### activity | worship:

Prayer
* Is the tongue of faith.
* Reconciliation or a request.
* a subjective part of an objective religion.
* acknowledges an awareness of the supernatural world.
* acts as a switch, which releases our forces and energies
  - the glue that holds successful marriages together
  - in the supernatural realm
* alleviates anxiety about illnesses.
* are a trinity of morning, afternoon, and evening prayers
  - way of life
  - the seals of all exhortations
  - wishes, imaginings, and also actions
* bears no relation to magic.
* becomes desire, thirst and hunger, because it involves the soul and body.
* begins where human capacity ends.
* belongs among humanity's most widespread practices.
* burning incense that never ceases to give off the fragrance of divine nature.
* can also be manipulative, irresponsible, controlling, even harmful
  - take the form of action
* can be a powerful force in overcoming evil and hardness of heart
  - an experience which nourishes a person for many subsequent years
  - convert people who do bad things, it can stop wars and it can cure sick people
  - increase rates of recovery from cancer
  - induce a hypnotic trance, as can meditation
* can lead to a higher consciousness and effective, neighborly action to help alleviate hunger
  - sense of forgiveness and freedom from shame
  - mean many different things to different people
  - take many forms
  - work miracles and change the hearts of even wicked rulers
* causes changes to happen.
* changes people, and people change things.
* changes the way the world is and therefore changes what the world can be
  - is, and therefore changes what can be
  - things and can influence all elements of life
* combined with fasting powerful spiritual weapon.
* comes in many forms.
* concentration of positive thoughts.
* confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
* consecration, commitment, oblation.
* constant aspect of their lives
  - source of invigoration to self-discipline
* conversation between two people who love each other.
* crucial part of our spiritual growth.
* cry for help.
* deeply personal and individual process
  - experience, best left to individuals, their families, and conscience
* depth in the smile of eyes.
* determines the destinies of men, their families, their communities, and their nations.
* deterrent to sin in our lives.
* dialog that requires listening as well as speaking.
* differs from most other religious beliefs since the results can be measured.
* direct address to some spiritual entity.
* discipline and an education
  - leading to freedom
  - that can be learned
* empowers the preaching of the gospel.
* exists as an act of love.
* focuses on events.
* force as real as terrestrial gravity.
* form of hoping for the best
  - meditation too
  - vigilance
  - worship rewarded primarily in the Hereafter
* great part of any religion.
* has little to do with feelings, and everything to do with human hearts and minds
  - real effects on healing or it is just wishful thinking and self-deception
* heals human souls.
* helps couples overcome trials and temptations
  - heal bullies and people who are being bullied
  - people live a clean spiritual life style
* hunger, and food for hunger.
* improves physicial and mental health.
* invokes the help of invisible beings.
* involves a sequence of changes in body posture with simultaneous Arabic recitation.
* is Love in Action
  - about physical and spiritual survival
* is also a part of the means at one's disposal
  - refined expression of a state of mind, of an inner vision
  - response to a calling
* is also an attitude, a mind-set
  - energy that exists
* is also an expression of feeling
  - hope
  - important part of small group life as well
  - communication
  - the breath of spiritual life and vigor
* is always a religious act
  - an act of worship
* is an act of dependence and, sometimes, an act of desperation
  - faith that defies logical argument
  - mind, body, and soul
  - righteousness
  - exercise of religion
  - expression in truth
* is an expression of love and care
  - our faith
* is an important discipline for the believer
  - form of worship in nearly all the religions in the world
  - part of worship
  - ritual for many religious people
  - integral component of the spiritual life of mankind
* is an integral part of Benedictine life
  - each of our lives
  - the healing process, as is spirituality and belief
  - open door which none can shut
  - opening of the human heart
  - opportunity to experience humility and recognise grace
  - ordinance of divine worship
  - universal phenomenon, present in all peoples and cultures
* is another pillar of the Muslim religion
  - type of meditation
* is as essential as eating and breathing
  - to our life as oxygen
  - natural to a soul in sorrow or sickness as a bark is to a dog
  - necessary to life as water is to the body
* is as old as humankind, as universal as religion and as instinctive as breathing
  - the human race
* is both a group activity and an individual practice
  - effective ministry and the means by which effective ministry is performed
* is central to the Science of Mind
  - overall direction of community life
  - common among people seeking to ease intense pain
  - communication and as in any communication, there is two way conversation
  - communion with the Eternal principle that is within everyone
  - compared in the Bible to incense
  - contemplation and internalization of divine truths
  - conversation and supplication and intercession and worship
  - cool water that cools the heart
* is different from magic
  - meditation in one respect
* is essential in fighting fear, doubt, and any number of other emotional problems
  - to a healthy and growing spiritual life
  - eternal or enlightening
  - found in almost all religions
  - fundamental in the Kingdom of God
  - fundamentally about posture
  - governed by principles and spiritual laws
  - great power in evangelism
  - harmful when people use it instead of going to a doctor
  - health of the soul
  - important in both corporate and individual settings
  - in many ways one of the great mysteries of the Christian faith
  - information transfers
  - instinctive in men
  - intended to produce the divine spark, the special life of the soul
  - intensive care in acute suffering and sickness
  - life for the life of the world
  - like eating or drinking
  - literally a way of making time, of creating it
* is located in churchs
  - confessions
  - looked at as an alternative to medical care
  - love and hope and desire
  - meant to be atime of intimacy
* is more necessary to the soul than food is to the body
  - than words spoken or even written
* is one aspect of personal worship
  - element of worship, singing is another
  - kind of work, necessary to the proper doing of all other kinds
* is one of the main forms of Jewish spiritual and religious identity
  - oldest forms of devotion on the planet
* is one of the primary means of becoming and staying spiritually healthy
  - ways to accomplish tikkun
* is our ability to commune and actively partcipate in the events of creation
  - occupation with our human needs and problems
  - personal energy
  - probably the world's most widely practiced visualization technique
  - relationship, and hence capable of almost infinite growth
  - religionists
  - requests
  - rituals
  - seen as key to an active inner life and an experience of the higher self
  - shown as a basic human act
  - something that can go on all day, all the time
* is spiritual breathing
  - warfare against the supernatural powers of evil
* is that glowing furnace in which the fire of divine love is kindled and kept burning
  - power that changes things
* is the act of coming home
  - basic tool to get rid of sins
  - basis for a child's discipleship
  - benchmark of character with leads to action
* is the breath of the soul
  - breathing of the Christian life
  - carbohydrates and protein of religious life while community is the dessert
  - catalyst that initiates a divine reaction
  - communion of two hearts
  - condition and the path for our spiritual life
  - contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view
  - devotion that hides the entranceway into temptation
  - directing of all the attention of which the soul is capable toward god
  - doorway to blessing and freedom from bondage
  - engine of the church's life and ministry
  - essence of our lives
* is the exercise of faith by which men s minds are cleared of indolence
  - expression of the soul
  - fertiliser that nourishes the soil of love
* is the first condition so that anything at all can happen
  - step in faith
  - weapon against witchcraft
  - foundation for sanctity
* is the foundation of all miracles
  - fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results
  - glue that holds it all together
  - golden key that opens heaven
  - greatest spiritual asset in the world
  - hand of faith stretched out to receive
  - hardest skill in the world to master
  - healing of breaches, a building of bridges, a breaking of barriers
  - heart of our soul and it's the heart of our faith and it is the soul of our faith
  - heart's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed
  - heartfelt expression of holy dissatisfaction
  - highest and noblest exercise of the soul
* is the issue of a love relationship
  - quiet mind of untroubled thoughts
  - key of the day and the lock of the night
* is the key that opens all doors
  - unlocks miracles
  - to unlock dreams, visions, interpretation, and knowledge
  - language of spirituality and improves the quality of man's being
* is the language of the journey, the language of communion
  - poor in Spirit
  - lifeline of the believer
  - mark of a genuine faith and conversion
  - meaning of our considerations or contemplations
* is the means by which a people discern the vision for ministry and is key for leadership
  - of communication with our Savior
  - to accessing that power
  - means' to achieve health
  - medium of miracles
  - midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth
* is the most ancient, most universal, most intense expression of the religious intellect
  - important ingredient in any human endeavor
  - potent antioxidant
* is the most powerful force in the world
  - form of energy in the world
  - weapon against evil
  - motive power behind all human efforts, and behind the whole of the spiritual life
  - natural language of the heart
  - nerve that moves the muscles of omnipotence
  - oil that makes the engine of reconcilliation run
* is the one language that can be heard and understood by all
  - thing all religious people share
* is the only means of bringing orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts
  - salvation for human soul
  - opposite of leisure
  - optic nerve of our spiritual nature
  - ordained means of grace by which our needs are being met
  - outward expression of a humble heart
  - oxygen of the soul
  - peace of our spirit, the stillness of our hearts, thoughts, and recollections
  - place where the stakes are ultimate
  - power that gets things done
  - preparation for work that demands vision, wisdom, and industry
  - primary instrument for conversion, communion, and solidarity
  - privilege of a child
  - process of shaping and emitting loving elementals
  - product of a humble heart, a believing heart, and a heart renewed by grace
  - proper response to every event in life
  - provider of spiritual strength
  - root from which our lives and ministries grow and are nourished
  - salvation of prayer
  - science of sciences
  - second pillar of faith
  - secret of keeping a fixed heart and keeping in the heart a song in the night
  - seed of gentleness and the absence of anger
  - simplest act in all religion
  - soil in which hope and healing grow best
  - soul seeking life
* is the soul's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed
  - spiritual food that strengthens our whole being
* is the starting place for discernment as well as the atmosphere in which it happens
  - point and sustaining force of church planting and evangelism
  - threshold to the miraculous
  - transformation of anxiety into love
  - ultimate surrender of the self to the Other
  - universal method that is available to all people for spiritual growth
  - uplift of the earth bound soul
  - utterance of faith
* is the very acknowledgement of our human existence
  - core of man's life
  - voice of religion, the language of faith and aspiration
  - water that makes it possible to bring the oak to rich, green life
* is the way to get directly at the soul of each person
  - solve problems and to bridge gaps
  - whole of a man's life
  - thought of as a powerful agent in healing
* is to faith what breath is to life
  - spirituality what eating is to hunger
  - very important in the commercial and business world
  - viewed as a means to define what truly matters, to ignore the trivialities
* is what puts the power in the Christian life
  - the human heart desires
  - where our life is centred
  - with the eyes open in most cases, and meditation is with the eyes closed
  - words that uplift
* is, in essence, spiritual breathing
  - fact, the oxygen of the soul
* journey into self-knowledge.
* key to being patient, and having hope
  - spiritual power and success
  - wisdom, virtue, and humility
* kind of worship.
* leads to spiritual transformation.
* living relationship.
* manner of life.
* matter of life and faith.
* means also an expression of the heart.
* means different things for different people
  - for churches to clearly understand their mission and to gain confidence
  - moving from chaos into wholeness
* melts away coverings, as prayers are Love vibrations when they are sent out to another.
* mighty power for goodness and against evil.
* modern form of incantation, and works about as well.
* most common form of transmission.
* moves the hand that moves the world.
* name for clairvoyance radiant with omni-directional power.
* normal condition for perseverance.
* one-way mode to converse With the substratum of the universe.
* powerful act of creation.
* powerful force in our lives and in the lives of all believers
  - that can lift spirits, guide journeys, and heal the heart
* practice that is part of one s spiritual life.
* practice, a spiritual discipline to evolve with.
* precious and important part of daily life.
* priestly duty
  - function
* primary weapon in combating spiritual blindness.
* provides the atmosphere in which believers breathe.
* reflects appreciation
  - grow appreciation
* religious activity that many people have difficulty starting
* replaces anxiety with joy.
* requires a person to have complete concentration when performing prayer.
* rhythm of quiet breathing, and beat of hear.
* seems to be the most common form of Finnish religious activity
  - universal, regardless of religion or language or nation
* serene force at work in human beings.
* shawls, yarmulkes, and Torah scrolls form an important part of everyday Jewish life.
* significant and universal aspect of religion.
* skill to be learned and developed.
* source of conversion and transformation.
* spiritual act of worship
  - discipline that requires modeling, mentoring, and practice
* spontaneous habit.
* spring of psalms in the thirsty noon.
* stabilizing agent.
* staple of the Christian life.
* state of being.
* struggle in the life of a believer.
* takes places.
* teaches thankfulness and provides comfort when nothing else seems to help.
* telephone call through the universal exchange.
* trance state.
* transfiguring, transforming duty, which makes the face to shine.
* turning away from the world, visible and invisible.
* universal form of spiritual expression
  - in worship
* vital element of the Christian life
  - ingredient of family life at every stage
* voluntary act, as the church voluntary organization.
* watch in the night.
* way of coping with or bargaining for grief
  - life, it sustains life - like breathing
  - making time, of making sacred time
  - realizing and recognizing the power of moments
  - to remember the future
* yearning to be met or a yes when others say no.
+ Prayer in Christianity
  * Prayer in Christianity' is seen by most Christians as a way of communicating with God. Prayer is seen as being therapeutic by many Christian leaders.
+ Religion, Traditions, Witness and conversion:
  * A Muslim man at prayer. Prayer is an important ritual for many religious people.