Today at work I kept thinking about a couple verses in Mathew and trying to figure out something pertaining to how many of us, including myself worship. These are the verses; Mathew 6:5 "And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
So, my area of concern is this; why do we pray out loud at church? At my church, and I'm sure at many others, people (including me) are often called upon to pray aloud. A lot of times I feel as if I'm being a hypocrite when I do because of these verses. A lot of times you can hear the insincerity in peoples prayers, almost as if they're just trying to get through it, other times people seem to ramble on and on as if they feel that the more they pray, the better it makes them look. If you hear the same people pray aloud enough you notice that they tend to pray the same prayer or a slightly different version of it over and over again. So, if this is the case, why do we do it? Doesn't Jesus say not to?
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