Prayer: John Chrysostom on Prayer as Conversation
Teaching on Prayer from John Chrysostom: John Chrysostom on Prayer as Conversation
This is a spiritual discipline on conversational prayer and accessibility, drawing on Ephesians 6:18, Psalm 55:17 and Matthew 6:5-8.
John Chrysostom, the "Golden Mouth" of Constantinople (d. 407), taught that prayer is the most natural human activity because it is simply conversation with the Creator. He wrote: "Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness." Chrysostom emphasized that no one is excluded from prayer by poverty, ignorance, or station in life.…
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