Please my dear friends and readers, I really need clarification on this.........
I'm a Christian and by His infinite Grace, a strong believer of Jesus Christ and His teachings, which one of the most pivotal is on PRAYERS.
In His Gospel as recorded by St. Matthew chapter 6 verses 5 and following, He gave specific rules on how to PRAY. In chapter 7 verse 9 through 11, He compared PRAYER to a son asking from his earthy father. And my dictionary tells me that PRAYER is an act of communicating (communing) with Almighty God. But the way some people PRAY these days, makes me wonder if they're "Communing" with God or "Commanding" God or out rightly "Supplicating" to Satan.
As Christ Jesus rightly pointed out in His allegory, no "Reasonable" son can ever ask from his earthly father by "SHOUTING". But some people now SHOUT to Almighty God in the name of PRAYERS. Any Prayer that's not laced with Shouting ingredients of "Code-mixing" and "Pitch-switching" in Grammar Finesse and Voice Synthesis is no longer seen as "Powerful" or should I use "Dangerous Prayer" as they call it now. People now PLAY "Shouting Game" in the name of PRAYER, and see those of us who don't SHOUT as not "PRAYING". Accounts of Jesus Praying abounds in the Gospel but none recorded His words because they weren't heard as He never SHOUTED. That was why His Apostles after watching Him PRAY in the Gospel of Luke chapter 11 verse 1, asked Him to teach them how to PRAY. It's obvious that if He had been SHOUTING His PRAYERS, they would've crammed His wordings and wouldn't had asked Him to teach them how to PRAY.
Another issue is who to direct our PRAYERS. Our Saviour Jesus enjoined us to ask our Heavenly Father (Almighty God) everything in His name. That's to say that ALL PRAYERS should be channelled to God, while we wait for Him to take actions on them as answers to our Prayers. But the manner, mode and way some people Pray now makes one wonder if they're not directly "supplicating" to Satan. The Bible made us to know in the Book of Jude verse 9 that even Arcangel Michael directed his demand on the rebuke of Satan to Almighty God to handle. But some people have made it a habit of Prayer to be directing Prayers to Satan in the name of challenging him to a contest, while leaving God out of the equation.
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Sunday Evening Sermon.......
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