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Originally Posted by Timmy
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Timmy
my understanding is that our prayers are to be dialoge with God not patition sesions on what we want from him, which is what they seem to have become. I have a lot of thoughts on where and how prayers and the way things are done in church seem backwards.
Maybe someone can give me some scripture on where we get some of these traditions.
Prayer request: Jesus said "take no thought for tomorow... seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and all these things will be added..."
Church leaders calling for the sick to come to the front to be prayed for:
Peter I think said " if there be any sick let them call for the elders of the church" hm elders plural what a concept, that way no one can be called a healer.
Pastors over a individual body as sole leader: Paul say's "God gave some to be..." and the list is plural again. We are like Isreal of the OT we want a king (one man) to rule us then we don't have to have the close relationship to God. instead of God useing multiple leaders where there can be one or two giving a message and two or three judging as to whether it is of God or not. I Corithians 14:29.
So I have to agree with you Timmy prayer is not or should not be concidered a magic spell as some use it.
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