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Why People Think They Need to Pray

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Why People Think They Need to Pray
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RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray
October 14, 2015 at 9:08 am
(October 13, 2015 at 11:26 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:
(October 13, 2015 at 10:38 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Prayer is the gift of participating in the Divine Plan.

Could you possibly find a more meaningless statement for this target audience?!? [Image: free-rolleye-smileys-323.gif]

The point is that people are confusing prayer with incantation. Christ taught us to end our prayers with 'thy will be do'.. God will do what he does but it is our choice whether or not o conform ourselves to His will.
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Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by dyresand - October 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2015 at 2:28 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Pyrrho - October 11, 2015 at 3:17 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 11, 2015 at 5:36 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 8:38 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 14, 2015 at 12:56 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Pyrrho - October 11, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by dyresand - October 11, 2015 at 3:30 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Minimalist - October 11, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by drfuzzy - October 11, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 6:49 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Ravenshire - October 13, 2015 at 11:24 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 14, 2015 at 9:16 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Athene - October 11, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Fidel_Castronaut - October 12, 2015 at 3:03 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 12, 2015 at 3:14 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by ignoramus - October 12, 2015 at 6:09 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Edwardo Piet - October 12, 2015 at 8:29 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Pyrrho - October 13, 2015 at 9:21 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by MentalGiant - October 13, 2015 at 7:41 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Athene - October 13, 2015 at 10:34 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 14, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Neo-Scholastic - October 13, 2015 at 10:38 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Ravenshire - October 13, 2015 at 11:26 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Neo-Scholastic - October 14, 2015 at 9:08 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Ravenshire - October 14, 2015 at 9:22 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 14, 2015 at 9:25 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Homeless Nutter - October 13, 2015 at 10:58 pm

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