-At the end of every
prayer in church, they always say "and we ask all this and give thanks
in the name of Emmanuel
(aka Jesus), Amen."
Couldn't this become vain repetition
as it says in Matthew 6:7?
Here's a prayer I use for
giving thanks.."With
thankful hearts for the food before us, we share this time together recognizing
the infinite intelligent Being who provides and sustains all in the multiverse.
Let's eat!"
If amen = I
Am as is assumed to be and meaning 'true', it's an expression of trust
or confidence that you are an expression of God and therefore are of God.(John
10:34), but amen also can mean
'so be it' or that 'you are in agreement', such as 'and so it is', that
is, if you are in agreement? Some prayers I have heard I did not
agree with, but I wouldn't say so unless I was asked:.1Peter
3:15.
Some researchers have discovered
that the word Amen, Amon, Amun and similar are words having to do with
ancient worship of the Egyptian God of life and reproduction, represented
as an transvestite.icon
with a ram's head. The word 'amen' appears to be a derivative
of this ancient pagan worship. Was it more of corrupting the Bible
long ago by those hating the true good God?
Learn.more
on the word 'Amen' coming from pagan sources, long before the Bible
we have today existed. So the question is, was it a carryover
from ancient paganism?
In such a case I prefer to
use 'And so it is' or 'hallelujah'
or even just a 'thank you' or if it fits with what you're saying, 'and
so, in the name of the one and only true God of all love, life, light,
compassion and creation and God's son Emmanuel Christ the Anointed One,
we now seal this request', that is, what you're asking God about is now
set and closed for all time and it's intent will not be changed in our
hearts, although we might later change some of the words we used to make
it even clearer:.Matthew
18:19,20. If we come later to see that we spoke rashly
or that we see later that words used didn't accurately reflect intention,
we can always change it, making a new prayer:.1Corinthians
14:33.
After one's prayer, one
could also use the word 'Tetelestai'
meaning 'it is finished'.
Asking 'in His name' can
be just a religious thing:.John
16:23.
Asking 'in His name' means
you are with Him, that is, of the same mind.(John
17:26).as
He has the mind, the consciousness of love:.Colossians
3:17; Ephesians 5:20; Acts
9:27,29; 19:5; 1John
4:8; Mark 9:41.
If the loving nature of Emmanuel
Christ is in you, you are more than 'living in His name', as though He
was in heaven and you far away. If this
nature is in you, you are in His name and His name denotes
His nature and much more, like, in
His heart and He in yours.
This 'in His name' approach
sounds like He has given you power of attorney to do things on His behalf.
But really, He is the One whose nature.(not
personality, but nature).of
love is through you and the more so
you become loving in all your ways. It is not that you do things on His
behalf. It is you acting from your heart with a loving nature you now have,
just by deciding to be that way. This
nature
was not available in past history.
To ask 'in His name' is to
ask, knowing.(believing).that
you have the same nature of love He has.(John
14:20).and
that you believe that He was indeed as He said He was.(Acts
4:12).and
that you are one with both Him and the Father, because you have
the same nature of love that binds you to them:.John
17:11;
John 1:12; 2:23;
20:31;
Acts
3:16.
Emmanuel kept others 'in
His name' while here:.John
17:12,26. We keep 'in His name' by becoming as loving as He is, for
His nature and the nature of His Father, the Great Infinite One, is only
love.
Christ is alive, dynamic,
living and in you now if you have decided to be the same as He is in nature!
If you do not feel it, you ain't focusin' on it! You
can only experience what you are aware of. It's through Christ that
we know the Father-God:.John
14:6.
Many Christians are taught
weekly on sin in them. Perhaps this is the reason some people do not
feel very spiritual, ones who were at one time so interested in the spiritual
things of the Creator.
The scriptures where the
'giving thanks in His name' or 'asking in His name' come from are Ephesians
5:20 and Colossians 3:17.
Colossians 3:17 with Colossians
3:23.(where
it says that whatever you do, do it heartily as unto the Lord).means,
that in all your daily living, have a constant present
awareness of the Lord's nature inside you. Look for opportunities to
express this nature of love.
The phrase 'in my name' means
both the mouthing of the words.(Luke
9:49;
21:8;
Mark
9:39; 13:6).and
simply just praying silently as did Hannah.
So you choose when to do what.
We need to know that what
we believe is truth. Emmanuel said many would come along who had alternate
purposes and point people towards Christ:.Matthew
24:5.
In places where the phrase
'in the name' is, it means 'realizing Christ is in you', the word 'in'
is a primary preposition denoting a fixed position in place, time or state
and by implication, instrumentality.(medially
or constructively).from
a base intermediate between 'into' and 'out from'. But those who were out
to confuse you, have altered the meaning of many words, such as 1.
2
and 3. So perhaps we could say then, that we pray 'into' the Father,
'out from' or because of, Christ's nature in us.
The word 'name' means 'knowing'
or, the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the
thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing
and remembering the name. What does the name of Emmanuel the Christ mean
to you?
In such places where it
occurs, the phrase 'in my name' can be understood as when praying, know
Christ is in you, meaning you have the
same nature of love that typifies all that is truly spiritual and because
of this, the Father hears you:.John
9:31 "Now we know that God hears not sinners.(and
we are in the Father's heart, no
longer sinners, for how can you sin when love is your motivation {Romans
13:10}; the only way to miss the mark {what the word 'sin' actually
means} is to not want to be
on the higher
consciousness pathway), but if
any man be a worshipper
of God and does
His
will, him He hears."
It is the depth of understanding
in the heart that counts.(one's
belief).
John
14:26 talks of the Father sending the Holy Nature.(Holy
Spirit, also called Holy Ghost).to
those who believe in what Christ came to Earth to show what was now possible
spiritually. Believing sin is in you is the.antithesis
of believing that Christ's Nature is in you.
Also in 1Corinthians
10:31, Paul was saying to the Corinthians (new Christians
in Corinth, Greece), that whatever they do should be done to the
glory
of God. Again, what is in the heart is what counts.
And, be thankful:.1Thessalonians
3:9 "For what thanks can we render to God again for you for all the
joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God." 2Thessalonians
1:3 "We are bound to thank God always for you brethren as it is meet.(fitting,
suitable).because
that your faith grows exceedingly and the charity.(old
English for 'love').of
every one of you all toward each other abounds." 2Thessalonians
2:13 "But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you brethren
beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth."
1Thessalonians
5:18 "In.everything.give
thanks.(why?).
For this is the will of God in Christ.Emmanuel
concerning you.".Being
of a thankful heart allows the Holy Spirit
to function within good and it functions then by bringing into physicality
that which you want that's good, for you, for your family and others. How's
this work?
In
Matthew 6:7 the word
vain
is not in the original but is correctly
implied.
Do not worry if you miss
getting everything 'right':.Romans
8:27. Just talk to your Creator. He knows what is you in there.
David, who had God's Spirit.(Psalms
51:11).never
ended any of his prayers with "and I ask this in the name of our coming
Lord and Saviour Emmanuel the Christ" or anything even close to it. Emmanuel
never said to add this tag onto a prayer's end. Rather it should be a thing
of praise. How's this work?
There are no scriptures in the Bible that say to the effect of 'asking'
'or ask', 'in the name of Emmanuel, in the name of Christ, in the name
of the Lord'. Rather, we are to be constant praise for all God has given
us and what God's given us is all there is. There ain't no more!
We are always connected to
the source of love in the multiverse.(1Thessalonians
5:17,18), when we have a consistent
present awareness of the nature of Christ
in us and when we talk to the Father, the Holy Spirit or Christ in
the invisible heaven. They
are all one.
