I was reading some of the comments and reviews of John Roberts’ early work as a White House hack in the 80’s, and I found some comments on school prayer. Those made me think about the whole subject of public prayer. Question; does God listen to public prayer? Are we really in communication with our Lord when listening to some speaker droning on with his or her carefully scripted words or are we reviewing and judging those words? Does the effectiveness of public prayer depend on the quality of the words used and how they are presented? Or is it “quantity” that counts?
My thoughts; Public prayer is usually an exercise in futility. We speak to God in private, or in very small and private groups of believers. And even in those small groups, we purposely distance ourselves from those around us when we seek God. Essentially, there is no public prayer…and we can create or remove laws that allow it or disallow it and it makes not a whit of difference to God.
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