Learning to pray every day for just a few minutes, is something that is difficult for many people. And yet, if you practice praying on a regular basis, you will find that it gets easier every time.
Some people find it a weakness of character to pray, when in fact, it is just the opposite: it is a sign of strength and self-confidence. God does not create weak people, but rather people of strength. Choose to be strong of heart and mind, but be gentle to yourself and those around you.
The most important thing in praying is to pick the prayers that you wish to recite, and preferably daily, and just repeat them once or as many times as you need to. Your religion of birth or choice has the prayers to be used.
As I mentioned in prior pages, to me the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary are sufficient for me to take care of my needs. Remember that the most powerful prayers are those that benefit others, particularly our loved ones. When you need to pray for yourself, go for it!
Reading the daily news on my laptop, I find good and I find bad news constantly. The bad is all around when evil people do their harm to society. Why must we pray for our loved ones? Because we can't be close to them during the day and night to protect them ourselves. All three of my children are adults now, and pretty much on their own, and I still pray for them every day of the week, all year-long.
We pray for others, so that no harm comes to them. I place holy water on my kid's digital photos on my laptop throughout the entire week. Why? because holy water is intended to protect, to bless, and to keep the bad elements away from them. I discovered the 'healing power' of holy water a few years back when I used it on my biking injuries. I had no affordable health insurance; so I resorted to holy water out of desperation and unbearable pain on four bad accidents that I had. It worked for me to heal and to diminish the pain totally—and all within a period of one to three weeks max of application of holy water.
13 people, mostly soldiers, died just recently from a random killing in a U.S. Army Fort. We have no control of other people's actions. The most unlikely person in the world to have committed such heinous crime, did the unthinkable—take away the lives of innocent young people. We pray so that God takes over, and protects our lives because we are exposed to everyday events—at times totally out of our control. We place water on the foreheads of our loved ones if they live with us. If they live away from home, you may want to place the cross with your finger moist with holy water on their faces on the digital photos.
Don't be ashamed to believe and to pray to God and to Jesus, his only Son. Use holy water whenever possible, and believe that you have done the best possible to protect your loved ones, and yourself, of course. Should you have a drug issue with one of your sons or daughters, place holy water on their forehead, and simply say, "God bless you and protect you." If they don't allow you because they think it is silly, place the holy water on their photos. Holy water is used to ward-off evil; and illegal drugs and their pushers, are as evil as evil can get. I have lost five nephews to drugs, and three are resting in peace in the cemetery; so I know what I am talking about.
Please read my latest article on Ezine Articles titled "Prayer and Holy Water—the Reason and the Force Behind Them." It will give you a new perspective that can possibly make a difference in your life.
Tony McCleary
tonymcclr@gmail.com
http://www.prayer-be-strong.blogspot.com/
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