Not exact matches
I
see Jews
praying in public all over the place.
See... now people can see how creepy it is to have someone pray in a foreign language in public and nearly start a pan
See... now people can
see how creepy it is to have someone pray in a foreign language in public and nearly start a pan
see how creepy it is to have someone
pray in a foreign language
in public and nearly start a panic.
Didn't Jesus speak out about those who
pray in public to be
seen praying?
I know it's not Christianity — because
in the Bible, Jesus says you should
pray in private,
in a closet, not
in public in order to be
seen, as the hypocrites do.
The churches are full of hypocrites, Christ said to
pray not
in the synagogue as they hypocrites do they
pray to be
seen by men, and what is a synagogue but a
public church??
And as for # 2 it is not do not
pray in public ever, more to the point of do not
pray for the sake of just beeing
seen as
in the next verse «for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking».
Mathew chapter 5 vs 5 and 6 When you
pray you are not to be a hypocrite for they love to stand
in public so as to be
seen by men..
I'm not saying Tebow is
praying in public «just to be
seen,» but we've confused proclaiming faith with displays of showmanship, (genuine or not).
The remainder of this book will be given to further and detailed development of the definition just suggested, to the ways
in which we may
pray in words and
in thought, to the place of prayer
in public worship and above all
in the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper — which all Christians save the Quakers and the Salvation Army know to be the central act of
public worship, however much they may sometimes slight that importance
in church practice — and finally to
see how it all «fits
in» — how faith and action are related to, and find fulfillment
in, prayer both private and
public.
What is more, they can be greatly helped if they
see that this is indeed the chief stress
in public prayer or church worship, so that such social
praying is undertaken by a family of God's children addressing a loving Father (who makes demands upon them, to be sure, but who is no hateful dictator nor absentee ruler nor moral tyrant, but genuinely concerned for their best development as his children), rather than a kind of law - court or imperial audience with a terrifying deity.
I
pray that my children will «Shine Your light and let the whole world
see» — especially
in public school.