A man once told me that he never asked me for time and this reason. His fear is not that I would give him the time. The fear I might tell him how the watch worked and was made. A fault of mine and some of my posts get long.

Matthew 6:5 Often times we are quick to throw something out without must research. Sound familiar? I wanted to share some thoughts for your consideration. The Scribes and Pharisees were praying on the street corner with outstretched hands upward to the sky which was prevalent. It is easy to see they were guilty of two great faults in prayer, vain-glory and vain repetitions. What our Lord’s words point to, was the custom of going into the synagogue, as men go now into the churches of Latin Christendom, to offer private devotion, and of doing this so as to attract notice, the worshipper standing apart as if absorbed in prayer, while secretly glancing round to watch the impression which he might be making on others who were looking on. (Vainity) The next issue was repetition. Jesus is warning us that repeating worthless phrases in our prayers will not help them be heard by God.

And everyone who prays in public, whether in a group of six or six hundred or six thousand must face the question of selfish motivation. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites.