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Primarily to entreat God to perform what he otherwise would not
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Primarily to discover his will and help us to accept it
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08-12-2011, 11:04 PM
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The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
What is the primary purpose of praying?
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
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08-12-2011, 11:13 PM
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Isaiah 56:4-5
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08-12-2011, 11:20 PM
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Isaiah 56:4-5
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
To many people the sum total of their communion with their God is the Sunday night glossolalia. But they know the oneness doctrine, so they know HIM.
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08-12-2011, 11:21 PM
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
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Great point! Does it matter more that we are just "praying", than what we are saying when we pray?
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I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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08-12-2011, 11:27 PM
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
the primary purpose imo is to petition God, secondarily to commune with him.
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08-12-2011, 11:29 PM
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
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I think it takes two to tango, have you heard from him lately?
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08-12-2011, 11:35 PM
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
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Great point! Does it matter more that we are just "praying", than what we are saying when we pray?
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(What we are saying is what matters. I don't make more petitions for myself than I do for others. )
Prayer isn't as difficult as we think it is. Talk to him. HE is wanting and waiting for us to speak to HIM. You don't have to get into pentecostal glory mode, hollering at the top of your lungs.
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08-12-2011, 11:37 PM
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Isaiah 56:4-5
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
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I think it takes two to tango, have you heard from him lately?
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Yes.
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08-12-2011, 11:38 PM
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
I thought it was to communicate with Him.
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08-12-2011, 11:46 PM
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Re: The Primary Purpose of Prayer is...
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I thought it was to communicate with Him.
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Indeed. I did not mean to exclude to obvious. But what are we saying when we communicate?
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"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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