The Prayer of Jesus and the Prayer Rope

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  • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
    @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 роки тому +278

    As an Orthodox priest I must remind all of you that prayer is also a stuggle a war against the forces of evil. Many people experience demonic attacks but it is essential to persevere. May the Lord bless your spiritual journey.

    • @paulwilliams9207
      @paulwilliams9207 4 роки тому +5

      Thank you Father 💙
      Sometimes it feels like being enfolded in the loving arms of the Divine Mother, safe and secure forgiven and loved, like the calm after a storm. And so we are restored and healed, protected and loved .
      Kyrie Jesu Xriste eleison me
      Most Holy Theotokos, pray for us!

    • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
      @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 роки тому +12

      @@paulwilliams9207 I am certain that God will bless and reward your faith and your efforts. Remember that there will be times when you feel that God is no longer close to you. Do not worry. It is only a test of your faith. Try to push all bad thoughts out of your mind. Fill your heart with love and help your fellow man and Christ will take care of the rest. And have patience. It takes a lifetime to learn everything you need to know. But you have already entered the realm of miracles.

    • @_____c___482
      @_____c___482 4 роки тому +2

      This organization, monastery icons, is a heretic group of “Christians” that are pretty much Hindus. Don’t buy their “icons”, they do some demonic ritual on them before shipping. If you don’t believe me look up their “monastery” it’s called light of the spirit monastery.

    • @pippen9833
      @pippen9833 4 роки тому +1

      Hello dear priest, i am a roman traditionalist catholic, do you consider myself as your brother?

    • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
      @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 роки тому +10

      @@pippen9833 All men and women regardless of their religion are my brothers.

  • @antonkirani2758
    @antonkirani2758 4 роки тому +96

    Lord Jesus Christ , son of God , have mercy on me , a sinner.

  • @cmoberg2036
    @cmoberg2036 6 років тому +95

    I am a convert to the Orthodox church...two years ago after a tragic event. I was a protestant. I have never been closer to God. It is challenging but so fruitful and full of blessings. And yes men are called to the orthodox church because it requires more from them.

    • @DysmasTheGoodThief
      @DysmasTheGoodThief 5 років тому +8

      Agreed 100%

    • @susansuewwilliams
      @susansuewwilliams 5 років тому +1

      Going to your website it appears you are Roman!
      Masquerading as Orthodox.
      Orthodox do not have rosaries

    • @susansuewwilliams
      @susansuewwilliams 5 років тому +1

      @@DysmasTheGoodThief going to the website it appears they are Roman, masquerading as Orthodox.
      Orthodox do not have rosaries.

    • @strongman6201
      @strongman6201 4 роки тому

      Islam is closer to god

    • @legionary2736
      @legionary2736 4 роки тому +7

      @@strongman6201 Not really

  • @cfcfan9976
    @cfcfan9976 3 роки тому +22

    Latin Rite Catholic here but I love praying the prayer rope...

    • @monicabermea7652
      @monicabermea7652 2 роки тому +1

      Me as well. I love this 🙏📿❤️

    • @faustianqueen
      @faustianqueen 2 роки тому +2

      Same here! Just got my prayer rope today and I can’t wait to start

    • @chuckstoner3406
      @chuckstoner3406 2 роки тому +6

      Pray the Rosary

    • @brandonbenitez9746
      @brandonbenitez9746 2 роки тому +6

      @@chuckstoner3406 pray both. And on top of that pray the divine mercy chaplet.

  • @paulwilliams9207
    @paulwilliams9207 4 роки тому +19

    We simply cannot pray this prayer often enough!!
    Kyrie, Jesu Xriste, eleison me
    Kyrie Jesu Xriste eleison me
    Kyrie Jesu Xriste eleison me
    🙏🙏🙏☦️☦️☦️💙💙💙

  • @ayazpasha2453
    @ayazpasha2453 4 роки тому +21

    Am Muslim but i love jesus son of God

    • @cynthiacynthia1046
      @cynthiacynthia1046 4 роки тому +4

      God bless you and be with you!🙏

    • @elenavonpavel-pitts3442
      @elenavonpavel-pitts3442 3 роки тому +3

      Christ, the son of God, will show you the way...may He have mercy on all of us, who are sinners

    • @grimchameleon0546
      @grimchameleon0546 2 роки тому +2

      If you confess that Jesus is the son of God, then you may as well join us and unite

    • @basedgod6016
      @basedgod6016 Рік тому +1

      you're not a muslim if you think Jesus is the Son of God, that's a purely Christian belief :)

    • @jayorilla3696
      @jayorilla3696 Рік тому

      God Bless you brother 🙏 it doesn't matter..We all have ONE GOD..peace be with us all..

  • @miriamnagy2034
    @miriamnagy2034 Рік тому +2

    I am Catholic ,love Orthodox faith,I am praying Rosary every day,and 2 weeks ago I start praying Jesus prayer,because I never heard about before God bless you,🙏🏻☦️🙏🏻

  • @mn3199
    @mn3199 2 роки тому +8

    Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner 🙏🙌🤲

  • @vladlucius6928
    @vladlucius6928 6 місяців тому +1

    As a Catholic i love the jesus prayer 🙏

  • @bluesky7226
    @bluesky7226 2 роки тому +8

    I love that little book, The Way of the Pilgrim.

  • @paulhudson4254
    @paulhudson4254 4 роки тому +6

    Bless you convert, I remember saying what have I converted into this very difficult and so much to
    learn. Now 30+ plus years it’s all been more than worth, stay the course!

  • @rezekgabrael7859
    @rezekgabrael7859 5 років тому +20

    Kerrie Eleison ☦🙏

    • @sportbilly8347
      @sportbilly8347 5 років тому +3

      ΚΥΡΙΕ ΕΛΕΙΣΟΝ ΙΝ GREEK.......

  • @marygodwins8967
    @marygodwins8967 4 роки тому +5

    Beautiful ❤️🙏

  • @inmatejason
    @inmatejason 4 роки тому +13

    I am greek orthadox and use my grammas old catholic rosary and not a greek prayer rope. I assume it makes no difference but my wife always comments on it lol. I have been thinking of removing the spaces and centre link to make it more like a prayer rope but its just so beautiful i cant bring myself to do it.

    • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
      @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 роки тому +11

      Keep the rosary as a souvenir of your beloved grandmother but get a prayer rope for your prayers.

    • @RK-ne7ws
      @RK-ne7ws 2 роки тому +5

      I know this post is a year old. But, I just stumbled upon it. I’m Catholic, and pray the holy rosary every day and will continue to do so until the day I die..
      ( I’m a big advocate for its use )
      After all, It was a gift from our Blessed mother. But as of recent, I’ve begun praying the Jesus payer as well. I have a great deal of respect for the Orthodox faith, watch many Orthodox videos, and consider them to my my brothers and sisters in Christ. In my humble opinion, why can’t you do both. Many people within the eastern catholic rites do both interchangeably everyday. I’m not a theologian by no means whatsoever.
      But, Other than the Fatima prayer, which has been added to the Roman Catholic rosary of recent decades. I don’t see anything within the rosary that contradicts orthodox teachings.
      (If I’m wrong, please correct me) May God Bless you my friend. And as someone else had written, I pray you didn’t damage your Grandmothers rosary.

    • @monicabermea7652
      @monicabermea7652 2 роки тому +2

      I agree. I do both on my rosary

    • @elviradonaghy6425
      @elviradonaghy6425 2 роки тому +2

      @@tyxikosgatopoulos3094 Dear Soul, keep it as it is. Blessed Mother loves The Jesus Prayer!

    • @janicehoward5515
      @janicehoward5515 Рік тому

      Having originally been byzantine rite catholic and now an eastern orthodox Christian I do both as well. My orthox pastor saw nothing wrong with continuing my devotion to saying the rosary. Recently I came across several videos on UA-cam for saying the Byzantine Rosary. It's quite beautiful. The priest uses the Byzantine Angelic Salutation ,byzantine Hail Mary. My step daughter and I say it every evening.

  • @raramouni
    @raramouni 3 роки тому +6

    I believe it's "Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner" that's what the monks say including in mt. Anthos.

  • @lisatrotto2847
    @lisatrotto2847 6 років тому +32

    I am going to get my first choice or prayer rope as soon as possible. I read the Way of the Pilgrim at least two times, it really inspired me to start reciting the Jesus Prayer.

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  6 років тому +8

      Indeed, The Way of a Pilgrim has been the springboard for many people to begin the practice of the Jesus Prayer.

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  5 років тому +3

      The Way of a Pilgrim has been an inspiration to many, and a catalyst to interior prayer.

    • @susansuewwilliams
      @susansuewwilliams 5 років тому +1

      Lisa, the prayer rope is one of the easiest ways to say Jesus Prayer.
      However going to their website they appear to be roman masquerading as Orthodox

    • @PaulTheHermit77
      @PaulTheHermit77 Рік тому

      The way of the pilgrim. I will pray for God to put that book in my path, so I can learn more sinner that I am. I will look for it next week. God bless for this new lead on my pilgrimage. Thank you brother.

  • @holyfamilycrusader3512
    @holyfamilycrusader3512 2 роки тому +2

    Latin Catholic who loves this Eastern tradition!

  • @emmamansour
    @emmamansour 4 роки тому +6

    i have my prayer rope bracelet from mount athos my uncle got it for us and i also have one from mount lebanon

  • @pedroual
    @pedroual 5 років тому +6

    Saint Augustine is also a Father of the Eastern Orthodoxy Church. I’m here is a Father of the Church.

  • @eu3145
    @eu3145 5 років тому +8

    This is the Russian pilgrim book... read it ! Wonderful !!

  • @corex72
    @corex72 Рік тому +1

    I just started doing this, I made my own, I learned the knot. There’s even meditation in making the knot.

  • @ayazpasha2453
    @ayazpasha2453 4 роки тому

    Great jesus song of God ☝️👍

  • @LightningStriker1
    @LightningStriker1 2 роки тому

    Let's also give thanks to the hands that made them.

  • @adelkamal6464
    @adelkamal6464 4 роки тому +12

    Christ has appeared to me in real incident, I believe it's my duty to
    mention it. April, 2016 I got up from my sleep rare to happen for some
    reason the case with me and I'm being an Arab from Qatar, I saw on the
    ceiling of my room clearly and for a period just a few seconds the Image
    of Jesus Christ feature as I remember the face shape just a little
    long, light skin close to an Arab or middle east Caucasian people the
    eyes beautiful the face beard is normal and head hair lay almost on his
    shoulders a bit I think I hinted his hands back in the beginning I
    thought he looks to some degree to the one of my friends but inspiration
    jump to my mind he is the Christ and what I astonished of the image it
    is clarity ,why me have this experience I do not know but did happen and
    this is the ultimate truth and this not my real name due to personal
    reason.# using Google translate Arabic to English
    انا مواطن قطري وصاحب تعليم وثقافة ليس هذا اسمي لسبب خاص مررت بتجربة تفوق الخيال الذي اسرده حقيقي كتبتها بمواقع كثيرة ولو كنت بشك لما
    دونت حرف واحد لم اكن اؤمن بهذا لا اعرف التفسير كان الحدث وانا بكامل
    حواسي ومستيقظ وصاحي في النصف الثاني لشهر ابريل 2016م كنت نائم فجاءة نهضت
    لسبب نادر حصوله لي رأيت على سقف غرفتي بصورة واضحة ولمده لا اعرف ممكن
    ثواني كانت كافية صورة السيد المسيح الوجه واضح وكأني لمحت ان يديه الى
    الخلف ومظهره طبيعي جدا بدون وجود اشياء خارجه عن المألوف وجهه شكله طويل
    ولحية خفيفة وعيونه بها جمال ونظرات رائعة وشعر الرأس يتدلى على كتفيه
    تقريبا بعض الشيء وملامح رائعة وابيض الشكل وقريب شكله كالعرب او من شعوب
    الشرق الأوسط وهذا ونور الغرفة بها اضاءة خفيفة ومع هذا ابهرني الوضوح
    التام للصورة وقد اعتقدت بداية انه يشبه احد الأصدقاء بدرجة بسيطة لكن
    بسرعة احسست او ألهام راودني هذا هو المسيح هذه شهادة واوصل كلمتي في ارضاء
    ضميري وهي امانة احس لابد من قول التجربة لا اسعى او ابغي الأموال و
    الشهرة ادرك واعرف ان الأغلبية او الكل من الناس لن يصدقوا اعذرهم المهم
    انها الحقيقة المطلقة النهائية..لاشك

    • @cynthiacynthia1046
      @cynthiacynthia1046 4 роки тому +2

      Beautiful witness! May God bless you greatly!

    • @twotetah
      @twotetah 4 роки тому +2

      God bless you

    • @PrinceBlake
      @PrinceBlake 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for sharing your vision of Jesus. When I was a child, a friend suffered a terrible accident, colliding on his horse with a boy on his minibike. My friend was knocked unconscious by the fall. The injured boy on his motorbike was quite large, more like a man, and he was covered in blood and weaving down the road when I saw him and took him to his parents' house. They were in shock and right away thought I had hit the boy. Thankfully, the boy was coherent enough to tell them of the collision on the trails with the horse and rider. I should add that my unconscious friend had invited me to love Jesus just as his father, a pastor, had invited him. I accepted the invitation and attended his father's vacation Bible church but at the time, I had no idea it was my friend on the trails, alone and unconscious. When my friend showed up to school bandaged, I was in shock to learn it was he whose horse had been hit by the motorbike. Upon learning of my encounter with the boy who had struck him, my friend became disappointed I didn't find him. Feeling his pain, I prayed that night for God to give me something tangible to take as evidence of His existence. I heard and felt his positive affirmation, which stunned me, and in the days that followed I began receiving signs in Math classes that invited me to pursue this evidence further. Images of expansion and rotation were calling out for greater clarity within Descarte's coordinate map and the Pi approximate 355/113. My search took me to Japan where I met my wife; it soon became clear on our first date that she held the most important piece of the puzzle. When it comes to charge and quantum behaviors they say the action occurs on the boundary. Her father was a potter and he gave me a turn at the wheel. Quickly I realized with the spin of the wheel all the action occurs on the boundary where hand meets clay. Following clue after clue led my wife Kumiko to discover the mathematically true cross that has been hinted at for centuries since the time of Constantine and his mother Helena's discovery at Golgotha. Kumiko's nickname in Japanese is 935 as it bears a numerical resemblance to Chi, the expansion represented by the cross's column. My nickname, Blake, bears a numerical resemblance to Pi in 3.14159. and phonetically hints at "Ro" as an abbreviation for "rotation". The arrow of time is represented by a knot which forms where expansion (Phi) meets rotation (Pi), and symbolized by an emblem depicting the juxtaposition of Chi and Ro in early Christian symbolism. Within this arrow of time, a cross can be discerned whose numerical measurements of cross interval expansion sum of 935 and the sum of the orbital vertices 505, hint at Christ's name 935-505 or JES SUS and the concept of Alpha, expansion and Omega, arrival at a new beginning. Within a short time after the mathematical hints began arriving, an image of Christ and Pi appeared in our home and it is still there to this day giving us encouragement to promote the healing and vigilance of the Holy Cross, the True Cross.

  • @josephdinh1707
    @josephdinh1707 Рік тому

    Never heard before! Prayer Rope?
    Is it helpful for Heaven? Many things make me confused, my faith may go down like a rock. What could I do and believe strongly? I am the Prayer Joseph!!

  • @john1212333333333333
    @john1212333333333333 6 років тому +10

    What is the hymn that this video starts out with

  • @shampasarkar1981
    @shampasarkar1981 Рік тому

    Amen

  • @marm6777
    @marm6777 2 роки тому +1

    Yo quiero esa felicidad. Señor Jesucristo, hijo de Dios ten piedad de mi pecador...Dame esa felicidad.

  • @carmelitagood3392
    @carmelitagood3392 4 роки тому +2

    Please tell me the words to say when making the sign of the cross, and the words to say when going over the 1-3-1 beads before getting onto the 10 beads or deca. Thank you kindly.

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  4 роки тому

      You might visit this site to see how: www.rosarycenter.org/homepage-2/rosary/how-to-pray-the-rosary/

  • @moorezacharyd
    @moorezacharyd 6 років тому +4

    passing through the eye of the needle of this Orthodoxy

  • @larkinabbott5331
    @larkinabbott5331 2 роки тому

    Our lady of Las lajas Ora pro nobis

  • @christopheromeara689
    @christopheromeara689 Рік тому

    What is prayed on the red bead ? The bead between the 25 knots.

  • @GomzyKapoor
    @GomzyKapoor Рік тому

    Is it okay to pray the Jesus prayer on an Islamic prayer beads because i can't prayer rope in my country.
    Plz answer
    Thankyou

    • @peterjackbenson
      @peterjackbenson 11 місяців тому +1

      In my opinion, of course. I have mala beads (Buddhist beads) that I use as well as dhikr beads. From my understanding the point is to keep you repeating the prayer by keeping count.

  • @davidkehrer7342
    @davidkehrer7342 Рік тому +1

    He bought a beat up philokalia as well

  • @sammydowson4745
    @sammydowson4745 3 роки тому +1

    Can you use rosary beads too

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  3 роки тому +3

      Different people use different methods or tools. The main point is to remember to pray the name of Jesus.

    • @sammydowson4745
      @sammydowson4745 3 роки тому +1

      @@MonasteryIcons amen

    • @sammydowson4745
      @sammydowson4745 3 роки тому +2

      @@MonasteryIcons what Jesus prayer do I say, should I say lord Jesus Christ son of god have mercy on me a sinner or lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.

  • @tristani_om
    @tristani_om 3 роки тому +1

    Chiotki in Russian means Counter

  • @molitvepravoslavne4930
    @molitvepravoslavne4930 4 роки тому

    😊

  • @dreampasser3098
    @dreampasser3098 5 років тому

    How to pray jesus bead

  • @ketzergaw2593
    @ketzergaw2593 5 років тому +3

    Where can i buy prayer rope? i live in usa.

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  5 років тому +2

      You can buy prayer ropes here at Monastery Icons:
      www.monasteryicons.com/category/prayer-ropes

    • @TheRealRealOK
      @TheRealRealOK 5 років тому +1

      Ket Zergaw Lots Of Orthodox sites, including Monastery Icons.

    • @DysmasTheGoodThief
      @DysmasTheGoodThief 5 років тому

      Ket Zergaw you can get them also from vashonmonks.com and stpaisiusorthodoxmonastery.org

    • @DavidNWalker
      @DavidNWalker 5 років тому +1

      @@DysmasTheGoodThief The link for St Paisius monastery is actually : stpaisiusmonastery.org/ I recommend their ropes.

    • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
      @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 роки тому

      In the meantime you can say the prayer without the rope.

  • @definitelynotatroll
    @definitelynotatroll 5 років тому +3

    It isn’t a rosary. Lol. I understand that they look somewhat similar, but they are so very different.

    • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
      @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 роки тому +3

      For some reason the Greek word komboskini is sometimes mistakenly translated as rosary. It is correctly called a prayer rope.

  • @mansourannab7339
    @mansourannab7339 Рік тому

    ربي يسوع المسيح يا ابن الله الحى ارحمني انا عبدك الخاطئ امين

  • @mansourannab7078
    @mansourannab7078 2 роки тому

    ربنا والهنا يسوع المسيح يا ابن الله الحى ارحمني انا عبدك الخاطئ امين

  • @mathewhart530
    @mathewhart530 5 років тому

    So they say Jesus in their mind whilst counting the knots?

    • @Phobe21
      @Phobe21 4 роки тому +1

      They said "Lord jesus christ son of God have mercy up on me a sinner"

  • @omendez7373
    @omendez7373 6 років тому +9

    Just say eastern orthodox

  • @zvonkopreloznjak4035
    @zvonkopreloznjak4035 5 років тому

    Thank you.
    Bless of God!

  • @vishveshtadsare3160
    @vishveshtadsare3160 5 років тому

    Domine Christe eleison.

  • @patriciah3235
    @patriciah3235 4 роки тому +2

    Not a rosary.

  • @whoahorseywhoa4685
    @whoahorseywhoa4685 4 роки тому

    what is this prayer rope ? it looks like a longer version of the mulsim prayer beads !! its freaking me out ! Why is there no Crucifix ??

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  4 роки тому +3

      If you watch the video, you will see that prayer ropes have a woven cross at the end.

  • @greg8884
    @greg8884 2 роки тому +1

    There's a big difference between orthodoxy and catholism. Don't mix them up ,only orthodoxy has the truth.

    • @peterjackbenson
      @peterjackbenson 11 місяців тому

      Anybody who thinks there is only one way to the truth doesn't really understand the other ways, in my opinion.

  • @katiamissnersiegel4457
    @katiamissnersiegel4457 4 роки тому +3

    Holy Bible, Deuteronomy 5.8-9 : Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth. Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, for I am the LORD your God and I tolerate no rivals, ...

    • @larrym.johnson9219
      @larrym.johnson9219 2 роки тому +2

      How is saying the name of Jesus idolatry it isn't! Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, God from God light from light true God of true God. begotten not made.

  • @dimyoll
    @dimyoll 5 років тому

    It's not meditation

    • @peterjackbenson
      @peterjackbenson 11 місяців тому

      Maybe you don't understand meditation. It's the clearing of the mind. I would absolutely say that the repetitious quality of the Jesus prayer clears the mind to open it to God.

  • @Ettoredipugnar
    @Ettoredipugnar 3 роки тому

    Not a rosary . Chotke. Subtle ecumenism .

  • @Ghastly_Grinner
    @Ghastly_Grinner 4 роки тому +2

    But Christs name isn't even Jesus

  • @ri3m4nn
    @ri3m4nn 2 роки тому +1

    Paul literally says not to do this.

    • @ri3m4nn
      @ri3m4nn 2 роки тому +1

      @@chanting_germ. yeah, k, I'll go, but stop praying like a pagan.

    • @peterjackbenson
      @peterjackbenson 11 місяців тому

      He says unceasing prayer. This is one interpretation of that. Some people don't follow paul, btw, as he may or may not have met Jesus. His vision can be interpreted in many ways.

    • @ri3m4nn
      @ri3m4nn 11 місяців тому

      @@peterjackbenson yes, that means to always be in a relationship, not mindless ritualistic prayer. And for orthodox, they are definitely Pauline christians.

  • @danielcristancho3524
    @danielcristancho3524 Рік тому

    Prayer is the opening up of the heart to God, as a friend. Useless repetitive phrases are not how you communicate with people, and it shouldn't be how you communicate with God. The bible does not endorse any kind of rosary and it compares those who repeat prayers to the pagans, who also have repetitive prayers and prayer beads.

    • @MonasteryIcons
      @MonasteryIcons  Рік тому +2

      The prayer of Jesus is not to get God's attention, but ours. We are habituated to outward consciousness, and the prayer is a means of training the mind to focus on God. It has proven to be a saint-maker through the centuries. Don't discount such a blessing.

    • @danielcristancho3524
      @danielcristancho3524 Рік тому

      @@MonasteryIcons ''We are habituated to outward consciousness, and the prayer is a means of training the mind to focus on God.''
      Ok, can you show me an example of this in scripture? I understand from Matthew that repetitive prayers are offered in vain. ''But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.'' As I understand this text, God is looking for honest conversation from the heart. We don't talk to our dear friends with repetitive phrases, why should we do so with God?

    • @peterjackbenson
      @peterjackbenson 11 місяців тому +2

      The bible can be interpreted in many ways. Unceasing prayer is an interesting concept. I wouldn't judge things like pagans so harshly.

    • @danielcristancho3524
      @danielcristancho3524 11 місяців тому

      @@peterjackbenson The bible can be interpreted in many ways. ''
      I don't' think so. Any book that can be interpreted MANY WAY, is not saying anything worth reading. There are rules to hermeneutics and there is a way to read the bible so that you can come to the conclusions the author, the Holy Spirit, intended. We are to look to the Holy Spirit for truth and He will guide us into all truth.
      ''I wouldn't judge things like pagans so harshly.''
      I am free to judge something as pagan when the bible judges it as pagan.
      ''Unceasing prayer is an interesting concept.''
      I have no problem with unceasing prayer. Paul states we are to pray without ceasing. I have a problem with repetitive mantras used as prayers. Prayer is a conversation with God, it is not a magical spell we repeat over and over and over.

    • @peterjackbenson
      @peterjackbenson 11 місяців тому

      @@danielcristancho3524 I am not saying not to differentiate between pagan and Christian, but rather to not judge pagans as less than you or the wrong way of doing things. There is no one way to read the bible, no correct way, and it doesn't make it a useless book, it means each person comes to it from a different perspective. I don't think you actually understand the intent of the Jesus prayer one bit, it's not a magical spell, it's a communication with the divine.