Every church I know has a time for public prayer, when someone audibly offers a prayer on behalf of the congregation. Most evangelical churches I know, though, spend little time thinking about those prayers. They’re often spontaneous and unfocused, or they’re simply repetition of the way others pray.
Charles Spurgeon said it much better than I: “It is a great pity when the observation is forced from the hearer, ‘our minister preaches far better than he prays’ . . .. but slovenly, careless, lifeless talk in the guise of prayer, made to fill up a certain space in the service, is a weariness to man, and an abomination to God.”[1] While I’m not arguing for simply reading prayers, here’s why we need to spend more time thinking about our public praying.... Read More
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