Comments on: Being Yourself Before God http://www.jonathancliff.com/2009/06/being-yourself-before-god/ Life, Family Ministry, and Life Again Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.jonathancliff.com/2009/06/being-yourself-before-god/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Scott Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:01:46 +0000 http://www.jonathancliff.com/?p=755#comment-566 I totally agree with your post. When I was a child, the adults in my church did use a "prayer voice." But--more significantly for me--they used special "prayer words" - words like "we beseech ye therefore Father" and "thee" and "thou" many times. I developed the idea that prayer required a special language...and wondered when I would learn these important words that I needed to pray. While we do need to show respect to God when we pray, using special words, posture, or voice is not required. As you say, we need to make sure we don't unintentionally teach that we do. Thanks for a great blog post. <abbr><em>Scott´s last blog post..<a href="http://scottsbricks.blogspot.com/2009/05/quiet-reflection.html" rel="nofollow">Quiet Reflection</a></abbr></em> I totally agree with your post. When I was a child, the adults in my church did use a “prayer voice.” But–more significantly for me–they used special “prayer words” – words like “we beseech ye therefore Father” and “thee” and “thou” many times. I developed the idea that prayer required a special language…and wondered when I would learn these important words that I needed to pray. While we do need to show respect to God when we pray, using special words, posture, or voice is not required. As you say, we need to make sure we don’t unintentionally teach that we do. Thanks for a great blog post.

Scott´s last blog post..Quiet Reflection

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