What is Prayer?

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What is Prayer?

A Poem about Prayer

Different Kinds of Prayer

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What is Prayer?

  • Prayer affirms our belief that there is something beyond our small, separate identity. When we pray we acknowledge that we are part of something bigger than ourselves.
  • Prayer means we are willing to believe that this force of which we are a part is loving or, at the very least, has some interest in us. Otherwise why would we bother engaging with it? Prayer is a reaching out and a letting in of Love.
  • Prayer for some means the belief that God will change our world for us. For me it means that prayer works first in ourselves. God works in me to change my mind. As I change, the world and/or my experience of the world also changes.
  • Prayer suggests a belief that we are united in a way that we cannot understand with our physical senses. If I believe my prayer for you makes a difference to you, then I believe my thoughts and words can change your life.
  • Prayer is one way to open our minds to let in love.
    Only the love is real. The love of God is always HERE for us, NOW.

“Lift up your heads, O you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.”
(Psalm 24: 5, NIV, Prayer Bible quote)

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A Poem About Prayer


Something Bigger Than Me

When I pray, I say:
‘There is something bigger than me,
something I am connected to
something aligned with what is best for me.’

It is a positive change
from thinking thoughts that say:
‘I am small, I am alone.
Things will always be this way.’




It’s OK to practise believing in a God that cares about you.

“Turn to the Name of God for your release, and it is given you. No prayer but this is necessary, for it holds them all within it. Words are insignificant, and all requests unneeded when God's Son calls on his Father's Name. His Father's Thoughts become his own.”
(W-183.10, A Course In Miracles)

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Different kinds of prayer

Here are some different kinds of prayer and links to other articles on the website when available.

  • The practice of gratitude

  • Worship and devotion

  • Prayer through hymns and other songs

  • Visualisation and affirmation

  • Finding God in nature
    (Spiritual poems have been submitted to a-spiritual-journey-of-healing about God in nature.)

  • Liturgical prayer

  • Prayer through ritual
  • Meditation as a form of prayer in which we take time to sit in silence to receive God's love and God's wisdom.

Wishing you the riches and blessings of a prayer-filled life,

Katherine

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15 Spiritual Love Poems
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For 14 years, Katherine T Owen was severely disabled with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, unable to walk, with little speech, and with inadequate care.

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