{"id":4092,"date":"2012-03-09T20:19:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T20:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2012-03-09T20:40:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T20:40:29","slug":"how-public-should-prayer-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/03\/how-public-should-prayer-be.html","title":{"rendered":"How Public Should Prayer Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/03\/public-praying.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4093\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/03\/public-praying-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Surely you\u2019ve seen them out in public. At Denny\u2019s holding hands around the table, saying grace before the meal. When you\u2019re at the airport hunting for an outlet, in the corner with heads covered chanting ferociously. They\u2019re praying out loud and in the open for the entire world to see.<\/p>\n<p>Does it make you smile or make you uneasy? Both are natural reactions. Prayer is typically private unless you\u2019re with other people who are praying too. Yet happening upon people in prayer can be an uplifting experience. You probably pause, and offer a prayer of your own that would otherwise go unsaid.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fascinating to observe the different forms of prayer, even if you have no intention to change your own. The Jew wouldn\u2019t think of kneeling in prayer and the Christian isn\u2019t likely to drape a prayer shawl around her shoulders and put \u201cfrontlets\u201d on her forehead. We\u2019re creatures of comfort. And there\u2019s no greater goal than comfort, when communing with the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Make the most of a public prayer moment. Join in on an \u201camen,\u201d offer a blessing for the pray-er and give thanks to the holy Pray-ee. God receives prayer where ever, when ever, and ever more.<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Prayables.com\" href=\"http:\/\/prayables.com\" target=\"_blank\">-Prayables<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surely you\u2019ve seen them out in public. At Denny\u2019s holding hands around the table, saying grace before the meal. When you\u2019re at the airport hunting for an outlet, in the corner with heads covered chanting ferociously. They\u2019re praying out loud and in the open for the entire world to see. 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