http://www.parkstreetbrethren.org/discuss/2009/07/jesus-prayer/ Thoughts & Sidenotes Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:32:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.parkstreetbrethren.org/discuss/2009/07/jesus-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Doug Cooper Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:23:16 +0000 http://www.parkstreetbrethren.org/discuss/?p=531#comment-674 I am nodding my head in agreement as I read this: prayer was always meant to be so much more natural and essential than we've made it. I wonder what would happen if we'd call it "conversation" instead of prayer. Or, maybe Jesus' word "abide" says it even better. What if we had "abide meetings" instead of prayer meetings? Maybe that would capture the idea that being in God's presence isn't pumping Him with words and titles. It is letting Him be God and allowing Him to allow us to be worthy to be with Him...which takes us back to the Jesus prayer. I am nodding my head in agreement as I read this: prayer was always meant to be so much more natural and essential than we’ve made it. I wonder what would happen if we’d call it “conversation” instead of prayer. Or, maybe Jesus’ word “abide” says it even better. What if we had “abide meetings” instead of prayer meetings? Maybe that would capture the idea that being in God’s presence isn’t pumping Him with words and titles. It is letting Him be God and allowing Him to allow us to be worthy to be with Him…which takes us back to the Jesus prayer.

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