Stuff like prostration for example? I know the prayer of Saint Ephrem, are there any more? I like taking time to do a ritual rather than just sitting still with my hands clasped. I was thinking of doing the Muslim prayer thing but saying Christian prayers instead like the Our Father, but that seems like syncretism to me so I decided against it. Any recs?
Prayers that require full body motion?
Henry Morgan
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Ryan Hernandez
A lot of the Orthodox feast days for the Saints involve prostrating. There is nothing wrong with prostrating before God. It's a sign of humility. It's a sign that you're willing to fully submit yourself to the Lord.
Parker Jenkins
You should not contort your body into any specific positions that were developed with the explicit intent of worshiping other gods.
This includes yoga. Stretching is ok
Jaxson Thompson
christian prostration was earlier than islamic prostration
Jose Martin
Prostration was a Christian practice, especially in the East, far before the Muslims started doing it. Maronite monks prostrate before the Lord when they pray.
John Brooks
Jesus prayer breathing exercises
Gavin Perry
...
Gavin Murphy
heh
Christian Ortiz
lol no
Not to mention there are specifically christian derications of both of them by now.
Jordan Perry
A Christian yoga alternative is by definition not yoga
Yoga is a non-christian spiritual exercise.
Carter Rodriguez
Just pray while doing jumping jacks or cross fit.
Jaxson Flores
Yoga isn't just stretches. It's a "spiritual" practice.
Jace Price
I don’t need a debate about prostrations or about yoga. I literally just want the names of prayers I can do. I know the prayer of Saint Ephrem, do you have any more recs?
Thomas Russell
Bumping for justice.
We need more prayers like these.
Owen Baker
Liam Reed
Have you ever been to a Cru meeting?
Thomas Stewart
Sounds more like falling in a heap in despair than deliberate positioning.
Luis Brown
Despair or not, He still did it as an act of submission to God's will. If it's altight for Jesus to do it, it's alright for Christians to do it aswell.
Grayson Thompson
*alright
Sage because I can't spell gud
Carter Fisher
user, you should buy this book: svspress.com
It is full of them. It has all the psalms, and then afterwards, (for many of them) prayers that require bows and prostrations.
I am not even Orthodox, I just recently purchased that exact one that I linked and it is fast becoming one of the most spiritually productive things in my life. The pocket version is perfect, you can take it with you everywhere , and it’s amazing for exactly the purpose I think you have in mind.
Luke Sullivan
For example, here is one they put in the beginning:
John Barnes
Still a dumb argument.
Just show me a single religion that doesn't have prayer.
You won't find any, and yet we don't condemn prayer, because "hurr muslims pray too so it must be bad".
Yoga and meditation are both incredible practices, and they must be reformed into a christian framework so that more people can build a better relationship with Jesus.
If you oppose it, you are just selfishly holding people back out of jealousy and fear, and you are being lukewarm.
Julian Morales
I hope you're a trolling fedora
Yoga is a hindu spiritual practice. You may as well reform satanism so you can build a better relationship with Jesus by that logic.
Liam Young
Just get out of here you hateful retard.
You really think you can lock God in you church don't you? You can't. And if these practices achieve just a single person developing a better relationship with God, it was worth it all along then.
Youor retarded tier edgy comparisons fail miserably against anyone who ever picked up a book on christianity.
Jayden Howard
Mimir?
Thomas Edwards
They won't achieve anything like that exept if by God you mean Shiva or some some other God that "you hide within yourself" lmao. Are you a Christian btw and if yes what kind of Christian? I smell gnostic bullshit.
Easton Jones
Following your logic, then Pilates is a Westernized Hindu Spiritual practice?
Xavier Miller
Pilates is not a spiritual practice of hindu worship
Ayden Wright
The clunkiness of the word is funny to me for some reason.
I don't know about full body but having researched a little it appears there are multiple manners of prayer described in the Bible including sitting.
I like the way it appears one Syrian tradition does it, standing with palms up.
Easton Sanchez
Thank you for making a helpful replies
Benjamin Jenkins
You too
Liam Gutierrez
>implying all prayers cannot involve prostration
Asher Stewart
gtfo. Was prostrating before God when you were still a seed in daddy-user's truffles
Copying Christ, ftw
>implying all prostration isn't an admission of "I cannot, you alone, Lord, can"
We shouldn't recoil from this attitude.
Jordan Taylor
I literally never said that meditation is bad.
And like I said, stretching is ok.