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The people of God are challenged to include prayer in their everyday life, even in the busy struggles of marriage (1 Corinthians 7:5) as it is thought to bring the faithful closer to God. Throughout the New Testament, prayer is shown to be God's appointed method by which the faithful obtain what he has to bestow ( Matthew 7:7–11 ; Matthew 9: ...
The writer affirms his close relationship with God as he speaks of the faith in God which has sustained him all his life (verses 5–6, cf. 17), praying that God will not reject him (verse 9), declaring his witness to God's salvation (verses 15, 18), while asking for renewed health (verses 20–21) and the discrediting of his enemies (verse 13 ...
[note 18] Theosis is expressed as "Being, union with God" and having a relationship or synergy between God and man. [note 19] God is the Kingdom of Heaven. Theosis or unity with God is obtained by engaging in contemplative prayer, the first stage of theoria, [92] [note 9] which results from the cultivation of watchfulness (Gk: nepsis).
Geoff New, Imaginative Preaching: Praying the Scriptures so God Can Speak through You, Langham Global Library, (ISBN 9781783688999). Sr Pascale-Dominique Nau, When God Speaks: Lectio Divina in Saint John of the Cross, the Ladder of Monks and the Rule of Carmel (Rome, 2012). (ISBN 978-1291037029)
God is sometimes seen as omnibenevolent, while deism holds that God is not involved with humanity apart from creation. Some traditions attach spiritual significance to maintaining some form of relationship with God, often involving acts such as worship and prayer, and see God as the source of all moral obligation. [1]
Precept is an interdenominational Christian evangelical organization based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, US. [1] [2]The organization’s stated mission is to bring people into a close relationship with God through scriptural Bible studies.