Prayer

Prayer might be defined as a conversation between a person and someone not physically present (i.e., a Saint or God). Many people take prayer very seriously, and there are forums and blogs devoted specifically to prayer.  Prayer can also be interchangable with the word "thought" in pleasantries such as "I'll be thinking of you" or "My thoughts are with you."

Bloggers many times use the tag prayer in the Judeo-Christian sense of the word, and may tag a post in such a way to illicit prayer from their readers or alternatively to communicate that they are available for prayer or are praying for a specific person. Prayer may also be used in conjunction with a book review or movie review that covers the topic. However, other world religions such as Islam and Hinduism use variations on the same idea, and followers use prayer as a tag as well.

Prayer is generally one of the less devisive tags one can use when speaking about ones faith and religion.  To pray for someone or to ask for prayer is a gesture which builds bridges rather than tears them down.  Atheists, specifically, however might see prayer as a problem because it promotes hope and faith in something they see as mythical and ultimately untrue.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Prayer”

• Wedding Reception Steps To Make it Perfect

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 152
  Many grouping study their ceremony to be the most essential period of their lives; it is exclusive natural, then, that they module spend plentitude of instance and money thinking the event.  This includes everything, correct downbound to the arrangements for the ceremony reception. If you poverty to patron a ...
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• Justice.

  
  The Second Road Family — Authority: 134
  Now and then, I get a real hankering for justice. I start obsessing about how my husband should be carrying around a little bit of my pain for me. I think that I should sit him down and explain to him all the ways that all the various things he’s done have hurt me. I want a witness, and I want it to be him. I want ...
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• November 28, 2009

  
  Radically Altered — Authority: 129
  Here is todays prayer: Prayer for Healing O God who are the only source of health and healing, the Spirit of calm and the central peace of this universe, grant to me such a consciousness of Your indwelling and surrounding presence that I may permit You to give me health and strength and peace, through Jesus Christ ...
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• Big Shoulders

  
  Authspot — Authority: 541
  Wishing for something strong To make right what is wrong. Big shoulders to fill the gap Between dreams and reality which trap. To hold my tears, To bury my fears. To uplift me, To ever lean. Big shoulders, firm and steady, Always ready. A place to lay my concerns and worries, A place of mercy. Praying a prayer, He ...
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• Their is a Real Power in Fasting and Prayer

  
  Things of My Soul — Authority: 127
  Nothing about which I have been fasting and praying this month has been reconciled completely yet, but I have gained a much deeper appreciation of the power that is available through fasting and prayer. I have experienced a wonderful clarity of vision this month about some things that have been bothering me for some ...
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• Once in Doubt, Credit for Prayer Won’t Change

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  The theologian Reinhold Niebuhr is widely credited as the author of the Serenity Prayer.
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• Daily Bible Readings Saturday November 28 2009 34th Week in Ordinary Time

  
  A Catholic Site — Authority: 130
  November 28 2009 Saturday Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day – St. James of the Marche About the sources used . The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here to present the ...
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• A Prayer Request.

  
  RAMBLING STUFF AKA GOLCH CENTRAL — Authority: 429
  my friend Mary has a prayer request on her site.Please go and visit with her and keep her in your prayers.
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• Black Friday 2009 Cost me $5.88

  
  A Blog by Randy Thomas — Authority: 122
  These the pictures from today. I went to Best Buy but didn’t take any pictures there. And I probably should have because it was CRAWLING with people. ALLL over the place. When I went in there was a HUGE mountain of $99 flat screen monitors. It was down to 7 when I left. I totally wanted to buy one but my inner ...
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• Advent devotions

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 131
  Each day of Advent, the devotion from Proclaiming the Good News of Gods Peace will be posted. Read the devotions here. Or order the book . The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program staff wishes you a blessed Advent season.
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• Can a Catholic Pray Like a Jew? - Part II

  
  Vivificat! — Authority: 423
  continued from Part I Themes in Jewish/Christian Divergence on Prayer Before we continue, let us check my assumptions: first, and as I stated before, I am assuming that post-Biblical, post-second Temple Judaism developed independently from, and in many instances in opposition to, Christianity: it ...
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• really sick

  
  Talk Jesus | Christian Forums — Authority: 156
  please pray for me my family we bee really sick with the flu thanks
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• Prayer Requests & Praise Reports, Novemeber 27th

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  Mathew 6:25  Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Mathew 6:26  Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into ...
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• Uganda: “The Family” Involved in Effort to Criminalize Gays, Push Death Penalty for Homosexual Behavior

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The C Street home housing the Christian power broker group The Family, where Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought refuge and advice — is also notable for its involvement in another realm of anti-gay legislation: Ugandas bill criminalizing homosexuality. We already ...
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• What Are We Waiting For?

  
  david derbyshire's blog — Authority: 113
  Dissatisfied with our own worlds We step into our HD screens. To escape the stress of our work We long for our lives to be changed. We are waiting. We are longing. We are waiting. We are longing. Waiting for the doorbell to ring. Preparing food, tidying up, In all the busyness of life, Suddenly catching breath we ...
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• Hideaki Tokunaga Live At Yakushi-ji, Nara

  
  Kurashi - News From Japan — Authority: 491
  Hideaki Tokunaga has been around as long as I can remember, at least since 1988, when he had a hit with Kowarekake no Radio . This summer he performed live at the ancient Buddhist temple in Nara, a sacred site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site . This song is Hoshi to tsuki no pierce to kimi no yume . ...
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• sad

  
  Talk Jesus | Christian Forums — Authority: 156
  :sad:Still believing God for my marriage to be completely restored. Husband spent Thanksgiving with his oldest son and sons mother. He didnt come home last night. Said he stayed at brothers house, think he is lying/ The devil has a hold on my husband with this other woman. She tells him GOd brought them together. He ...
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• I Need to be Alone

  
  Sobriety is Exhausting — Authority: 125
  When we make decisions based on fear....everything winds up sucking like a big ol dog. This morning, that is as true as it gets for me. I am being bit in the ass by a 200 lb. pitbull for a fear based decision I made many many moons ago. I am extremely appreciative for a God who doesnt say "I told you so." I ...
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• Day 11 in the School of Prayer: Believe It!

  
  http://loveacceptforgive.wordpress.com — Authority: 122
  “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, [...]
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• The suggestion

  
  Sumballo — Authority: 120
  It was good advice but the men slept instead. Jesus had gone to the Mount of Olives, as he usually did, and the disciples followed. They gave the appearance of wanting to join Jesus and he made a suggestion: "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." Then Jesus entered into some heavy-duty conversation ...
  20 hours ago

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