Bro Eli started by admonishing us to compare the teachings of some other religions with the teachings of Jesus Christ. To help us know whether they're teaching the truth in the Bible.
He went on to teach in the right manner of praying as recorded in the Bible.
He noted that prayer is not for repetition of vain words, as recorded in Matthew 6:7.
When we pray, we should avoid vain repetition of words that our God is not a deaf God, not to hear us.
He admonished us to avoid lengthy prayers. There's no need praying for a long time when our God knows our needs and what we desire from him before we start praying.
What we should do is to ensure that we pray for the forgiveness of our sins, as we forgive one another, for God listens to the prayer of the righteous, as Mark 11:25 records.
Bro Eli also noted that prayer is a private discussion with our God, as such it shouldn't be done on the streets for public show, but in private.
That when we want to pray, we should pray in our closet.
Moreover, when we pray we should kneel down horizontally, bowing our face to the ground, as Acts 20:36, records.
Many pray taking any position, without order, in the church. Some stand, some sit, some kneel vertically. This ought not to be.
He also mentioned that kneeling down is not the only posture for prayers, we can also pray standing, but we shouldn't do like the hypocrites do, for the always love to pray standing.
We should keep the place of gathering clean so that we can always kneel down to pray.
Kneeling down horizontally for prayers, is an act of reverencing God. If we could bow to salute an elderly person, then much more we should do to worship our God.
FORMER BELIEVE:
I had no contrary belief regarding this. I've always prayed to God, either kneeling, standing.
EFFECTS OF THE TEACHING:
I've learnt that I shouldn't always pray standing, but kneeling in reverence to God.
I shouldn't pray lengthy.
I shouldn't repeat words when praying.
Thanks be to God.
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