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Celtic prayers have undergone a resurgence in popularity. The Celtic prayers of 1500 years ago all of a sudden seem relevant to today. Perhaps because the times we live in are just as unsure, violent and unpredictable as the times of the Early Celtic Christians.
There seems to be Celtic prayers for everything. Prayers for kids, prayers for good crops prayers for good weather prayers for getting up in the morning prayers for getting a good night sleep.
Here we have the first concept of celtic praying. The early Celtic Christians felt they could pray about anything. And they did. You will notice that many of them were written down. There is good reason for that. Not all that many people could read or write, so many of the prayers we taught by the Celtic monks and priests so that people could communicate to God.
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Posted by: john in Sermons
LK 1:46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord LK 1:47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, LK 1:48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by: john in Sermons
We say that prayer is communication to God. Is it two way communication?????? What happens when God speaks back. Or even when God chooses to speak to us when we aren’t ready. His is what happened to Ezekiel. God came to him, similarly to how God came to Paul.
Look at what happened to Ezekiel.
EZE 2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.” 2 As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
Is this prayer??? Is being in a state of receptiveness to God what we call prayer. MMm interesting We’ll investigate that.
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We don’t often pray just to say hi to God.
I mean how many times have you said something like “Hi God , it’s John, how’s ya day been.”
It just isn’t done. Read the rest of this entry »
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