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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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  • Gas Pump Couple Join Leno On ‘Tonight’ For An Encore [Video]


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    Do you remember the gas pump couple who earned a free tank of gas on The Tonight Show and became viral sensations this week? Jay Leno invited them on to sing live with Rickey and The Tonight Show Band. All we knew about Will Sims and his wife Monifa was that the former was an 80s kid who enjoyed Bon Jovi and ...
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  • UK: Christians to Attend Organized Prayers Against Marriage Equality Bill


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    The anti-gay group Christian Concern is organizing prayer meetings against the marriage equality bill later this month. Pink News reports : The Adamantly homophobic group Christian Concern, has organised the intermittent prayer meetings to take place outside Parliament on the two days of the bills third reading. ...
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  • A Mothers Day Prayer


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    Father in Heaven, I’m thankful today for my mom. She has sacrificed much so that I might get the most of life, Her hard work inspires me to give my all, Her love enlivens me to care more deeply for others, Her smile helps me to laugh and enjoy life. I’m thankful for my mom, and all the moms in our world. ...
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  • Really? Michelle Bachmann Says The Benghazi Siege And The September 11th Attacks Were “The Hand Of Judgment From God”


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    Michelle Bachmann is as crazy as her husband is gay. Look up a picture of her husband and you will see what we mean. Michelle Bachmann Says Attacks Were Judgment From God According to Raw Story On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told a group of conservative lawmakers gathered for a prayer event ...
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  • Jesus’s Prayer for Unity


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    a Sermon for Easter 7C Text: John 17:20-26   A hopeless prayer If you are ever self-conscious about praying in public, don’t be. Just remember how the writers of the gospel we call John portray Jesus: The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and ...
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  • Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill


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    Christians are being encouraged to attend organised prayer meetings near the Houses of Parliament this month, in order to oppose the equal marriage bill, and to coincide with its third reading. The Adamantly homophobic group Christian Concern, has organised the intermittent prayer meetings to take place outside ...
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  • A Mothers Day Story on Prayer


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    $500 Short A few years ago I was having lunch with my mom for mothers day when we started sharing book stories. Then, out of the blue, she told me a story that so floored me I just started crying. When I was a junior at Southern Methodist University , I had a semester when my financial aid fell short and I didnt ...
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  • Audio sermon: Deliverance by the finger of God


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    Exodus 8 vs. 19  – Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.       The finger of God confounds the wisdom of the wise.        The finger of God disgraces sorceries, cancel enchantments ...
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  • Deliverance Prayer points


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    1 Chronicles 17 vs. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,   I waste wasting powers in Jesus name Children of wickedness ...
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  • Prayer: Turning periods into commas


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    Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. Acts 14:19-20a Today we hear from Open Doors’ author and co-worker, Anneke ...
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  • Panic Button: The Way of the Will (3 of 4)


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    "His will is the safeguard of a man against the unlawful intrusion of other persons. "We are taught that there are offences against the bodies of others which may not be committed, but who teaches us that we may not intrude upon the minds and overrule the wills of others; that it is indecent to let another probe ...
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  • Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


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    The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in the ...
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  • Mother’s Day Prayer


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    “Blessed God of all grace, God of salvation, God of comfort and the essence of a thousand other descriptions - we cannot adequately nor fully describe you. From hearts softened and awakened to the gospel, liberated from the penalty of sin, cleaned from the stain of sin, indwelt by the Holy Guest, prepared for an ...
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  • Rebbe Nachmans Prayer for Peace


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    Lord of Peace, Divine Ruler, to whom peace belongs!  Master of Peace, Creator of all things!  May it be thy will to put an end to war and bloodshed on earth, and to spread a great and wonderful peace over the whole world, so that nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. ...
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  • Morning Prayer & Video 5.12.13: 7th Sunday of Easter; in many nations, Mother’s Day


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    VIDEO: At the name of Jesus (Cindy Berry, composer; Longview FUMC Choir & Orchestra/Paul Roberts, director) For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. The Rev. Leilani Nelson baptizing her granddaughter Abby at St. ...
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  • Jay Lenos Interactive Pumpcast News: Will and Monifa Sims 15 minutes of Karaoke Fame


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    "You sir, on pump 16!"If you havent seen this video yet, take a look.  It is a great example of interactive TV at the gas station pump!   Pumpcast News is a segment featured on Jay Lenos Tonight Show that catches people by surprise at the gas pump as they try to ignore the TV blaring away. In the following video ...
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  • The Work of Faith in Prayer


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    Faiths work in a soul in prayer is to make it importunate in pressing for that which it prays for. Having the word of God for its ground, and the name of Christ for its encouragement, it importunately presses for the thing desired. . . .
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  • Prayer Requests & Praise Reports: May 12th, 2013


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    My mom, I love her And that’s why I pray Not just today on this Mother’s Day But with each remembrance Of the love she’s expressed My thankfulness to the Lord I’ve professed For my life began In a warm and safe place Then grew more secure in Mom’s tender embrace When I was little […]
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  • Vote Fraud: Coercive Prayer Is Wrong Even If Students Vote For It by Simon Brown


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      May 7, 2013 by Simon Brown Allowing student-led prayers on a majority-rules basis is a fantastic way to create division and hatred, and no school should ever be in the business of fostering those things. Does the majority rule when it comes to religion in public schools? A West Texas public school official ...
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  • FFRF: Official school religion OK’d by Texas court


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        May 8, 2013   Judge rules in favor of football banners   A misguided decision by a state judge in Texas, permitting public school cheerleaders to exhibit Christian bible verses and messages during high school football games, makes Christianity the official school religion in Kountze, ...
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