Matthew 6:7 says, “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”
I can remember, I’d had a very long, difficult day. I had preached three or four times. I had dictated what seemed to be a stack of letters. And you know when you dictate a letter, you frequently end the letter this way, “In Jesus’ name, Adrian Rogers.”
A man came to me at the end of the last service of the day and said, “I must see you. I have a severe problem. I must see you.” Friend, I was bone weary, but I said, “Very well, come on back and let’s talk.”
I talked and listened and he did have a real problem. My heart was moved with compassion. I said, “Alright, let me pray for you.” I prayed, and when I finished I said, “In Jesus’ name, Adrian Rogers.”
And then I thought, Oh my soul, did I say that? God, did he hear me say that? I was so ashamed. How easy we slip into these little phrases that we just simply rattle off.
We don’t pray to impress God. It’s not the language of prayer, nor the length of prayer, it is the heart of prayer that moves God.
Greg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By day he is a self-employed non-emergency medical transport driver, and is the Editor-in-Chief for the National War Council, as well as being a political analyst, author, blogger, and an accomplished DIYer. His articles are first published on Inspirational Christian Blogs, and I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ!, and from there the articles are published on other well-known conservative websites.
The author feels convinced that the Church is in extreme danger of being forsaken by God for being unbiblical and seeks to warn all those with “ears to hear.” He believes we are in the last days of the end times, and that God is building His Remnant Church even now.
Greg is the author of: Spiritual Darkness is Destroying America and the Church and
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"Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:36