Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
FYI, I personally believe that one of the reasons to pray aloud is that by taking thoughts and feelings and expressing them verbally, they move out of the purely spiritual (mental) realm and into the actual material realm, manifesting in actual material energetic form (spoken words have phonological energy, as sound.)
By bringing the spiritual dimension directly into the material dimension through sound, we're connecting the spirit to the material in a tiny way, which is important. (Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.)
Silent prayer and aloud prayer both have different characteristics. Of course, aloud prayer also means that the prayer can be shared by and participated in by more than one person. Communal prayer is something in itself, as well.
I do agree with you that audible words to have power. That’s why I read God’s word out loud in the morning each day. I find it interesting, that the animals that I pet sit for, if I’m in another room… Once I start reading, God’s word out loud, they actually will come into the room and sit and listen. Very interesting.