What Is Your Subconscious Mind

One major argument for this is that potential villains see places that ban concealed weapons as an easy target. In an article titled Groundswell for Guns at July’s GOP Convention by Doug Stanglin it talks about how twenty-five thousand people have signed a petition to allow firearms inside the Republican National Convention. The need for petition comes from the fact that the Quicken Loans arena is a gun free zone. The petition which is quoted in the article says that “Without the right to protect themselves those at the Quicken Loans Arena will be sitting ducks utterly helpless against evil-doers, criminals, or others who wish to threaten the American way of life” This quote brings to light some of the dangerous possibilities areas suscep

Prayer is an essential to any kind of religious faith. Over the years and years of believing in a higher power,

In Fredrick Douglas’s essay on the convict lease system, he purposely does not use words like “racism,” nor does he outright blame the whites for the situation. Instead, he uses gentle language to state the injustices done, allowing the reader to guilt himself. He says that white people have “done little to prevent the Negro becoming a criminal” (Douglas 1), condemning their inaction, rather than their actions. Douglas talks about injustices such as exclusion from churches and schools, as well as unfair trials, but does not talk about the convict lease system’s “legal” slavery because he wants the reader to come to the realization of his guilt on his own. He avoids talking about unwarranted lynchings and unfair incarceration in order to draw attention to the metaphorical “elephant in the room”. The more he avoids talking about it, the more the reader thinks about its blatant absence and about their actions, subtly making the reader feel guilty for actions done in the past.

Prayer is the beginning and foundation of this journey, through which we come to know our Deliverer, through whom we know ourselves. Let the prayer of the Church and personal devotion stir the soil of the soul, so that the seeds of grace take root deep within, assuring plentiful fruit flowing from your baptismal faith. Through this relationship with Christ, we will be able to notice the weeds of greed sown by the world that need unrooted. Prayer is the means by which we are taken out of the culture of sinful worldliness toward the culture of the baptized. Prayer harvests faith that the unseen God will bring to completion the work He has began in you, which in turn helps us to be in the world, but not of it. From this foundation of faith, nourished by prayer, we leave the iniquitous and sinful culture of the world, to live out our baptism.

W. Pink defines the design of prayer in his book, The Sovereignty of God, by saying, "Not that God's will may be altered, but that it may be accomplished in His own good time and way. It is because God has promised certain things, that we can ask for them with the full assurance of faith" (172). In prayer, Christians recognize the importance of how Christ is the sustainer and ruler of all things by fully depending on him. They show this submission by putting their faith and trust in Christ when they ask him for things. Many people in prayer, Christian or not, usually ask for safety throughout travels, for healing when a loved one or themselves are sick, for comfort through hard times, for wisdom and discernment in making a decision, etc. What people do not realize is that they are simply proving the very fact that Christ is completely sovereign and in control of everything when they ask him to keep them safe, or to heal them or their loved one, or to comfort them when they are going through a trial, or to give them the wisdom in making any decision. By stating and asking those things, they are unknowingly acknowledging He is in control of every single one of those

The stickiness of our habits is imprinted in the neural networks in our brains. Each time we act according to an old pattern, we reinforce a neural network and the stickness of the habit. Our brains are efficient at developing habits, but breaking them isn't so easy

The article “Good Habits, Bad Habits”, written by Ann M. Graybiel and Kyle S. Smith, indulges in the idea that in every task we preform, our mind use one of two ways. The first way is the mindless way. This approach is where we do tasks without thinking. We use this technique almost everyday. For example, when a person takes the same route to his or her job everyday, they are using this process of thinking. The second technique is considered the “deliberation circuit” by Graybiel and Smith. This procedure is the opposite of the first. It involves some sort of decision making to take place, before an action can carried out.

“Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. ‘Give us this day our daily bread. ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen’ (Matthew 6:9-13). “Ignorance and infirmity are consequences of sin; and, perhaps nothing more surely proves man’s fallen condition than his inability to pray” (Field 1). Prayer is described as an intimacy with God and the contemplation of the invisible, satisfying our yearnings or desires and giving us an equality much like that of the angels in heaven. It is through prayer that good triumphs evil and sinners are converted. “Prayer is the enjoyment of things present and the substance of things to come” (Hammerling 4). Fleming contends that prayer is to be a strictly confidential matter, to be kept secret even between the best of friends. “God is like a loving father who understands his children’s needs” (417). Through Pope Benedict XVI we find that “In Prayer, Jesus lived in constant and uninterrupted contact with our Lord in order to help fulfil his plan of love for mankind” (118). We find that Hamilton, contends that the Lord’s Prayer is actually a teaching tool designed to teach us the proper way or

Praying with our imagination allows that picture that is in our mind to activate our faith. The things that God has promise us, we have to have faith in order to activate His promise. In the Old Testament, Hannah’s prayer to God was to bore a child. Hannah imagination lead her into God’s presence. As Hannah begin to pour her heart and mind to God in prayer, God granted her promise. If Hannah didn’t activate her faith the promise would not been fulfilled.

“prayer is the shield to the soul, a delight to God, and a scourge to Satan” (John

​Prayer presupposes a belief in the personality of God and His power to control all things. Prayer is not a means of informing an omniscient God. Prayer involves the bowing of heads and acknowledging our need for God in our lives.

Every day a person must wake up, get ready in a certain order, drive to work in a certain direction, and go to sleep in a certain position. People of every age begin habits every day, even when they do not know it. This is a routine which is difficult to break. But once a person breaks that routine, it could make the mind go crazy. The mind does wonders as to what steps a person will use when creating or abandoning a habit.

We tend to think of habits as bad (smoking, cussing, biting your fingernails) but they can also be good (walking the dog, oatmeal for breakfast, a weekly date with your spouse). THE POWER OF HABIT shows how easily habits form. They rely on three simple things–a cue, a routine, and a reward–and don’t take long to stick. Our brains love habits. They allow us to be efficient. They help us do things like drive a car without constant self-monitoring. Once we learn where the brake pedal is and how hard to press the

Having been a Christian for many years I thought that I had a fair knowledge of what it meant to pray. I was amazed and humbled by the idea that through Jesus’ restorative act on the cross I am able to come into God’s presence - and not only come but be welcomed and even longed for. I believed that prayer is a powerful tool to petition God , a vehicle to praise Him , and an instrument to increase our intimacy with Him . I understood that people pray in a variety of ways, based on the teaching they have received, their experience, and even their personality. Most commonly, I engaged in prayer as a conversation with God.

new routines or patterns instead of your old bad habits, it will then become effortless to not think