Saturday, February 12, 2022

Denomination-styled prayers

Each denomination has its own prayer styles.

For instance, from a thousand miles one could identify this prayer as Anglican:

Lord God,
we have sinned against you;
we have done evil in your sight.
We are sorry and repent.
Have mercy on us according to your love.
Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin.
Renew a right spirit within us
and restore us to the joy of your salvation,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Baptists do it differently, thus:

Lord God,
we have just; sinned against you;
we just have done evil in your sight.
We are just sorry and we just repent.
Just have mercy on us according to your love.
Wash away our wrongdoing and just cleanse us from our sin.
Just renew a right spirit within us
and just restore us to the joy of your salvation,
in your name, amen. 

The primary liturgical word in some Baptist circles is...'just' and no one knows why.

No one knows why prayers are ended with 'in your name'. Perhaps a misunderstanding of what it is to pray in Jesus name...one can only guess!

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