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Prayer Meetings Teach Bad Prayer Habits<\/h2>\n
First, we must recognize that most of the bad habits that people use in prayer are not learned from Scripture, but from prayer meetings. Scripture teaches us that God is a friend and a Father, there by our side, wanting to have an ongoing conversation with us about what is important to Him and what is important to us. We can talk to Him as we would talk to any other person.<\/p>\n
But the things we learn in prayer meetings would never occur to someone who had not ever attended a prayer meeting. <\/p>\n
It is in prayer meetings where we learn that prayer must be said in a certain location, using certain terminology and language, and sitting, or standing, or kneeling in a certain posture. <\/p>\n
It is in prayer meetings that people learn the repetitive use of God\u2019s name and certain phrases and to use 1611 King James English.<\/p>\n
It is because of prayer meetings that we feel justified in spreading gossip about others while calling it \u201csharing a prayer request.\u201d <\/p>\n
It is because of payer meetings that we delay praying for someone when they need it, telling them instead, \u201cI\u2019ll mention it at prayer meeting.\u201d <\/p>\n
It is because of prayer meetings that we often feel it is better to pray about a need than actually do something to meet that need. <\/p>\n
It is because of prayer meetings that we feel if we pray, we don\u2019t have to obey. <\/p>\n
IT is because of prayer meetings that we feel that if we pray for world missions and evangelism, we don\u2019t have to do it ourselves.<\/p>\n
Organic Prayer Meetings<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Frank Viola has noticed many similar patterns in prayer meetings, and in his book Finding Organic Church<\/em><\/a>,![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tiheco-20&l=as2&o=1&a=143476866X\")
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