What is the effect on me if I pray someone else's prayer? A prayer is born of deep personal space.
Each Sunday during the service someone reads the Prayers of the People. The form of the prayer is taken from the official service book (BAS), the actual prayer is written by the minister and read by the lay reader on my behalf, and I respond (usually - Lord hear my prayer). How do I make these prayers mine when they have gone through so many structural iterations to come into being?
How do I make the prayer of the Psalms mine?
In our home church we have time for silent prayer and spontaneous reflection, allowing each person time and space to express their needs, joys, desires and upsets either silently to themselves and God or out loud.
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