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Help, Help, Help!!! I need advice.

topdawgtopdawg
edited December 1969 in Faith Issues
To all my fellow christians,

Do any of you have any experience with the Jesus Prayer? Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, Have mercy upon me a sinner. I am trying to practice this prayer in silence and doing it for 15 minutes a day. Any thoughts on how to do it, what to do, how to sit and pray. I need any experience or advice I can get or encouragement. Please help.

Thanks,

C

Comments

  • kirollos3kirollos3
    well .. i would ask my father of confession . but i guess matanyas(kneeling down)  . and meditation can be really good
  • servant33servant33
    Hmm, well the thing that I like about it is that you can always say it wherever and whenever. Like in school or work and you remember God, you can just say it. That way you can fill your whole day with prayer because you are constantly acknowledging God and the power of Christ. I'm not sure how you would do it 15 minutes straight, but just say it whenever it pops into your mind - that's the beauty of it - you don't need to pull out an agpeya or find a quiet spot or even stand up and its not a prayer that tires you or you get distracted while saying it.
  • yousiegtennisyousiegtennis
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  • IoannesIoannes
    Its a good medetative prayer so yea you can do metonias or you can sit, or even stand. I put tunes to it to make it much easier to repeat. This is usually when I light incense, in a meditative state which I am not sure if that is good or not. I think I take that from all the merkaba meditation and the buddhist meditation. Also doing it in Greek is nice, or as many languages as you can. I prefer sitting or standing, if I am trying to ward off temptation or lustful thoughts or whatever, then I do metonias until the thoughts cease. Just experiment, come up with your own way.
  • ZoxsasiZoxsasi
    [quote author=Conqueror link=topic=9595.msg118152#msg118152 date=1281843256]
    To all my fellow christians,

    Do any of you have any experience with the Jesus Prayer? Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, Have mercy upon me a sinner. I am trying to practice this prayer in silence and doing it for 15 minutes a day. Any thoughts on how to do it, what to do, how to sit and pray. I need any experience or advice I can get or encouragement. Please help.

    Thanks,

    C


    Our Church specialises in this prayer. That's all we do in EVERY single Hoss.

    The only part in the tasbeha where we do not use the Lord's prayer is in the Theotokiat.

    here's an example:

    A) Afty Emeponof: Chorus  : My Lord, Jesus Christ, my good savior.
    B) I called you from the depths of my heart: (Aikoty Ensok): Chorus: My Lord Jesus, Come and Help
    ..

    Dude, I could go on, but the TASBEHA = 90% of the Lord's prayer.. OVER and OVER.. in every single verse!

    Man... I love my Coptic Church. No one realises these riches.

    Im not being mean - at all, and you all know how much I love Greek food, Greek People, Greek Orthodoxy etc, but seriously, their Lord's prayer doesnt sound as good as ours. Really.

    You are in the "Lord's-Prayer-R-Us" Church!!

    You can pray afty-emeponoff silenty if you want.


  • kirollos3kirollos3
    at first every thing is hard .. but it becomes  easy over time .
  • gerhard_pretor
    Hi,

    I think there are as many ways to use the Jesus Prayer as there are poeple. I have some experience in using this prayer. A while ago I decided to try and 'pray unceasingly' as much as possible. I started sitting down quietly two or three times a day for at least 30 min. I then prayed the payer using a prayer rope for that whole time starting and ending the prayer session with 'Our Lords Prayer'. In addition to these special prayer times I would say the ptayer as much as possible throughout the day, while working, or walking from bus stop to bus stop, or on the bus etc. Now I often hear the prayer almost say itself in the back of my mind. When my attention is unoccupied, I can just move it to focus on the prayer that is continously in the background.

    Some things I personally found useful:

    - I had to persevere even when I didn't feel like it.
    - I found that the effects of this prayer increased exponentially if I tried to focus and imbue with meaning each word of the prayer. I had to put my whole heart behind each word, and then persevere in the effort.

    At times I felt my heart and attention settle almost completely on the Lord, which brought incredible peace.

    This was my practice. Yours might be different.

    Best wishes

    Gerhard :D
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