Dear God,
[We] sincerely pray that you help us to understand the value of public and corporate prayer.
Amen.
[We] sincerely pray that you help us to understand the value of public and corporate prayer.
Amen.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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The self-reference of this comment would be enhanced if you wrote instead:
ReplyDelete"Dear God
We sincerely pray that you help us to understand the value of public and corporate prayer.
Amen.
Ha, ha.
ReplyDeleteI mean, amen.
In light of Jon's comment:
ReplyDeleteThe difference between public and corporate prayer: discuss.
- Introductory Remarks -
ReplyDeleteHere is an example of a public prayer:
Luke 23:34
"And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments."
Here is an example of a corporate prayer:
Acts 4:24-30
"And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit,
"'Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed'—
for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
We seem to have lost, over time, the important ability to extemporize simultaneously as large groups, much to our detriment.
ReplyDeleteSpeak for yourself
ReplyDeletespeak for ourselves
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