Reading Insights Discussions
This week’s reading authored by James White expresses the importance of public prayer as worship by interceding on behalf of others. Mr. Smith references the scripture Luke 11:1 to make his case of daily public prayer being a school master for teaching how to pray. It is here that Jesus teaches His disciples what is known as the “Lord’s Prayer.” It is in this prayer that Jesus teaches them the basic components of prayer; adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication (ACTS).
Our acts of prayer are not only to be for ourselves, but to help us to act as intercessors for others. As James White (2000) stated, “We do not pray against people, but for them and with them. And we need the discipline of public prayer to make our own private prayers fully Christian. Otherwise, they may stray from the mark and voice private fantasies and aberrations” (p. 147).
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MacArthur is making his case about prosperity preachers who are teaching the principle of prayer to be “know what you want, believe it and you will receive it.” In other words, speak it into existence; name it, and claim it. This prosperity gospel of name it and claim it is an aberrant deception.
James White stated his thoughts above this paragraph how disciplined public prayer helps us to keep from straying from the mark and entertaining private fantasies and aberrations. The Bible tells us the perspective that we need to have in order to keep one from being drawn away by another gospel that teaches you that God can be treated as a genie and anything you ask of Him, He will give to you.
It is written in James 4:3 (KJV), “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” Praying with the wrong attitude and with the wrong motive or being aberrant in our praying will not cause God to respond by unleashing His power to act upon your
This week’s reading authored by James White expresses the importance of public prayer as worship by interceding on behalf of others. Mr. Smith references the scripture Luke 11:1 to make his case of daily public prayer being a school master for teaching how to pray. It is here that Jesus teaches His disciples what is known as the “Lord’s Prayer.” It is in this prayer that Jesus teaches them the basic components of prayer; adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication (ACTS).
Our acts of prayer are not only to be for ourselves, but to help us to act as intercessors for others. As James White (2000) stated, “We do not pray against people, but for them and with them. And we need the discipline of public prayer to make our own private prayers fully Christian. Otherwise, they may stray from the mark and voice private fantasies and aberrations” (p. 147).
The idea of public praying being a school of prayer was new insight for me although it was …show more content…
MacArthur is making his case about prosperity preachers who are teaching the principle of prayer to be “know what you want, believe it and you will receive it.” In other words, speak it into existence; name it, and claim it. This prosperity gospel of name it and claim it is an aberrant deception.
James White stated his thoughts above this paragraph how disciplined public prayer helps us to keep from straying from the mark and entertaining private fantasies and aberrations. The Bible tells us the perspective that we need to have in order to keep one from being drawn away by another gospel that teaches you that God can be treated as a genie and anything you ask of Him, He will give to you.
It is written in James 4:3 (KJV), “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” Praying with the wrong attitude and with the wrong motive or being aberrant in our praying will not cause God to respond by unleashing His power to act upon your