Re: MTDesk is down again!

"Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Su" <happy_holidays@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Matthew 6
>> But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
>> shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father
>> which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
>>
>> (Clarification from anyone who is expert on the meaning of this)
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> It seems that when people gathered to worship in Jesus' time (and in some
> houses of worship today), sometimes it would turn into a personal contest
> of who could pray the loudest and demonstrate the most humility.
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> The passage above speaks against doing that, but it does not speak against
> acknowledging and being thankful to God in prayer in public circumstances.


Thanks for the clarification, but let me take it to the next level.

Do you feel, as a practicing Christian, that you have the right to pray in
public circumstances, when there might be people around you who don't want
to listen to prayers.

Consider the reverse ... what if it was a satanist praying in public
circumstances. Would you want to hear what they're saying?



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