...the Hilliard church helping my cousin get ready for Girls' Camp when I got a phone call from my wonnnderful mom, who called to not ask, but TELL me that I'd be giving a talk this Sunday about the power of personal prayer. I'll admit, at first I was just a litttle irritated that the Bishop was asking me to speak when he HAS to know how much I hate sitting down and trying to write these things, & especially getting up in front of 100 people or so & talking about it. But I knew that I was gonna have to do it one way or the other, so I sucked it up & started thinking. After several days of procrastination, I started seriously organizing and writing my thoughts down at about...11 o'clock last night..? So, I'll try not to fall asleep up here. When I first plopped down in front of my computer, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write about. So, being the Internet-dependent teenager that I am, I Googled all sorts of things that could relate to the topic, but I couldn't find anything that sparked my train of thought. Realizing that I was getting no where, I decided to stop frantically searching the web & actually have a personal prayer. 30 minutes later, while I was cleaning the running mascara off my face, I remembered this kind of weird experience I had with prayer. My dad's in the Navy, & we used to have to move around quite a bit, so obviously my brothers & I had to change schools a lot. Most of the time, we didn't transfer until a few weeks after the actual first day...
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...Christiana Uzoho English 101 (1109) Professor Long Word count ( ) May 5, 2014 Essay 3 The Important of Prayer in every School Whenever I remember prayer, what come to my mind is how merciful our God is to everyone in this world, no matter the kind of sin we commit the Lord forgives, and also bless us. It is so painful that the children of God have been denied the opportunity to pray, worships, and serve their God in the public schools. Nobody remember again that something make us to be in existence as human beings today. Prayer in school is to shape good citizens by leaving a moral life, despite the kind of religion you are into there should be a way you serve your master, the creator of our existence. The reason we need prayer in school, immorality of the youths, and prayer can abolish the immoral life of our youths today. The reason we need pray in school is serve our God, to make him our Lord and personal savoir. Despite the kind region we find ourselves, it shouldn’t be hinders for us to pray. Prayers in school bring success to students, teachers, and the institution itself because people will them as serious students, school where a person goes for success. The reputation of the school will be prayer is the key. It prevents us from getting into troubles. Been a successful student involves having God as the leader of everything one do, for instance, in my first year in college my parents advised me that in everything I do in life, and in all my education let God be...
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...Running Head: IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL PRAYER AT ECE INSTITUTIONS. The importance of the school prayer at early childhood education institutions. Introduction Prayers in institution are very essential for nurturing young kids, and it is also a medium conveying moral values to the students. Various organizations have morning assemblies where prayers are conducted before classes assume, by having prayers, critical moral is installed in the pupils, and it sticks in the minds as it becomes a habit. (Bhavya, 2014). On the other hand, prayers create a pious condition that enables the student to gain important values in life such as discipline and humility. Therefore; the students realize the importance of ethical values in schools. Prayers also encourage students to believe in the values created by the school and afterward implement them accordingly (Bhavya, 2014). It is also assumed that teachers participating in social education of the young kids should hold a cultural model that will guide their deeds and actions. In the same regard, the cultural patterns of the community members and the society influence the behavior of kids in trying to understand the world and the actions in it (Bhavya, 2014) Very many governments across the world are based on religious principals. For in instance in United States, the declaration of independence cites “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that God endows them with certain unalienable rights…” ...
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...our life as a muslim. Such as maintaining our salah since that one of the main acts which distinguishes a Muslim from a non-Muslim. The importance of prayer in Islam cannot be understated because it is one of the most essential elements of obtaining a place in Paradise. Our Prophet (Peace be upon him) has said what means: “The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad.” Apart from the five pillars of Islam establishing good relationships with family and maintaining pure friendships can also help to promote good deeds. Other righteous deeds include being kind to others, being hospitable to family, friends and neighbours, not backbiting or judging others. We should rush to perform good deeds before something hinders us from doing so. Working towards bettering ourselves will help us improve our eman. There are many things we need to do as Muslims to ensure that our eyes, mouth and body are in submission to Allah; we need to constantly be checking our heart and purifying it to gain a better life in the Hereafter. Family. 1. Maintaining Our Salah We know as Muslims that one of the main acts which distinguishes a Muslim from a non-Muslim is Salah (prayer). The importance of prayer in Islam cannot be understated. Every Muslim is obliged by Allah (Subhanahu wa...
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...School Prayer The issue of school prayer has invoked great controversy in our society. Some people feel that school prayer should be brought back into schools and practiced as part of the education process. The Supreme Court has continually denied allowing prayer to seep into the public school systems. Through years of controversy, many states started to adopt the “moment of silence” which was an attempt to bring back prayer in our schools. However, the school officials cannot suggest or have the kids pray, even though its true aim is clear, to encourage students to pray. Because of the “moment of silence,” there has finally been a neutral act to encourage prayer. There is a one sided claim that a mandated moment of silence in public classrooms amounts to an unconstitutional attempt to establish religion. The “moment of silence” is Constitutional, and a great way to encourage prayer for our students. Rufus Goodwin stated, “Praying, like poetry, is an activity that activates the human being.” In other words, prayer is a personal experience and intimate connection with our Father. People pray for several reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others. Prayers can consist of requesting guidance and assistance, confessing sins, or to express one’s thoughts and emotions (Goodwin R.). Why wouldn’t this intimate act with our Creator be an important part of the student’s day? Moments of silence often last one minute, but other amounts of time may be chosen. Sometimes...
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...Prayer: The Timeless Secret of High-Impact Leaders Book Critique Submitted by: Shannon J. Cockrell Student ID: L23353600 Submitted to: Dr. Jim O'Neill EVAN 670 Liberty Theological Seminary January 19, 2015 INTRODUCTION “Much prayer equals much power”, is a quote I’ve heard most my Christian adult life. Dr. Earley asks a thought-provoking question, “How would you rate your prayers?” (p.111) Truth be told, I wasn’t very powerful. Sure I prayed in the morning and at night, but I wasn’t seeing the results I saw that prayer brought about in the Scriptures. Prayer: The Timeless Secret Of High-Impact Leaders by Dr. Dave Earley is a life-transforming book. Earley has written a treatise on prayer that will be a classic for years to come. In this brief critique/review I will give an overview, summary of the chapters, critique, and application. SUMMARY “Leadership is influence…Prayer influences men by influencing God to influence them.” (Earley, x). Wow. What a powerful summary of his own book that Earlely gives us. This book is about influence and how prayer can better enable and position us to be better influences in the world. To lead better, we must pray better. Earley uses “Nine Prayer Disciplines of High-Impact Spiritual Leaders” to serve as the framework of his book. In chapter 1, entitled Value the Power of Prayer, Earley elaborates on the dynamic power that is found in prayer. Earley says, “If you want to maximize your impact, prioritize your...
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...Due Date: Wednesday, 3rd November, 2014 AO2 Question (2014 paper) To what extent do Jesus’ teachings on prayer differ to the attitudes of 1st Century Judaism? Whilst it remains unquestionable that Jesus’ teachings on prayer were indeed different to the practices of 1st Century Judaism, the extent to which they differ remains fairly debated. 1st Century Jews prayed only 3 times a day “lest they weary God” – Morris, this quote was evident to the fact that they feared God’s almighty power therefore were anxious to bother God; they followed the example of OT figures such as King David in praying three times a day just like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – three key patriarchs in Jewish faith. Whereas Jesus encouraged persistent prayer without limitations for example in the parable of the persistent widow “The woman is presented as a model to emulate in regard to moral and persistence in prayer.” Also in Jesus’ own examples of prayer his belief in prayer being spontaneous and regular, e.g. Luke 5:16 “Jesus often with drew to lonely places and prayed” this contradicted to the Jewish faith and rose up the question of why Jesus didn’t abide by the traditional principle of the Jewish laws. The differences in attitudes towards God differed significantly and the reason for this was Jesus encouraged a personal relationship with God whereas within traditional Judaism it was a much more formal relationship; Jews referred to God as “Abinu” meaning father, a much more formal address,...
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...4-MAT Book Review Esther Gooding Liberty University Table of Contents Summary of book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Concrete Responses -----------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Reflection -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Application ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Grading rubric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Summary Reaching Out was published by Doubleday Dell Publishing Group in 1986. It was written by Henri Nouwen and offers counsel in the three movements of the spiritual life. The book simplifies the relational of humanity with the living God. Nouwen (1986) explores these three movements as spiritual growth and development. This he indicated will bring people closer to God. The first movement is from loneliness to solitude. Loneliness is an inner struggle for all humans. It is a feeling that no matter how many people are around you, you still feel alone or lonely. Loneliness is to be embraced, to look at it as a phase on the journey of life. The lonely person must have the courage and the faith to follow the path from loneliness to solitude. The illustration about the New York subway was very intriguing...
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...where people can stand and smoke, so why not make a prayer room in schools and colleges for those folks who desire to pray. Prayer is a good guide for students and it can make them feel great while they are getting educated in schools and they can make better decisions throughout the year. Prayer in school must be allowed in order to expose the youth of upcoming generations the diversity of different religious beliefs, thereby increasing cultural tolerance. Prayer is very significant for all the students and when learners start praying in school it can prepare them for being more...
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...Psychology, Theology and Spirituality: Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Counseling Morenike Oye Liberty University Psychology, Theology and Spirituality: Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Counseling Summary McMinn (2011) uses this book to bring out the importance of the use of spirituality (as related to Christian faith) in psychological counseling. He describes the Christian Counselors as people who are highly trained in counseling theory and techniques, in theology, and are personally disciplined to mirror Christian attributes during and after counseling. (pg. 139) According to McMinn (2011), Christian Counselors face the challenges of knowing the techniques of spiritual formation, inability to learn spiritual passion, and devotion so as not be handicapped in bringing religious issues to counseling and therapeutic session (p.39). This is because training and competency in the field of psychology and theology can be evidenced, but understanding spirituality cannot be evidenced. This will continue to be a challenge because we can never be spiritually competent. Another challenge is the link between the counselors personal and professional life and worldview as it affects the clients’ level of spirituality, believes and worldview. He states that Christian counselors are faced with the problem of expanded training. They must go beyond the level of professional training to personal training because other factors such...
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...fourth largest practiced religion after Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Their spiritual beliefs concerning healing are somewhat different to what others may sometimes believe. For example Buddhists believe that the body knows that it is supposed to heal itself. However if your “spirit” is not as it is supposed to be things will not go as they are supposed to. In other words a healthy mind ensures a healthy body. A critical component of healing is somewhat the same as a Christian. Whereas Christians pray, Buddhists meditate daily. They mediate often and not always for self improvement. They believe in accepting all sickness as a process of exchanging themselves for another person. They use prayer wheels (a wheel inscribed with prayers that are spun to symbolize the repition of prayer,) incense, among other things to help the healing process. Buddhists also believe in using herbal medicine in healing illnesses and staying healthy. Sikhism is a religion not heard of very often. It was founded by Guru Nanak. In this religion they believe in one formless divinity. This formless divinity manifests everywhere in the world he has created. They believe that religion is...
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...arduous hours in Gethsemane to find strength to face the Cross. “He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears” (Heb. 5:7). We, on the other hand, have mastered the art of one-liners in prayer, and think if we give God a two-hour service once a week we’re fairly spiritual. “Easy does it” might be good advice in a few situations, but for most of life, including prayer, easy doesn’t do it. Anyone long associated with the Church of this century, especially in America, knows that our problems do not result from a lack of information or material strength. If we fail in achieving what God asks from us as we run our race, it will be a failure of heart and spirit. I believe our prayers do more than simply motivate the Father to action. They actually release the power of the Holy Spirit from us to accomplish things in the earth realm. In his book, “The Kneeling Warrior,” Dr. David D. Ireland sheds much light on the importance of persistence in prayer and intercession. He takes the time to help us understand that there is literal power from the Holy Spirit which can be released from us is absolute. The power of God that brings life, healing and wholeness to the earth flows out from us---the Church. Content Summary The Bible talks about being watchful in various ways and for many different reasons, not the least of which is watching in prayer. Ephesians 6: 18 says, “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert...
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...World, there are people comes from different cultures who follows different values and beliefs. Mostly all people knows that God is the greatest importance of the whole of making the world, and God is the greatest importance of a person or thing that is influenced or controlled by something and God is the greatest importance of every person. Spirituality in some person is both vision of life and a way of living. Spirituality gives a control or management not only to our opinion, but also to our own ability to make choices quickly and confidently in actions. Spirituality is not something we at some later time stop doing, like a work or a task. In future, we deal with it, we grow with it and improve with it till the day we stop living. Like the Biblical idea or we see that spirituality is always changing and never ending. The goal is natural increase in size in an connection with God. I interviewed Mrs. Samuel, 78year old, female, her religion is Christian, Pentecost. Mrs. Samuel says that she is a Christian believer, she is a pilgrim in this world and Holy Spirit is preparing a home to get into the eternity. Mrs. Samuel responded that “Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God and everything submit to God”. (John 14:1). She stated that she maintains her spiritual beliefs with daily prayer, fasting, reading Bible and attend the prayer meetings in the church every Sunday. Mrs. Samuel answers to me that the foundation her motivation in life is her faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus...
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...This essay is aimed at the discussing an interaction or event I encountered with a client in my work practice in which demonstrated understanding of culture as an aspect of care delivery. The name of the patient will be fictional so as to protect issues of confidentiality as per the NMC code of practice 2008. Shiang et al (1998) cited in Mio and Iwamasa (2003) p.311 defined culture as a shared belief system, a set of values ,… symbols as well as preferred ways of behaving. Holland and Hogg (2010), p4 cited different definitions of culture and come in agreement that culture is an inherited or learned set of guidelines through which we come to know how to live in a social group or within society. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits. Whereas ………………………………….defines culture as highlights the important aspects of culture being …………………………. The interaction of this essay is about my approached to Ahmed (not real name) who from my observation was putting on a lot of weight than necessities nursing interventions to help him manage his weight in addition; Ahmed has always been a practising Muslim with a strict religious diet but due to deterioration in his mental state, he had abounded his Halal diet and started even consuming pork products: hence my intervention. It is important to help Muslim patients maintain a Halal diet; according to (Holland and Hogg 2010) if Halal meat cannot...
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...Visionary Leadership Probably the single most important tasks facing a leader is to develop an understanding of where the organisation needs to be at some future point. Without a future vision, organisations are destined to live in the past, and ultimately die. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18. For the Christian organisation such vision must come from God. A Process for Developing Vision This process combines prayer and reflection on our understanding of where God has already been moving. This process will take time - maybe some months to work through fully - don't feel you need to rush! It can either be used by the leader alone, or preferably with a small leadership group, which may be the formal leadership group of the church, or may be a selected group of people with appropriate skills and gifts. At the end of this process you should have an understanding of what you believe God is calling your church or organisation to do and to be. 1. PREPARATORY PRAYER : This first stage helps us to "tune in", spending time with the Lord. Pray that he will show you clearly over the coming weeks what he is calling the church to do and to be. 2. BUILDING BLOCKS : God speaks to the church in a number of ways: through experience, through the Bible, through words and pictures and in other ways. This process allows us to reflect on what God may have been saying to the church in four different elements. We suggest you take time to reflect on, and pray through each of...
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