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To KNOW God's NAME , to put TRUST IN him, and to SEEK him are all ideals of
Old Testament piety, of which the people of ISRAEL often fell short. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. PSALM9:10 E.S.V.. |
Imprecatory PrayerImprecatory prayer ,is the vehement expression before God that harm may come to someone. Asking that someone be cursed. Jesus told his disciples to return a blessing for a curse (Lk 6:28) echoed in Romans 12:14.
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Lamb of GodBehold ! The Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world! JOHN 1:29 ar-NEE-on am-NOS- tou the-OU (pronunciation) |
Paul however curses those who preach another gospel Gal 1:8
and anyone who does not love the Lord. 1 Co 16:22 as well as the high priest who ordered him to be struck A.A. 23:3 Psalm 109 asks God to bring calamity after calamity upon those who have oppressed and abused and assailed God's people. |
ARNION, AMNOS TOU THEOU
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Imprecatory prayer has been used by God's oppressed people seriously calling for the suppression of the wicked that divine justice be vindicated in this world:
that the relief of the oppressed would be to the glory of God. May the will of God be done. |
and as a sheep before his shearers is silent
so he did not open his mouth. ISAIAH 53:7 NIV |
IntercessionThough a rapt attention to God dominates prayer, within this attention , thoughts and acts must arise from time to time.Now when these thoughts and acts
(these ripples on the deep pool of contemplation) are born of that profound feeling of love and compassion which cannot long remain untouched by our neighbour's |
My LampFor You are my lamp, O Lord; The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.
2 SAMUEL 22:29 NKJV Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. PSALM 119:105 |
needs and griefs, then surely intercession of the very best kind is exercised by us.
For intercession is a special and deliberate way of exercising love, in the most complete union with the love of God.. And to be in perfect charity with all men is already to intercede for them. EVELYN UNDERHILL |
LawgiverFor the LORD is our Judge
The LORD is our Lawgiver The LORD is our King He will save us: ISAIAH 33:22 NKJV |
The prayer of Intercessionis a form of the prayer of petition, in which we pray for others. The one who is interceding is praying to God in order to obtain some particular benefit for his fellow human beings: a benefit that is always related, more or less directly, to the spiritual aim of his or their union with God.
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There is one Lawgiver,
who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another ? JAMES 4:12 NKJV A Leader |
In order to fulfil his role, the intercessor has to be in contact with God by a living faith, and with his brothers by sincere charity, so that he himself becomes as it were a conductor wire, through which the divine power of deliverance and salvation can pass to reach his brothers.
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Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people,
A leader and a commander for the people. ISAIAH 55:4 NKJV He leads me beside the still waters. PSALM 23:2 NKJV |
INTERCESSION IS LOVE ON ITS KNEES'
Intercession is being with God with other people on your heart. A description of an intercessor may be found in Isaiah 64:7 A V ............ one that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; |
..........and the sheep hear his voice:
and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. PSALM 10:3 NKJV Life |
General IntercessionsIn the general intercessions or prayer of the faithful, the people exercise their priestly function by interceding for all mankind.
The priest directs the prayer: with a brief introduction he invites the people to pray: |
Jesus said (to Martha) " I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me,
though he may die, he shall live." JOHN 11: 25 NKJV When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. COLOSSIANS 3:4 |
after the intentions he says the concluding prayer. It is desirable that the intentions be announced by the deacon, cantor or other person. The congregation makes its petition either by a common response after each intention or by silent prayer.
see Bidding Prayer on Page3 |
The LifegiverThe Spirit of GOD has made me
The breath of the Almighty gives me life. JOB 33:4 |
Listed IntercessionQuite a large proportion of believers find a valid prayer style here. Many have long
lists of people and things to pray for , and they work through their lists regularly. |
LightI have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me
should not abide in darkness. JOHN 12:46 NKJV |
PROMPTED INTERCESSIONWhen the ego is lessened and the mind is still, in the silence between prayers, or in the middle of the night, if we awake thinking of someone, we should always pray for them and for their situation, giving thanks for them to god who knows their
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Light EverlastingYour sun shall no longer go dawn, nor shall your moon withdraw itself
For the Lord will be your everlasting light ISAIAH 60:20 NKJV |
needs, and interceding for their physical and spiritual provision and protection,
blessing and sanctification, forgiveness and healing, in Jesus name. INTERIOR PRAYER |
Light to the GentilesI will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people
as a light to the Gentiles, to open blind eyes to bring out prisoners from the prison |
The love and forgiveness which we express in interior prayer reaches out into the living milieu of the whole of humanity ! Our interior spiritual activity is not bound within the borders of our own body. The interior prayer of a Christian is powerfully
part of the interaction of the spiritual forces that permeate all of creation. " We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses" HEBREWS 12:1 |
Those who sit in darkness
from the prison house ISAIAH 42:6-7 NKJV Light of the World |
"Now through believers (the church) the wisdom of God is made known to the rulers and authorities in heavenly realms." ! EPHESIANS 3:10
From within the deep spiritual attitudes of our heart, the Holy Spirit communicates himself in love and truth in a communication which in the spiritual environment is public ! |
Jesus spoke to them again saying, "I am the Light of the world.
He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." JOHN 8:12 NKJV |
Someone who is open to God in contemplation, letting the light and love of God enter into his heart, will, in his interior prayer, communicate into the spiritual environment ---in a secret and hidden way---the light and love of GOD.
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