--------------->>photo owned by House of Hope of FlickrOne day Jesus was praying in a certain place and when He had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples". And Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say this: Father, hallowed be your name, may your kingdom come, give us each day the kind of bread we need, and forgive us our sins, for we also for-give all who do us wrong, and do not bring us to the test".
...meditating on today's Gospel, I can summarize it in a single phrase: ....the best concept and attitude for Christian prayer is that of a child in front of his father.
It is very striking that we can see that the prayer, according to Jesus, is something like a “father-son” relationship. That is, a family matter based on a relation of closeness and love. The image of God as a father speaks to us of a relationship based on affection and intimacy, not on power and authority.
To pray as Christians means to position ourselves in a situation whereby we see God as our father and we speak to Him as his sons. To pray is to talk with God.
But about what?.
About Him. About ourselves and Our Joys, love and reparation, sorrows, successes and failures, noble ambitions, daily worries, and our weaknesses! And acts of thanksgiving and petitions as well...
When sons speak with their parents they try to transmit, through their words and body language, what they feel in their heart.
We become better praying men and women when our relation with God is more intimate, as that of a father with his son.
Jesus himself left with us his own example.
6 comments:
PRAYER IS SO POWERFUL... and this is the best way to talked to God one-on-one. :)
happy wed sau kuya!
ps: thnx u like the song i posted.. ganda ng lyrics e! :)
@vera
oo nga-- napaka mabisa talaga-it moves mountains 'ikanga.... gud evening sau sis ko--
gandang ganda ako sa lyrics ng utube mo...nya..so sweet!....
Hello Dom & Vera...
Ako kung mag-dasal is as if He is just in front of me...I tell Him my joys, pains, desires, or any mundane things na nangyari sa akin that day as if we are the best of friends talking things over a cup of coffee...I find refuge in praying talaga and yes Prayers DO move mountains...
I am so thankful to Him for all his Blessings at answered prayers or un-answered man...
@quiet storm
u sound so like a member of a Religious team--hehehehe, maybe in person ay gwaping ka kung lalake ka, ...
or beauty ka kung babae ka-.....
at cool ka kung bading ka....
and lastly- ay astig ka kung tibo ka nyahahahahahahah.....
which is which?....
happy thursday sau quiet storm!!!!...
on the serious side- it is indeed true na pag nagdasal ka ay mas epektibo sa buhay mo ang spontaneous prayer as if you are talking in front of your beloved father as in biological father - telling him your worries- your anxieties- your triumphs and defeats...and your hope for a better life ahead of you....
hello hello...
good morning...
xnxa kna kuya, ngaun lnga ko ulit naka dalaw.. medyo lowbat ako kahapon...need to sleep early... sumakit kc ulo ko eh... taz, dumilim ang paningin ko... kaya na tulog na lng ako... im ok now.
how are u?..
hi RC! morning!
@vera
ay sis ko-sabi ko naman sau na ingats ka eh---alam mo --health is wealth- pag magkakasakit ka ay mamumulubi ka nyan heheheheh.....gets mo?
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