
Growing In The Prayer Life - Part 1
The Bible for Today with John Stott
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Don't Heap Up Empty Phrases
Prayer is real. It'sa activity. I not a hypocritical one. Don't heap up empty phrases. The king james version ists don't use vain repetitions. Still, don't keep bling on because the greek word batalogia is an onymatopeic word. That is to say, a word which sounds like what it means, babbling. But he's not against repetition. After all, jesus in the garden of gethsemane used repetition. He said the same prayer, we're told, three times. Nothing wrong with repetition in prayer, so long as your mind is in it. Again, it isn't
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