, as I attempt to get us to think about the simplicity and clarity of True Christian prayer.
Concerning CP and Christ-based Praying:
One is based on eastern mysticism, the other, not. One is based on self-realization through looking inside yourself, the other is not. One is based on emptying your mind and letting in universal “truths” in, the other is not….and on and on. One is even promoted by certain christian ‘teachers’ ….
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