Recently I have had the unpleasant misfortune of blasting an acquaintance over a few things and at the end of the conversation I heard the old familiar Christian parting shot, “I’ll pray for you.” Actually she said, “I’ll pray for you and you pray for me” before she slammed the phone down. I usually interpret this to mean:
1. I hope God will show you the error of your way.
2. I hope God will smite you.
3. I hope God will vindicate me because you hurt my feelings and besides you are wrong. Blah Blah Blah
Folks we have got to grow up! Saying, “I’ll pray for you” as a parting shot because your feathers have been ruffled is a sure sign of immaturity. And I do not care how old you are, how much you have traveled, preached, or gave for the Gospel. You are immature and you have not allowed God’s dealings and judgment to invade your heart and life. Besides, if you really wanted to pray for me couldn’t you pray without informing me? Of course, but then you would not be able to get the pound of flesh or self-centered recognition you are looking for. Prayer is serious business. Prayer is communion with God. God desires we commune with Him as we communicate from our spirit that is true prayer, not using prayer as a tool to manipulate someone. Prayer certainly is not whining to God because we got our feelings miffed or something to throw at people as a half-hearted gesture of self-righteousness. Oddly enough (but not surprising) knowing the fake Christian’s veneer, I have had this said to me more than once by older women who think they are more spiritual, but should have known better. As you can probably tell I am not impressed, nor am I intimidated by these ladies, and not sorry for what I have said to them that ruffled their “I am so holy” feathers. Friends, prayer is very very important. Let us not be flippant about it. Let us grow up and do some real praying so that we can commune with the Father. We must get over getting offended when we do not get our way or when someone we think is junior to us in God does not treat us as we think we should be treated. Life is too short. Written by Karen Stahl.
1. I hope God will show you the error of your way.
2. I hope God will smite you.
3. I hope God will vindicate me because you hurt my feelings and besides you are wrong. Blah Blah Blah
Folks we have got to grow up! Saying, “I’ll pray for you” as a parting shot because your feathers have been ruffled is a sure sign of immaturity. And I do not care how old you are, how much you have traveled, preached, or gave for the Gospel. You are immature and you have not allowed God’s dealings and judgment to invade your heart and life. Besides, if you really wanted to pray for me couldn’t you pray without informing me? Of course, but then you would not be able to get the pound of flesh or self-centered recognition you are looking for. Prayer is serious business. Prayer is communion with God. God desires we commune with Him as we communicate from our spirit that is true prayer, not using prayer as a tool to manipulate someone. Prayer certainly is not whining to God because we got our feelings miffed or something to throw at people as a half-hearted gesture of self-righteousness. Oddly enough (but not surprising) knowing the fake Christian’s veneer, I have had this said to me more than once by older women who think they are more spiritual, but should have known better. As you can probably tell I am not impressed, nor am I intimidated by these ladies, and not sorry for what I have said to them that ruffled their “I am so holy” feathers. Friends, prayer is very very important. Let us not be flippant about it. Let us grow up and do some real praying so that we can commune with the Father. We must get over getting offended when we do not get our way or when someone we think is junior to us in God does not treat us as we think we should be treated. Life is too short. Written by Karen Stahl.
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