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 The First Received Prayer ("Metanoia" - Repentance, or "Metanoeo" - Repent) and the Bible   Christianity,Spiritual Sin forms a barrier between man and God. Each sin is woven into an impregnable veil - and it becomes a bit thicker with each passing day. “Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God ... so that He does not hear” (Isa 59:2). Prayers either hit it and bounce straight back, or else ascend into this morass and become hopelessly entangled. However, there is one prayer that destroys this barrier. The First Prayer - “Metanoia” / “Metanoeo” The prayer that demolishes this barrier - the first prayer God receives from an individual - is the powerful prayer of “metanoia” / “metanoeo.” It is commonly translated, “repentance” (the noun, “metanoia”) or “repent” (the verb, “metanoeo”). So, what is the content of that prayer? This is an exceedingly important matter as the removal of one’s sin barrier is the difference between eternal life and eter...