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December 18th, 2005

glorifying?
POSTED AT 07:16 PM in thoughts

'If God is taking us into the understanding that prayer is for the glorifying of His Father, He will give us the first sign of His intimacy - silence. The devil calls it unanswered prayer' -- Oswald Chambers

I've never thought of prayer as "for the glorifying of [God]." Have you? They tell you prayer is talking to God. Prayer is asking from God. Prayer is like a conversation with God. Prayer moves the hands of God. But for the glorifying of God?

How does prayer glorify God? Does a conversation with a friend glorify that friend? So maybe not everything with God can be paralleled with a human relationship. Can it?

What really is prayer in the first place?

An effort to communicate with God? A reverent petition? An urgent request?

Must prayer be verbal? Can prayer be a thought? A feeling? A wish? A poem? A blog post?

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DAVID TA DA (guest)

Comment posted on December 19th, 2005 at 02:48 PM

I have discussed with dad, and we have concluded that u should read the book in context instead of just takinga sentence out and ponder about it, irrelevant of the intentions of the author. Like the famous phrase, a text without a context is a pretext for a prooftext.

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DAVID TA DA (guest)

Comment posted on December 19th, 2005 at 03:04 PM

ok, it should be:instead of just taking out a sentence and ponder about it. Which may not be in line with the intentions of the author. Sorry abou tthe english

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Ariel (guest)

Comment posted on December 19th, 2005 at 10:27 AM

Hey Anna, I relate a lot to part one of your prayer post. When I thought about the Chambers quote, I came up with a similar answer: There is more than one kind of silence.

Now you're raising more good questions. How is prayer glorifying God? Well, the degree to which our prayers will be answered depend directly on their ability to bring God glory. As Jesus said, "Whatever you ask IN MY NAME..." I think that the effect of prayer has less to do with its form and everything to do with its motive.

Can a blog post be a prayer? If the writer's heart is pointing toward God, why not? (Augustine's Confessions is a book-long prayer.)

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