PUBLIC PRAYER III

 *22/12/2024*


*FOURTH SUNDAY SERVICE*


TOPIC:

*PRAYER*


Text:

Genesis 4:26

Philippians 4:6-7


PUBLIC PRAYER 


Pray for Interpretation of "prayers in tongues" in church meeting 

1 Corinthians 14:13-16

Given the stress on intelligibility, Paul insists that someone who has the gift of tongues must pray that he may interpret what he says. There are two reasons for this.

*One* is personal. Tongues benefit only the speaker's spirit, but not the mind, even when used in prayer. Paul thinks it is important to benefit both parts, and so he is happy to pray and praise God with both his spirit and his mind - that is, in an intelligible way as well as in a tongue.

*Second*, because he is dealing with public worship, Paul's paramount concern is for those who do not understand, and particularly for intended outsiders, that is, those who are not yet believers but who are interested in what Christians do when they worship. Everyone should be able to say 'Amen', thus indicating their agreement with what has been prayed for, or given thanks for.


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