(July 17, 2014 at 4:02 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Even in the most simplest tasks, such as prayer, I have yet to know any Christians who actually follow Jesus' plain instructions:
"When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
“This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’"
According to Jesus, that's what prayers are to consist of, not all this "Dear Diary" shit that Christians typically turn it into. What gives? Are "real" followers of Christ just an endangered species?
Good points. If you keep in mind the admonition against babbling then these are actually quite good points to meditate on .. wordlessly of course.
