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Prayer in the New Testament is presented as a positive command (; ). The People of God are challenged to include Christian prayer in their everyday life, even in the busy struggles of marriage () as it brings people closer to God. Jesus encouraged his disciples to pray in secret in their private rooms, using the Lord's Prayer, as a humble response to the prayer of the Pharisees, whose practices in prayer were regarded as impious by the New Testament writers (). Throughout the New Testament, prayer is shown to be God's appointed method by which we obtain what He has to bestow (; ; . Further, the Book of James says that the lack of blessings in life results from a failure to pray (). Jesus healed through prayer and expected his followers to do so also (; ). Prayer, according to the Book of Acts, can be seen at the first moments of the church (). The apostles regarded prayer as the most important part of their life (; ; ). As such, the apostles frequently incorporated verses from Psalms into their writings. for example is borrowed from and other psalms. Thus, due to this emphasis on prayer in the early church, lengthy passages of the New Testament are prayers or canticles (see also the Book of Odes), such as the Prayer for forgiveness (), the Lord's Prayer, the Magnificat (), the Benedictus (), Jesus' prayer to the one true God (), ''Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ'' (), the ''Believers' Prayer'' (), ''may this cup be taken from me'' (), ''Pray that you will not fall into temptation'' (), ''Saint Stephen's Prayer'' (), ''Simon Magus' Prayer'' (), ''pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men'' (), Maranatha. ==Types of prayer as categorized by Gilbert W. Stafford== According to Gilbert W. Stafford in ''Theology for Disciples'', there are eight different types of prayer in the New Testament:〔Gilbert W. Stafford, ''Theology for Disciples'', (Anderson: Warner Press, 1996), 411-426.〕 *an overflowing fountain *disciplined communion *the flow of divine energy *the struggle of the soul *the mind seeking God's mind *intercession *petition to God *watchful communion with the Lord 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prayer in the New Testament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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