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Pagan prayers at the time believed that there was power in continuous repetition of words, that if you said a word often enough, then you could eventually own that object or claim that power for yourself. Jesus condemned this.
Pagan prayers at the time believed that there was power in continuous repetition of words, that if you said a word often enough, then you could eventually own that object or claim that power for yourself. Jesus condemned this.
== A guideline of how one should Pray ==
== A guideline of how one should Pray ==
*Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing. - Charles G. Finney
*Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing. - Charles G. Finney
*A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers.- J. C. Ryle
*A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers.- J. C. Ryle