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Prayer Differences
Leave a Comment:notes from Mary Kate Morse’s lecture on Prayer:
Greco-Roman Prayer:
- Reciprocity
- Sacrifice & Prayer=same
- Votives and person’s promises
- Invoking presence of Deity
- magic of prayers
Jewish Prayer:
- Response
- Sacrifice & Prayer = difference
- Thanksgiving praise and God’s promises
- God always present
- Trust of God
Which prayer tradition defines the way you go about praying?
