THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE PRAYER BEADS I HAVE MADE.

THERE IS A BIBLICAL VERSE WHICH SAYS:

EPHESIANS 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request. Likewise, be alert with your most diligent efforts and pray for all the saints.

PRAYER BEADS SERVES AS COUNTERS... THIS PARTICULAR PRAYER BEADS (MALA BEADS) HAS 108 BEADS ON THEM...

IT HAS BEEN A PRACTICE IN INDIA TO RECITE A PARTICULAR MANTRA FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT.

FOR CHRISTIANS, RECITATION OF MANTRA IS INCLUDED IN EPHESIANS 6:18- PRAY IN THE SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES WITH EVERY KIND OF PRAYER AND REQUEST.

PRAYING AT ALL TIMES, WITH A PARTICULAR REQUEST IN MIND, WITH A PARTICULAR MANTRA OF A DIVINE NAME, WILL HELP IN GRANTING SUCH REQUEST.
AFTER 108 TURNS, ANOTHER PRAYER REQUEST IS PRAYED THEN ANOTHER MANTRA IS RECITED FOR SUCH REQUESTS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IN PRAYING FOR GOD, USE SHORT PRAYERS.... THIS IS IN THE REALM OF MANTRA- USING SHORT PRAYERS....

COMBINING THIS WITH WHAT IS STATED BY PAUL IN EPHESIANS: PRAY AT ALL TIMES- THEN MANTRA, WITH THE RIGHT INTENTIONS, IS LEGAL IN THE CHRISTIAN CONTEXT, SO LONG AS ONE DOES NOT UTTER THE NAMES OF OTHER GODS, NOR THE MANTRA IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORSHIP OF OTHER GODS.

THEN, THE STUDY OF DIVINE NAMES OF GOD COMES IN THE PICTURE....

WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE NAMES, AND FOLLOWING THE COMMANDMENT NOT USING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN, BY PRAYING FOR GOOD INTENTIONS, REQUESTING WHAT IS GOOD AND PLEASING TO GOD, AND PRAYER FOR THE SAINTS (THE LIVING ONES) SO THAT THEY WILL BE STRENGTHENED AND BE ABLE TO DO GOD'S WORKS, ARE LEGAL IF THE PROPER GUIDELINES ARE OBSERVED.

THEREFORE, THESE PRAYER BEADS MAY HELP US KEEP TRACT OF OUR RECITATIONS, FORTIFICATIONS THROUGH PRAYER, AND KEEPING TRACT OF OUR PRAYERS, A FORM OF DISCIPLINE OF OUR MINDS, AS WE CONSTANTLY PRAY TO GOD, TO HELP THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO BE STRENGTHENED...