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1 | Fear of praying in public out loud? | John 11:42 | DocTrinsograce | 243436 | ||
Dear Justme, What a blessing it is to have you in our midst. You have persevered in the forum 14 years. Thank you for your time and patience, without regard for those who do not submit to the Scripture alone. In John 11:42, we see an example in which our Lord prayed aloud, specifically such that those around Him would hear and learn from what He said. (John 17 is the denouement of all such prayers!) Now if Jesus prayed it, then we have absolutely no doubt that such a prayer was efficacious -- for who is more righteous than our Lord Jesus a la James 5:16! We have all experienced such fear of praying aloud, and yet we have Christ's clear example. One of the best congregational prayers I have heard was a man who read many Puritan prayers. However, I don't think that he just read them: I think he prayed them, too! I would submit that the more a man prays -- and particular the more a man prayers the prayers of Scripture -- the more comfortable he becomes in praying in the midst of God's own. His mind becomes transformed from the Word, and thus he becomes more comfortable and confident to adequately bring the needs of the group to the Lord. Regardless, prayers are not efficacious because they are lovely, flowing, or perspicuous... they are efficacious because of the One to Whom they are directed. The more our Lord through His Word becomes the apple of our eye, the easier it is to just pray to Him... even without conscious thought for those around us. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Fear of praying in public out loud? | John 11:42 | justme | 243447 | ||
Doc, you kind words are very much appreciated. I especially praise you for ALWAYS using Scripture in you replies. Many times a persons words come out just as words in a response, but for me Scripture shows you go the little extra to put on the balm that we all so need. I got an email from pike, as I could not sing in die to forgetting my password. My password was remembered by my computer. Our house and our 2014 Ram 1500 was hit by lightening and it killed the computer and all the electronics in our house. The magnetic interference destroyed all the modules in our truck and quite a lot of electronic gizmos in it. The Trucks final bill came to a hair under forty four hundred dollars. Thank the Lord for automobile Insurance. At any rate when Pike sent my pass word he said the update for the NASB should be out in mid 2017, I am excited to see it. Well thanks again. justme |
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