Personally I can't remember ever saying such a thing, so maybe I'm not a good person to answer.
If a Christian believes that praying achieves something, which I think all of them do, then they are genuinely thinking that they're helping.
In the example above, I guess what they're doing is advertising their belief. "Look at me this is something great I do in my club".
As a non believer I found it incredibly insulting/ extremely condescending to be on the receiving end, and regarded it as incredibly insensitive of the person.
Of course that's another intended reaction.. to 'heap coals' onto the aggressors head to convince them of their sin.
To be boastful would be in error.
HTH
If a Christian believes that praying achieves something, which I think all of them do, then they are genuinely thinking that they're helping.
In the example above, I guess what they're doing is advertising their belief. "Look at me this is something great I do in my club".
As a non believer I found it incredibly insulting/ extremely condescending to be on the receiving end, and regarded it as incredibly insensitive of the person.
Of course that's another intended reaction.. to 'heap coals' onto the aggressors head to convince them of their sin.
To be boastful would be in error.
HTH
