{"id":7337,"date":"2020-10-22T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2020-10-09T01:24:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T01:24:50","slug":"improved-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7337","title":{"rendered":"Improved Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Improved Praying<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, \u2018God, be merciful to me a sinner!'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dLuke\u202c \u202d18:13\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to learn how to pray better&#8230; What about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to learn about something. You go to the expert.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wouldn&#8217;t you agree that Jesus is the expert on prayer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the parable recorded in Luke 18, Jesus is contrasting two individuals prayers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First up is the Pharisee, the religious guy. He\u2019s received religious training. He should KNOW how to pray. But, Jesus said the Pharisee was basically talking to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, \u2018God, I thank You that I am not like other men\u2014extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202d\u202dLuke\u202c \u202d18:11\u202c \u202d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We find his prayer ludicrous, thinking we would never pray like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, am I thinking something like that in my mind? Are my prayers only centered on me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve talked about 2 Chronicles 7:14 before. \u201cIf my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the verse today, the tax collector is humbling himself, praying, repenting of his sins, and seeking God&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s doing prayer the right way:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communitychurchministriesromega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> FROM THE HEART!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His prayer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Short<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sincere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May I truly learn to pray like that!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improved Praying \u201cAnd the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, \u2018God, be merciful to me a sinner!&#8217;&#8221; \u202d\u202dLuke\u202c \u202d18:13\u202c \u202d I want to learn how to pray better&#8230; What about you? 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