Do You Pray, Daddy?

Hand in hand.

Dear Daddy,

Do you pray? You bow your head sometimes when other people do but you don't look like a lot of them when they pray. You never say the words out loud either. Don't you want God to hear you?

Your Son

Dear Son,

Yes, I do pray. I may not look like some of the others but I do pray. In our world today, every person feels the right to express him or herself as an individual in all that they do, including when worshiping and praying. But - just as in many things - people want to be noticed when they do these things. I do not.

The book of Matthew states that we should pray in secret and not outwardly for others to see in chapter six. Corinthians 1 asks how outsiders can say Amen to our prayers if we say them with our spirits. Son, I pray with my heart, my mind, and soul...not my mouth. I give praise and thanks with that.

I am not saying that every person that prays publicly is a hypocrite. There are plenty of places in the Bible where it talks about praying openly. I have life experience though. My experiences have allowed me to draw one sad conclusion: the louder a Christian prays publicly, the more you should watch your back around them.

Ultimately, I want you to pray, be it loud or in secret. I truly want you to talk to your Father in heaven. He has a lot to say. Just remember that if your mouth is moving, your heart generally is not.

Prayerfully yours,

Your Father

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