Praying always...
Psalm 113:3 (112:3 LXX)
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
Praise the name of the Lord.
Personal Challenge...
Our spiritual father, the apostle Paul, told us to pray without ceasing. Our Old Testament fathers told us to be constantly studying the law. How do we do this in this modern, time-consuming world? One way is to do what we are taught in the Orthodox church...pray the Jesus prayer regularly until it becomes as our very breath.
Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.We can do this as an exercise of discipline, with prayer beads or a prayer rope as an aid, or through meditation. It doesn't matter what practice we use as long as we get to a place where every breath, every thought, every beat of the heart, is bathed in Jesus Christ and focused on praising Him. Oh...I have so far to go on this.
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