“For example, the Bible requires that public prayer be kept as brief as possible, given the duties and needs we have in prayer. At first glance, this seems counterintuitive, but it only seems this way because our carnal flesh is very religious. The Bible says that God is in heaven, and that we are on earth, and so therefore our words should be few (Ecc. 5:2). When Jesus taught us to pray, He gave us a prayer that was the very model of brevity (Matt. 6:9-13). Not only so, but He also went back and commented on this aspect of the prayer, chastizing those who think that God is somehow interested in a word count. They actually think, He said, that they will be heard because of their lengthy prayers. Within the church, we should be constantly on guard against the temptation to do a little showboating in the public prayer. Prayer offered up with one eye on the heavens and the other on the cheap seats is not what we want” (Mother Kirk, p. 146).
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