In my national sample of 246 AG pastors, 66 percent prayed in tongues daily (only 3 percent did so less than weekly); 93 percent said they had been used by God to prophesy to their congregations; 79 percent frequently received answers to
specific prayer requests; and 54 reported regularly experiencing God's direction to perform specific acts.
Most AG members have personally experienced these gifts: 65 percent claim to pray in tongues; 61 percent have personally experienced divine healing as a result of prayer; 55 percent regularly receive definite answers to
specific prayer requests; 32 percent say they are regularly «led by God» to perform specific acts; and nearly 30 percent believe they have been used by God to prophesy.
Not exact matches
When we look at the verses more carefully, we see that he has one main
prayer request with three
specific items.
Because there's nothing arrogant about believing that a being powerful enough to create the universe is watching you and reading your mind 24/7 to make sure that you obey a set of arbitrary laws set down by a
specific group of middle - eastern men thousands of years ago, and listening to your
prayers so that he can fulfill your
requests if he feels like it.
Yesterday and today were the days to say it, as
prayers making
specific requests are usually not said on Shabbat.