Drew Kizer:
Nice article.
We are often hesitant to recognize empty phrases out of respect to the person reciting them. But, too many prayers of our congregations go unanswered or are apparently answered with a 'No" for us not to take a critical look at our practice of public prayer. We must have scriptural support for what we are asking our Father to do and we do not.
Is there evidence in the Bible for our "Opening" prayers? Is there support for a general purpose prayer that covers everything from the preacher's ready recollection up-to and including "if we have been found faithful allow us to enter Heaven?" I do not find such support. Most of our public prayers are time fillers. Where the person, many times caught by surprise, feels duty bound to say something, anything to fill the time allocated. Some use it to preach to the assembled. And, we must understand "in Jesus's name" is not the scriptural way to end a prayer and that saying it does not make it so.
Again, nice article, do it again. How about addressing more empty phrases?
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