pattern-of-life &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/pattern-of-life/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "pattern-of-life" Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:40:30 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[1. Meditation in Ecclesiates]]> http://biolachapel.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/1-meditation-in-ecclesiates/ Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:49:58 +0000 biolauniversity http://biolachapel.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/1-meditation-in-ecclesiates/

A. Summarize the central theme and main ideas of this message in 1-2 paragraphs.

  • Eccl says our life is a only a mist with respect to eternity. How should we think of our life in context of eternity? Ought we? What would it mean it we did? if we did would it increase or diminish our attention to the life here and now?

B. What Scriptures did this speaker use to support the theme? Please write out the both the references and a brief summary of the ideas of the verse or passage.

  • James 4:13 Know your life and your purpose. James says you’re a morning mist.
  • Ecclesistes writer says life is gone in a minute.

C. What did you like or dislike bout this message?

  • He fails to show what the importance of life is; he only says to not waste your life. Motivation comes from showing a hint of the good and then showing the path to get it.

D. What principles from this message apply to your personal relationship to Jesus Christ and your daily Christian walk?

  • Of course we have the perrenial idea that we care little for this world, but only for the eternal things. This implies a solution: we care for every minute, but only about the eternal things. This way we always live in eternity.
]]> <![CDATA[Order of Mission: Pattern of Life]]> http://selvaratnam.org/2007/03/23/order-of-mission-pattern-of-life/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:00:38 +0000 Christian Selvaratnam http://selvaratnam.org/2007/03/23/order-of-mission-pattern-of-life/

tomcross.pngA key part of The Order of Mission is prayer and in the weekend we attended this was referred to in the context of the traditional monastic structures of prayer.

Historic religions orders all have a structure of prayer that goes by different names including Liturgy of the Hours, Canonical hours, Pattern of life, all drawing from the same idea of praying at certain times in the day. The times and names of these prayer times can vary but the most common references are: Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline. If you are from an Anglican church then some of the content of some of these services have been preserved in the services of Morning Prayer (Matins), Evensong (Vespers) and Compline.

TOM encourages people to pray at 7am, 9am, 12 noon, 3pm and 7pm, but chatting to some of the TOM people there most said they don’t manage more than praying twice a day and needed to be flexible with times in order to fit in with children’s routines and work etc..

Either way the call to pray as a disciple and as part of a serious commitment to mission through TOM was very challenging.

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