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Madonna - Like A Prayer
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Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You. Psalm 102:1
The Ways and Means of Prayer
In Ephesians 6:18 Paul says we are to pray with “all prayer and petition.” The Greek word translated “prayer” (also in 1 Thes. 5:17) is the most common New Testament word for prayer and refers to general requests. The word translated “petition” refers to specific prayers. Paul’s use of both words suggests our necessary involvement in all kinds of prayer, every form that is appropriate.
The Posture
To pray all the time necessitates being in various positions because you will never be in the same position all day. In the Bible, people prayed standing (Gen. 24:12–14), lifting up their hands (1 Tim. 2:8), sitting (Jud. 20:26), kneeling (Mark 1:40), looking upward (John 17:1), bowing down (Ex. 34:8), placing their heads between their knees (1 Kings 18:42), pounding on their breasts (Luke 18:13), and facing the temple (Dan. 6:10).
The Circumstances
While some people today think prayer ought to be very formal, the Bible documents that people prayed in many different circumstances. They prayed wearing sackcloth (Ps. 35:13), sitting in ashes (Job 1:20–21; 2:8), smiting their breasts (Luke 18:13), crying tears (Ps. 6:6), throwing dust on their heads (Josh. 7:6), tearing garments (1 Kings 21:27), fasting (Deut. 9:18), sighing (Ezra 9:4–15), groaning (Ps. 6:4–6), crying out loud (Heb. 5:7), sweating blood (Luke 22:44), agonizing with broken hearts (Ps. 34:18), making a vow (Acts 18:18), making sacrifices (Ps. 20:1–3), and singing songs (Acts 16:25).
The Place
The Bible records people praying in all sorts of places as well: in battle (2 Chron. 13:14–15), in a cave (1 Kings 19:9–10), in a closet (Matt. 6:6), in a garden (Matt. 26:36–44), on a mountainside (Luke 6:12), by a river (Acts 16:13), by the sea (Acts 21:5–6), in the street (Matt. 6:5), in the temple (1 Kings 8:22–53), in bed (Ps. 4:3–4), in a home (Acts 9:39–40), in the stomach of a fish (Jonah 2:1–10), on a housetop (Acts 10:9), in a prison (Acts 16:23–26), in the wilderness (Luke 5:16), and on a cross (Luke 23:33–34, 46). In 1 Timothy 2:8, Paul said, “I want the men in every place to pray” For the faithful, Spirit-filled Christian, every place becomes a place of prayer.
The Time
At a pastors’ conference I attended some years ago, one man preached on the subject of morning prayer. To support his point, he read various passages that show people praying in the morning. As he did, I looked up all the Scriptures that show people praying three times a day (Dan. 6:10), in the evening (1 Kings 18:36), before meals (Matt. 14:19), after meals (Deut. 8:10), at the ninth hour (3 P.M.; Acts 3:1), at bedtime (Ps. 4:4), at midnight (Acts 16:25), day and night (Luke 2:37; 18:7), often (Luke 5:33), when they’re young (Jer. 3:4), when they’re old (Dan. 9:2–19), when they’re in trouble (2 Kings 19:3–4), every day (Ps. 86:3), and always (Luke 18:1; 1 Thes. 5:17).
Prayer is fitting at any time, in any posture, in any place, under any circumstance, and in any attire. It is to be a total way of life—an open and continual communion with God. After having embraced all the infinite resources that are yours in Christ, don’t ever think you’re no longer dependent on the moment by moment power of God.
MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1995). Alone with God (18–20). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. www.gty.org
In Matho Monastery, Ladakh, India.
Matho Monastery, Matho Gompa or Mangtro Monastery or Mangtro Gompa, from the Tibetan "mang" that means "many" and "tro" that means "happiness", is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located 26 kilometres southeast of Leh in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, on the banks of the Indus River. The village of Matho is located at the mouth of a deep gorge running out of the Zanskar Range and across the Indus. It is directly opposite Thikse Monastery.
Founded in 1410 century by Lama Dugpa Dorje, it belongs to the Sakya Order. It is noted for its six-hundred-year-old thangkas and its Matho Nagrang Festival. The gompa is the only one in Ladakh belonging to the Sakyapa and is said to be one of the few which is seeing an increase of monks in recent years.
Most of the buildings are rather dilapidated but there is a new assembly hall or du-khang which was built in 2005 and which has very colourful paintings and a Sakyamuni Buddha as main statue. There is a small chapel on the top story containing images of Sakya Pandita and other Sakya lamas. There is a 'museum' adjoining it with a number of very beautiful old thangkas, some of which are thought to have been brought from Tibet in the first half of the 15th century when the monastery was founded.
And now something serious and culturally very much Norman. The people of Normandy are mainly VERY Catholic and conservative. Some are of course the opposite. But the Catholicism goes really strong. And in all the years I lived there I often saw places that were still used by pilgrims. In former years pilgrims used to attach ribbons to statues and sometimes to wayside crosses. This was of course not practised as much as in the 19th century for example. Some pilgrims placed small notes with prayers or pleas under statues of the saints they worshipped. This time .. when I went into the village church of Le Bec-Hellouin, there were loads of notes under several statues. That's not because of Covid. Covid wasn't bothering the people as much. It's because of the war, I guess. So lets hope the pleas and prayers will work.
If intensity has anything to do with it, this prayer is going to be answered.
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Paws pressed in prayer,
I chant your name to the wind,
you now rest in peace.
I sit before your stone, my paws pressed together the way I watched you pray to Buddha. The wind carries my soft chant, and I send your name into the sky so it will not be lost. I do not search for you anymore—I know you are resting. I keep watch, as I always did, trusting that you sleep in peace while my love remains here, warm and faithful, beside you.
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...(this prayer is...)
from the Italian tongue—en route to angels, to the river of hands that shiver in their skin; essential alters that cup winter like rain, in hopes that someday you might discover me.
I am a statue, the sea, the whisper within the snowflakes. Let me take your breath away. Discover me—allow me to kiss my prayer from your lips of white. A promise to breathe life back into their beauty.
Model: Sydney
Styling: Photographer
Lighting: Profoto 600R with Creative Light 30x120RF gridded softbox camera left, Profoto 600 R 3x4 gridded softbox camera right, Profoto Acute B with barndoor for rim light. Metered with Sekonic 358 and fired with PocketWizard.
Last Monday we got a phone call at 5.15am from my brother in law to say that my mother had had a heart attack and that her survival was 50/50. We immediately drove to Weston Super Mare hospital and spent all day there, along with my sister. She spent most of the day on the critical list. But by the afternoon she was chatting away through the ventilator which was helping her breathe and clearing the fluid which was on her lungs. By Wednesday she was sitting up in bed and although the ventilator has been removed she is still being fed oxygen through tubes in her nose. It is early days yet but so far so good.
I am not a religious person and neither is my mother, but Kaiser decided to say a prayer or two:-)
Happy Furry Friday everyone
Have a healthy weekend x
Same lighting set up as before.
If you don't want to go back, it's a 285 into silver umbrella camera left, 430ex camera right. For the reprocessing, I toned down the burning on his hand.
I visited this place on this date, four years back!
Gurudongmar Lake - Hidden Treasure of the Himalayas
Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest fresh-water lakes in the world, located in a high plateau area connected with the Tibetan Plateau, at an altitude of 17,100 ft (5,210 m), and remains frozen throughout the year. With clear blue skies in the backdrop and snow-white peaks fencing the lake boundaries the place appears truly divine, stunning and breathtaking!
The lake is considered one of the most sacred lakes by the Buddhist and Hindus. The lake is named after Guru Padmasambhava who had brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century.
Being located close to a sensitive border, access to the lake is closely monitored by the Indian Army. The area is open only to Indian citizens during morning hours. All tourists are expected to clear the lake by 11 AM.
Gurudongmar Lake, North Sikkim, India
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A former pastor of the Hogeland American Lutheran Church says a prayer at the 100th anniversary of the church in small town of Hogeland, Montana.
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Prayer candles are lit to symbolize prayer intentions. For me lighting a candle creates the following sequence:
Light the candle - think of the person and say the prayer - leave and go about normal routine - stop once in a while to wonder if the candle is still lit - remember the reason for the candle - think of the person and say another prayer - go about normal routine - stop once in a while to wonder if the candle is still lit - continue on and on in the loop.
And yes, these candles are lit for those of you who asked for prayers.
For what are you lighting a candle? :-)
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Patna, India
Taken during a 4-week long photo trip to India with Jason, Oli and Sebastian.
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May we all join Mary in praying for a better and more sacred tomorrow! The last of my antique Christmas postcard postings for this season. Have a Blessed Christmas!!
As I was post-editing this photo, an inspiring conversation took place between me and my Inspirational beloved. We talked about every happy moment that we spent together and will spend together. We talked about our dreams, our plans and our wishes. It was so warm, intimate and soulful that this made me rethink the idea of falling stars, where people make a wish, each time they see one. I thought that wishes are like prayers, they must be bound to something that goes up and not comes down. They must ascend to the highest levels where the Heavens are. And all we have to do is to "wait". The concept of "rising" is always more appealing and more spiritual to me, than the one of "falling".
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A special thanks to the one great love for inspiring me.
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من مكان بعيد, وعبر أثير التقنية والاتصالات, كان بيني وبين حبيبتي وملهمتي حديث ذو شجون. تبادلنا الأشواق وتذاكرنا أوقاتنا السعيدة وذكرياتنا الجميلة وأحلامنا وأمانينا بما هو قادم. كنت أثناء ذلك أهم بمعالجة هذة الصورة لمسارات النجوم. وكان الحديث شاعريا و عاطفيا وملهما الى الحد الذي جعلني أفكر في ما يفعله أهل الحضارات الأخرى من ربط أمانيهم وأحلامهم بالشهب المتساقطة. السقوط فكرة سلبية ومحبطة, بينما الصعود يفرح النفس و له وقع أقوى معنويا. ولا شيئ يصعد الى السماء ويتحقق مثل الدعاء الذي نتقرب به الى الله سبحانه . تصعد أمانينا وأحلامنا الى من يستمع ويقدر على تحقيقها عز وجل "وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ"
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شكرا لك من القلب ياربيع القلب, كنتي ولا زلتي ملهمتي ومصدر سعادتي
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من جبل الصايرة البيضاء في بيشة جنوب المملكة العربية السعودية