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369 names , titles and epithets of our Lord |
Symbolic Slowness PrayerSymbolic slowness prayer is a form of prayer where we slow down our pace of activity in order to give our actions significant prayerful meaning as our actions become gesrures which express our prayer meaningfully.
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Voice from HeavenFor He received from God the Father honour and glory when such a voice came to him from the Excellent Glory: This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.
And we heard this voive which came fromHeaven |
When dressing in the morning. we may do so in haste with thoughts of concern for our timetable of perhaps with very few thoughts save an anxiety to hurry and keep going.
In symbolic slowness prayer, the action of slipping on your socks and shoes may become; before God, a very deliberate putting on of personal integrity and social |
when we were with Him on the holy mountain
2nd PETER Ch 1 v 17 & 18 NKJV Harken unto His VOICE I heard the voice of Jesus say " Come unto me and rest." I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad. |
justice. The socks may represent the personal integrity which we intend to put on ourselves and our shoes may symbolize the justice in which we intend to walk by God,s grace during the day
Putting on our socks and shoes can become a dramatic communication of our heartfelt prayer in the presence of the Lord our God.. |
I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad.
HORATIUS BONNAR 1808-1889 STILL SMALL VOICE .. . . . . The LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice ! KINGS 19:12 NKJV |
In symbolic slowness prayer we are at once asking for grace and saying yes to God's call.
Slowness prayer is a form of prayer used in the course of everyday life. An intentional refocusing of one's attention permits an awareness of the divine presence with us in our own experience of the day.. |
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
"To day if you will hear His Voice, do not harden your hearts. . . . . HEBREWS 3:7 |
The warm sun through the bus window caresses your cheek.
In a moment of reflected awareness prayer you may discern that this warmth has traveled millions of miles in God's presence, has been filtered and modified by the ionesphere, exosphere and trophosphere and regulated to just the right strength to land lightly and benficially on your cheek where it is still in the |
WayJesus said. . . "I am the way, the truth , and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me." NKJV JOHN 14 : 16 |
presence of God who is active and present in His creation.
To express your response in your mind -before God-is very real prayer. To express your gratefulness on behalf of everyone on the bus would be real awareness prayer. If you move to expressing a heartfelt gratefulness on behalf of all the occupants of God's garden, that would be even more compassionate and |
Which is,
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would tend to draw you into the harmony of God's purpose.
If you hear children singing . . . . .join in. |
Wisdomthe wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy . JAMES 3:17 |
SONG SUNG PRAYER1 CORINTHIANS 14:15
I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also. ACTS 16:25 |
12 I Wisdom, dwell with prudence
14 counsel is mine and sound wisdom I am understanding, I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice. |
At midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God.
EPHESIANS 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the LORD. PSALM 47:6 GOOD NEWS BIBLE |
16 By me princes rule, and nobles,
All the judges of the earth. 17 I love those who love me And those who seek me diligently will find me. 23 I have been established from everlasting. PROVERBS Ch 8 |
6 Sing praise to God; sing praise to our king!
7 God is king over all the world; praise him with songs! JUDITH Ch 16 v 2 TEV Praise my God and sing to him; praise the LORD with drums and cymbals; play a new song for him. |
Wisdom of God. . . .Christ the power of God, and The Wisdom of God. 1 Cor 1: 24
Our Lord Jesus is "The Wisdom of God" personified. |
PSALM 98 v 4,5 & 6 R.S.V. C.E.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody! With trumpets and the sound of the horn |
SPIRIT of Knowledge
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make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!
PSALM 100 v 2 R.S.V. C.E. Serve the LORD with gladness ! Come into his presence with singing ! PSALM 147 v 1 R.S.V. C. E. |
But there is a spirit in man and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding
JOB 32 : 8 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him The Spirit of Counsel and might The Spirit of Knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. ISAIAH 11:2 NKJV |
Praise the LORD !
For it is good to sing praises to our God : for he is gracious and a song of praise is seemly. COLOSSIANS 3:16 R.S.V. C.E. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as you teach and admonish one another |
Witness REVELATION 1:5 NKJV. . . .Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and ruler over the kings of the earth. to Him who loved us and washedus from our sins in His own blood.
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in all wisdom and as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to GOD
Singing together is a sign of unity i n the worshiping community PSALM 96 T.E.V Sing a new song to the Lord.! |
Wonderfulhis name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God ,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ISAIAH 9:6 NKJV he is named Wonderful Counselor NRSV |
Sing to the Lord ,all the world !
Sing to the Lord and praise him ! PSALM 100 v 1 & 2 T.E.V.
Sing to the Lord , all the world, Worship the Lord with joy; come before him with happy songs. |
the LORD of hosts who is Wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance
ISAIAH 28:29 |