Don't You Know 'Your Prayers Can't Be Answered if Anyone But God hears them'?
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 11, 2018 1:05pm CST
Well, that's obviously not "the exact quote" (which is more like "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.")
http://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/6-5.htm
To me, that rings of 'the "proof" that rain-dancing brings the rain' (if you're hoping for rain, and you start dancing around until it rains, you might convince the your subconscious-mind that "your dancing" brings the rain 
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This is why it kind of bothers me when--mostly since everybody 'tells friends "you're in our prayers!" when the friends are going through hard times in life'--people on Facebook tell their friends 'I need your prayers!'
But Jesus also said (later in the same chapter), "And when you stand praying, forgive!" So I do that for all the others who respond to that post with "Prayers!" or one of the 'emo's that "mean" 'prayers' ... or some other 'magic word' ("Amen," "Hallelujah," "Selah," ... "Meka Leka Hi, Meka HI-DEE H0E!")
Whenever someone asks for- or is getting a lot of-Prayers, I "mark" that thread with an explanation: 'NONE of these prayers are ANY DIFFERENT from the ones you have (the ones Our Father knows you need to ask-for), so all the responders mean to say "In the name of Jesus, we agree with your faith in God's providence. Amen."'
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This is why it kind of bothers me when--mostly since everybody 'tells friends "you're in our prayers!" when the friends are going through hard times in life'--people on Facebook tell their friends 'I need your prayers!'
But Jesus also said (later in the same chapter), "And when you stand praying, forgive!" So I do that for all the others who respond to that post with "Prayers!" or one of the 'emo's that "mean" 'prayers' ... or some other 'magic word' ("Amen," "Hallelujah," "Selah," ... "Meka Leka Hi, Meka HI-DEE H0E!")
Whenever someone asks for- or is getting a lot of-Prayers, I "mark" that thread with an explanation: 'NONE of these prayers are ANY DIFFERENT from the ones you have (the ones Our Father knows you need to ask-for), so all the responders mean to say "In the name of Jesus, we agree with your faith in God's providence. Amen."'
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
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11 Jul 18
Not everyone who pray are hypocrites and not all who never aren't. When someone says, "you're in my prayers", it is also meant as a well wish besides praying for one's well-being. No one prays to say may you be filled with bad things. And Amen is like a full stop to a prayer with hope that one's prayers will be answered.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
12 Jul 18
That's why I say that 'what they really mean is ALWAYS "In Jesus' name, we agree with your faith that God shall provide. Amen."'
And "Amen" means 'so it is' (or--for the kids--"I Believe"). It is not a "stop"---it's just 'normally said at the end,' like a signature at the bottom of a letter.
@ihasaquestion (8274)
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12 Jul 18
@mythociate I'm not a Christian but I respect all religion. Amen means something like yours sincerely, in my opinion. By the way, even in the English language, you need a full stop when you form a sentence. In this, I mean Amen serves as a way of full stop for the prayer, so you can start another one. Pardon my ignorance, but you asked and I answered in my own way.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
12 Jul 18
@ihasaquestion Maybe it "serves as a full stop" as well as its actual meaning. Its actual meaning is something like "So be it" or "So it is" or "So it shall be"---like the Wiccan 'ending of a spell': "So mote it be."
When a person is praying for a group, they'll end the prayer with "In Jesus Name," and sometimes the people will say with the person, "Amen."
If the person ends before the group, the person's 'Amen' will be more like an "Amen?" (as if to ask, "is this how it'll be, ladies & gentlemen?") and the people will answer, "Amen."
This reminds me of a Scripture-passage: "Amen, Amen, (sometimes translated 'Verily, Verily') I say unto you; before Abraham was, I Am."
Bible > John > Chapter 8 > Verse 58? John 8:58 ?Verse (Click for Chapter)New International Version"Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"New Living TranslationJesus answered, "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even
