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Friday, April 18, 2008

Bible Questions Answered: Prayer-Repetitions

Bible Questions Answered:
What is considered vain repetitions?
Lanny A. / Oak Park, Chicago

Bible Answers:

Prayers of Vain Repetitions, are prayers of rote. These prayers are not, spontaneous, and because they are not, there is no feeling and no personal supplication from the heart.

The one, thus praying thinks that he or she will be heard, simply because of all the volume of praying that they are doing. False.

Matthew 6:1-8 KJV
[1] Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
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2] Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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3] But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
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4] That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
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5] And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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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.
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7] But when ye pray, (1) use not vain repetitions, (2)as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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8] (3)Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Are all repetitions worthless?
No.

Matthew 26:42-44 KJV
[42] He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
[43] And He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
[44] And He left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

Mark 14;35-41 KJV
[35] And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.
[36] And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
[37] And He cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
[38] Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
[39] And again He went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
[40] And when He returned, He found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer Him.
[41] And He cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Jesus prayed the same prayer to His heavenly Father, three times, and each time He prayed it with all earnestness.

The Apostle Paul, prayed three times that a “thorn in the flesh,” might be removed from him.

II Corinthians 12:7,8 KJV
[7] And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations,
there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
[8] For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.


Again this was not some written prayer, this was a prayer of earnestness from Paul's heart to the Lord.

Praying relentless prayers that storm the gates of heaven, scriptural?

If, from a heart in need, Jesus thought so.

In Luke 11: He told the story about the householder who had a late night visitor.

Luke 11:5-10 NLT
5 "Suppose you went to a friend's house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,
6 'A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.'
7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, 'Don't bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can't help you.'
8 But I tell you this—though he won't do it for friendship's sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.
9 "And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.


This parable, does “not,” teach that God is unwilling, to help the least of all His children, but rather that often, He will test us to strengthen our faith.

James 4:1-3 NLT (Prayer caveat, one Must Pray According To The Will Of God, i.e. His Word.)
1 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don't they come from the evil desires at war within you?
2 You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.
Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it.
3 And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

Luke 18 here we see another of our Lord's parables, of the “unjust judge.”

Luke 18:1-8 KJV
[1] And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
[2] Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
[3] And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
[4] And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
[5] Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
[6] And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
[7] And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
[8] I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?

Some times God, delays His answers, but keep the faith, delay, does not necessarily mean, that He will not answer!