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    Christian prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms used for this practice. Christian prayers are diverse:...
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    contemplative prayer within its section on prayer in the Christian life. Yungen, Ray. A Time of Departing: How Ancient Mystical Practices Are Uniting Christians with...
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    A Christian child's prayer is Christian prayer recited primarily by children that is typically short, rhyming, or has a memorable tune. It is usually said...
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    of Christian denominations. Some Christian women wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer at home, while others (esp. Conservative...
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    early Christian prayer posture was standing, looking up to heaven, with outspread arms and bare head. This is the pre-Christian, pagan prayer posture...
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    of the Christian seven fixed prayer times (cf. Agpeya breviary). Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholic Christians use a knotted prayer rope called...
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    The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer that Jesus taught as the...
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  • Wilkinson encourages Christians to invoke this prayer for themselves on a daily basis: I challenge you to make the Jabez prayer for blessing part of the...
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    The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism: Lord...
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  • direction of Christian prayer has carried a strong significance, attested by the writings of the Church Fathers. In the 2nd century, Syrian Christians hung a...
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    Christian meditation is a form of prayer in which a structured attempt is made to become aware of and reflect upon the revelations of God. The word meditation...
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    Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically...
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    The Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel usually refers to one specific Catholic prayer to Michael the Archangel, among the various prayers in existence...
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    The Sinner's prayer (also called the Consecration prayer and Salvation prayer) is an evangelical Baptist term referring to any prayer of repentance, prayed...
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    Anglican prayer beads, also known as the Anglican rosary or Anglican chaplet, are a loop of strung Christian prayer beads used chiefly by Anglicans in...
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  • fixed prayer times have been taught, which traces itself to the Prophet David in Psalm 119:164. In Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to...
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    A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some...
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    one has prayed the Jesus Prayer (or occasionally other prayers). Prayer ropes are part of the practice of Eastern Christian monks and nuns, particularly...
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    before and after the great events of his life, and that he prayed "when life was unusually busy". Christian prayer R. A. Torrey, How to Pray, Chapter X....
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  • the Prayer of Saint Francis (or Peace Prayer, or Simple Prayer for Peace, or Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace) is a widely known Christian prayer for...
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    by the Christian organization Fellowship Foundation (also sometimes just referred to as The Fellowship). As of 2023 the official National Prayer Breakfast...
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    the Greek philosophical concept of metanoia has become linked with Christian prayer, in which a prostration is called a metanoia, with "the spiritual condition...
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    Hours, the one volume Christian Prayer book, and various apps on mobile devices. Roman Catholic teachings on the subject of prayer are contained in the...
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  • In Christian piety, an ejaculation, sometimes known as ejaculatory prayer or aspiration, is "a short prayer, in which the mind is directed to God, on any...
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  • including some non-Christian versions Litany Lord's Prayer Magnificat (Song of Mary) Nicene Creed Prayer for the dead Serenity Prayer Trinitarian formula...
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  • Centering prayer is a form of Christian contemplative prayer, to center awareness on the presence of God. This modern movement in Christianity was initiated...
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    suitable prayer. Christians call the prayer the Lord's Prayer, because it was taught by the Lord, Jesus Christ. It is also known as the Pattern Prayer as it...
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  • The Hebrew Christian Prayer Union may refer to two Hebrew Christian organizations: Hebrew Christian Prayer Union of London, founded by Henry Aaron Stern...
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    Rosary-based prayers are Christian prayers said on a set of rosary beads, among other cords. These prayers recite specific word sequences on the beads...
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    Latin, is a phrase used to describe the eastward orientation of Christian prayer and Christian worship, comprising the preposition ad (toward) and oriens (rising...
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