The Rambling Prayer....
Monday, August 28, 2006
How many times have you heard the phrase "Lord God" or "Father Lord God" when someone is praying? "Father Lord God" has literally replaced "Umm". Not to trivialize any part of prayer or to make fun of anyone, but during community prayer times, I've come to a place where I've been counting every "Father Lord God" that people say. I blame it on Mike Yamamoto. Years ago, he brought this to our attention... and I couldn't stop counting ever since. But it's become such an epidemic that even people who don't normally say "umm" use "Lord God".
So do you say "Lord God" in every sentence of your prayer? I think when Yamamoto pointed out this interesting subject, he meant to teach us not to waste words with God. I mean, how annoying would it be for you if someone was talking to you, and every other word he say "umm"? Ummmmmmmmmmmm.... Now imagine, if you replace all those "umms" with your name. "So I went Luke to the mall Luke. And Luke I bought some nice Luke shirts from Luke Banana Republic that Luke was Luke on sale Luke. But Luke the best thing that happened Luke is when I ran into my friend Luke..."
Fruition
"Fruition" (pronounced "Froo-i-shun") has somehow become a buzz word in prayers lately. Not all ramblers use it... but the first time I ever heard the word was when someone was rambling in their prayers. Ramblers tend to use "Lord God" a lot... but most importantly, they repeat the same things over and over again until they finally find something else to pray about. These are the same ones that, when asked to pray for Lunch, they end up praying for world peace... "Fruition" will DEFINITELY make it into that prayer.
The funniest part about people who repeat their prayers, is when they can't find different words to substitute... so they pause... and then somehow "fruition" sneaks in. Hehe.
BTW, "Fruition" means 'Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment'.
So now that I have shared my pain with you. Next time you get asked to pray BRIEFLY or to give a BRIEF testimony... do everyone a favor and check to see if you're just rambling. ;)
Cheers!
So do you say "Lord God" in every sentence of your prayer? I think when Yamamoto pointed out this interesting subject, he meant to teach us not to waste words with God. I mean, how annoying would it be for you if someone was talking to you, and every other word he say "umm"? Ummmmmmmmmmmm.... Now imagine, if you replace all those "umms" with your name. "So I went Luke to the mall Luke. And Luke I bought some nice Luke shirts from Luke Banana Republic that Luke was Luke on sale Luke. But Luke the best thing that happened Luke is when I ran into my friend Luke..."
Fruition
"Fruition" (pronounced "Froo-i-shun") has somehow become a buzz word in prayers lately. Not all ramblers use it... but the first time I ever heard the word was when someone was rambling in their prayers. Ramblers tend to use "Lord God" a lot... but most importantly, they repeat the same things over and over again until they finally find something else to pray about. These are the same ones that, when asked to pray for Lunch, they end up praying for world peace... "Fruition" will DEFINITELY make it into that prayer.
The funniest part about people who repeat their prayers, is when they can't find different words to substitute... so they pause... and then somehow "fruition" sneaks in. Hehe.
BTW, "Fruition" means 'Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment'.
So now that I have shared my pain with you. Next time you get asked to pray BRIEFLY or to give a BRIEF testimony... do everyone a favor and check to see if you're just rambling. ;)
Cheers!
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