Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well : " True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth . "
In our prayer there needs to be truth.....sincerity......praying according to the will of God .
In our prayer there needs to be a total dependence on the Holy Spirit .
If what we pray is not true to what is in our hearts , then we are just being bogus .
All prayer must be inspired by the Holy Spirit , for only by Him can we say that Jesus is Lord , and only by Him , through our prayer , will the Father's will be done .
Hi,
Many apologies, please accept for what I will say next.
I cannot accept, nor remember what I do not understand.
'truth' as you state that, I cannot understand to me what it means even if you are right.
And my definition for worship is love.
I do mean, that when I read or hear that word, worship, I actively change it to me, internally to love.
I do that because worship makes little sense to me. Maybe I am dumb that way.
Also, as if you have not heard me speak enough already, that word, worship can be used for idols, or false gods, but love hardly fits either of those two situations.
Worship in truth?
Really it makes little sense yet, if I don't take your definition next, and if I do, it violates being egoless, and another thing I do, which is pray for others only and not myself.
If, though, truth is telling the truth, like Jesus is Real, then praying in truth is praying with that reality.
If, though, this continues to work, and praying in truth is telling the truth, then in all ways my own personal prayers work.
If, I pray in truth that way, telling the truth, even the way Jesus told us to pray works.
One of the most difficult aspects, of my personal truth is like four others that I know of, I am not allowed to pray for myself.
I am not allowed to do for myself either.
My prayer life is set, and has been for years.
I live in an at home Ermitage/Hermitage.
Being online is a requirement, as I do outreach through that. Normally I don't talk about that.
Also, who I am to God, is a truth, along With Who God Is, Is A Truth.
SO.
So, if in the spirit I pray that way, meaning that with The Holy Spirit, actively guiding me, felt or not, as both conditions happen from time to time, if I pray in the spirit, with all my personal truths, And All The Personal Truths About God, in that way praying in spirit and truth makes sense to me.
I hope now, that is not what you said.
If it is, sorry. And before I press Post Reply, I am going to reread your statement.
OhMy! It looks like you may have said just that.
Sincere, and the truth in our hearts.
Your words are not clicking, but that looks like my problem only, now.
True to our hearts. ! If we do not pray in spirit, and are not totally true, to ours hearts while praying, then we are not praying in truth and spirit.
THAT, THAT. THAT is what you said, isn't it????????
This?:
True to our hearts. ! If we do not pray in spirit, and are not totally true, to ours hearts while praying, then we are not praying in truth and spirit.
Again, I am slow. Is that what you said and meant?
LOVE,