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BIBLE PRAYER LINE – Bible Questions Answered
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Prayer Line Index
Bible Questions Answered:
“Aren't
public prayers wrong, because Jesus told us to pray in our
closet...?”
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Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Matthew
6:5,6 KJV
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.
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.
Exhibitionist:
A person who behaves in ways intended to attract
attention or display his or her powers, personality, etc.
Dictionary.Com
Exhibitionist:
Someone who tries to attract attention to themselves by
their behavior:
Cambridge.org
There are some, who fall into this category, yes, even
in the church of The Lord Jesus Christ, and they have ruined many
things.
But when our Lord spoke of praying in one's closet, He
in no way was forbidding, public praying by spiritual people!
Here are but a few examples …
Matthew
18:19,20 KJV
19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of
My Father which is in heaven.
20
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I
in the midst of them.
Luke 1:10 NLT (Believers Praying for Zechariah)
While
the incense was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying.
Luke
9:28 KJV
And
it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, He took
Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
Acts
1:13,14 KJV
13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and
Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with
the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.
Acts
2:42 KJV
And
they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,
and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts
4:31 NLT
After
this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with
The Holy Spirit. Then they preached The Word Of God with boldness.
Acts
6:6 KJV
Whom
they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid
their hands on them.
Acts 12:5,12 KJV (Peter)
5
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without
ceasing of the church unto God for him.
12
And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered
together praying.
Acts
21:5 NLT
When
we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire
congregation, including women and children, left the city and came
down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,
James
5:14-16 KJV
14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and
let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of The
Lord:
15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and The Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.
Prayer:
Acts
16:25 KJV
And
at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the
prisoners heard them.
