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Prayers: An Overview

David Pike
10/01/17 - Sunday Bible Study

Series: And This I Pray: Learning From The Prayers of Paul

In this day and age, manners are something of a lost art.  The TV shows that set our cultural norms are full of rudeness, a man who holds the door for a woman is asa likely to be rebuked as proaised, and "Thank you" appears mainly on the lips of salespeople.  We care abou what we accomplish rather than how we accomplish it.

As we look at the passages in Paul's writing that address prayer generically, as opposed to entreaties, thanksgivings, or petitions, those passags bring us to the realization that how we pray is just as important as what we pray.  However, these spiritual "Manners" have to do not with outward forms of courtesy, but with a heart that is courteous toward God.