💖 The Essence of Prayer 🤲 Prayer, according to the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself—who taught prayer and practiced it—is a constant transformation of human nature and a constant assimilation to the Heavenly Father, revealed by His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who said, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matt 5:48). The goal of prayer is to be united with the Heavenly Father, to be one with Him, as our Lord Jesus Christ says: "that they may be one in Us." The goal of prayer is accomplished by the Holy Spirit; for we cannot become like God by our own abilities, but by the power and gift of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, to transform us into the image of God. To receive the gift of the new life that our Lord Jesus Christ portrayed in His incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection, our Lord recreated humanity anew through His incarnation from the holy Mary, when He transferred humanity from the nothingness from which it was created to the gift of life by the Holy Spirit, the Lord of life and the giver of all gifts. Whoever prays is transferred from the old, fallen Adamic nature, which was created from nothing, to the new human nature that our Lord Jesus Christ constituted through His incarnation. #Prayer #EssenceOfPrayer #Transformation #UnionWithGod #HolySpirit

💖 The Essence of Prayer 🤲 Prayer, according to the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself—who taught prayer and practiced it—is a constant transformation of human nature and a constant assimilation to the Heavenly Father, revealed by His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who said, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matt 5:48). The goal of prayer is to be united with the Heavenly Father, to be one with Him, as our Lord Jesus Christ says: "that they may be one in Us." The goal of prayer is accomplished by the Holy Spirit; for we cannot become like God by our own abilities, but by the power and gift of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, to transform us into the image of God. To receive the gift of the new life that our Lord Jesus Christ portrayed in His incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection, our Lord recreated humanity anew through His incarnation from the holy Mary, when He transferred humanity from the nothingness from which it was created to the gift of life by the Holy Spirit, the Lord of life and the giver of all gifts. Whoever prays is transferred from the old, fallen Adamic nature, which was created from nothing, to the new human nature that our Lord Jesus Christ constituted through His incarnation. #Prayer #EssenceOfPrayer #Transformation #UnionWithGod #Theosis #HolySpirit #Incarnation

The Essence of Prayer 🙏 According to the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is a constant transformation of human nature and a continuous assimilation to the Heavenly Father. He taught us to seek perfection, as our Heavenly Father is perfect (Matt. 5:48). The ultimate goal of prayer is union with God. As Christ prayed, "That they may be one in Us." This sacred goal is accomplished not by our own power, but by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, transforming us into God's image. Through the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, humanity was recreated. By taking flesh from the Virgin Mary, He transferred us from nothingness to the gift of eternal life through the Holy Spirit. Through prayer, we transition from the old, fallen Adamic nature to the new humanity established by Christ, the Second Adam. He is the head of the new creation, having united divinity with the humanity He received from the Virgin, thus moving our origin from the abyss of non-existence to the firm foundation of His life-giving hypostasis. As the New Adam was formed by the Holy Spirit, we too are formed in Christ by the same Spirit. He transfers us from the nothingness of the first Adam to Christ, the origin of the new creation. We are made pure through faith and transformation into His image by the Spirit, who takes from Christ and gives us His new, holy life. Thus, the purpose of prayer is to be transferred by the Holy Spirit's power from the first Adam to the last Adam. Through prayer and the knowledge of faith, we move from the corrupt old life of sin to the new life proclaimed in the Gospel: "Repent and believe in the gospel" (Mark 1:15). The goal of faith is to become like Christ, and the essence of faith is prayer. This is why Christ taught us to begin with "Our Father." By the grace of this son-ship, we pass from the state of the first Adam to that of the second. This is a gift of God, received through faith (Eph. 2:8). By faith, we transition mentally from existence according to the fallen nature to the new life in Christ, entering into fellowship with the Father through His Son. We say "mentally" because, while in the flesh, we still struggle with the old nature subjected to futility (Rom. 8:18). Yet, through contemplation and the words of faith, this divine vision enters our hearts. Through prayer, we are transformed by the Holy Spirit, journeying from the shadow of the old Adam into the glorious light and new life of Christ, the Second Adam, restoring our true communion with God. #EssenceOfPrayer #TransformationInChrist #HolySpirit #Faith #NewCreation #ChristianLife