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White_Peony
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Could you explain this to me?
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JimR-OCDS
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Transforming grace received from Christ through prayer is what changes us.
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crochet_lady
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Prayer is our taking our cares, concerns, whatever is on our hearts to God through Jesus Christ – Prayer can change our inner attitude. It will give us inner peace about ‘whatever’ and often that’s what’s needed. Recognizing that God Is in control of a given situation. It’s His will in a situation that we Need to want. Help me be willing to accept Your will.
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CrispSnowflake
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Well from a psychologist/scientific point of view if you do an activity for a prolonged amount of time, your brain starts to ‘change’. Your brain has plasticity. Neurons begin to make new connections, and if you do something for a long time, those connections strengthen.
So yes, prayer does change you.
From a spiritual point of view, prayer is a conversation with our Creator. And the more one talks to their Creator, the more they want to learn about their Creator. And the Creator will change His Creation.
So yes, prayer does change you.
From a spiritual point of view, prayer is a conversation with our Creator. And the more one talks to their Creator, the more they want to learn about their Creator. And the Creator will change His Creation.
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PrayHarder
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Does asking wise person for help and guidence change you? Would insight that will lead to happiness change you? Does someone telling you, “You can do this!” change you? Because that is exactly what God gives you when you earnestly pray and ask for His grace and guidance.
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freescot
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Prayer has changed me. Maybe as the contribution above suggests it has a neurological explanation, and it has a really positive impact on my life.
I began by asking, (not too sure who) in prayer, “Teach me to pray: show me how to pray.”
Then I took some months following Anthony de Mello’s(SJ) book on prayer “Sadhana”.If this is not what you fancy perhaps something like Gerald Hughes SJ God of Compassion might suit you.
The thing is that it is only now, in my 60’s that I am learning about what prayer can be. Who teaches us to pray after childhood?
The first change for me was that I felt Peace, huge Peace. And there are many other changes.
Perhaps the most down to earth is that I can wait in a supermarket queue now, in peace, spending the time in prayer.
I began by asking, (not too sure who) in prayer, “Teach me to pray: show me how to pray.”
Then I took some months following Anthony de Mello’s(SJ) book on prayer “Sadhana”.If this is not what you fancy perhaps something like Gerald Hughes SJ God of Compassion might suit you.
The thing is that it is only now, in my 60’s that I am learning about what prayer can be. Who teaches us to pray after childhood?
The first change for me was that I felt Peace, huge Peace. And there are many other changes.
Perhaps the most down to earth is that I can wait in a supermarket queue now, in peace, spending the time in prayer.
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JimR-OCDS
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But it’s far more and deeper.Well from a psychologist/scientific point of view if you do an activity for a prolonged amount of time, your brain starts to ‘change’. Your brain has plasticity. Neurons begin to make new connections, and if you do something for a long time, those connections strengthen.
So yes, prayer does change you.
From a spiritual point of view, prayer is a conversation with our Creator. And the more one talks to their Creator, the more they want to learn about their Creator. And the Creator will change His Creation.
Through prayer, we experience the love of Jesus Christ and we begin to love as He loves.
St. John of the Cross wrote that just as a lover will take on characteristics of their beloved, so it is, that as we love Christ and experience His love, we will begin to take on His characteristics, which is love.
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White_Peony
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