Who cares if “God’s will is done on earth?” The first part of the answer is “at least 2,400,000,000 Christians” who know those words are from the “Lord’s Prayer” – the prayer that Jesus taught his followers to pray. The second part of the answer is “people whose lives are affected by the 2.4 billion people in part one!” Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/65e0cf50f7cf/who-cares-if-gods-will-is-done-on-earth
One of Jesus’s earliest memories was no doubt watching and listening to his family when they gathered to pray the Shema at sunrise before the day’s work began and after the working work day was over at sunset . He also heard and participated in praying the Shema at their synagogue. He was surrounded by neighbors who also prayed the same prayer in their homes every day. The Hebrew word for prayer is tefilah . It is derived from the root Pe-Lamed-Lamed and the word l'hitpalel, meaning “ to judge oneself .” This surprising word origin provides insight into the purpose of Jewish prayer. The most important part of any Jewish prayer, whether it be a prayer of petition, of thanksgiving, of praise of God, or of confession, is the introspection it provides, the moment that we spend looking inside ourselves, seeing our role in the universe and our relationship to God. [1] Most of Jewish prayers are expressed in the first person plural, "us" instead of "me," an...

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